Ed,<br><br>You write that you "<font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">grew up in extreme poverty for the better part of 18 years while living at home." Were you raised in the United States? Did you have access to basic health care and an uncontaminated water supply? </span></font>I'm trying to get an idea of what you consider "extreme poverty".<br><br>-Scott<br><br><b><i>Ed <ecooper@turbonet.com></i></b> wrote:<blockquote class="replbq" style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <meta content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2873" name="GENERATOR"> <style>@font-face { font-family: Comic Sans MS; } @page Section1 {size: 8.5in 11.0in; margin: 1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; } P.MsoNormal { FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman" } LI.MsoNormal { FONT-SIZE: 12pt;
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Michael, </span></font></div> <div><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"></span></font> </div> <div><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"><o:p>Despite your assumed intelligence, your allegations are unfounded. "Ignorant?" Okay. "Stupid?" Whatever. Call names if you like, if it makes you feel better. What irritates me, is that you are assuming/insinuating that Christian, fundamentalist, Americans are afforded more life chances than are others. Hogwash!! I will have you know that I grew up in extreme poverty for the better part of 18 years while living at home. My parents didn't put me through college and I received the identical state-sponsored education (and no more) available to every American. I don't know what race you are (either a minority or a self-loathing, guilt-ridden White apologist), but my statement is as pure as the air you
breath... Perhaps a bad metaphor, you might be an environmentalist whacko..</o:p></span></font></div> <div><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"><o:p></o:p></span></font> </div> <div><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"><o:p>Have a great day,</o:p></span></font></div> <div><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"><o:p></o:p></span></font> </div> <div><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"><o:p>Ed</o:p></span></font></div></blockquote><br>