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<DIV>There is difference between doing something that offends and doing something to offend. </DIV>
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<DIV>Donovan Arnold<BR><BR>--- On <B>Fri, 4/29/11, Ralph Nielsen <I><nielsen@uidaho.edu></I></B> wrote:<BR></DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: rgb(16,16,255) 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px"><BR>From: Ralph Nielsen <nielsen@uidaho.edu><BR>Subject: [Vision2020] My Easter column<BR>To: "vision 2020" <Vision2020@moscow.com><BR>Cc: "Donovan Arnold" <donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com><BR>Date: Friday, April 29, 2011, 11:47 AM<BR><BR>
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<DIV>Sorry, Arnold. </DIV>
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<DIV>Hasn't it occurred to you that perhaps vegetarians, both religious and secular, find the idea of being washed in the blood of a slaughtered animal offensive? </DIV>
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<DIV>Ralph</DIV>
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<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style="FONT: 13px Courier" size=4 face=Courier>Ralph,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style="FONT: 13px Courier" size=4 face=Courier>Do you have any other jokes about Jews or Muslims too, or is your deprecating humor limited to only one religion?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style="FONT: 13px Courier" size=4 face=Courier>Donovan Arnold</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px; MIN-HEIGHT: 16px; FONT: 13px Courier">Ralph wrote:</DIV>
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<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style="FONT: 13px Courier" size=4 face=Courier>Thank you, Nick, for this interesting column. It reminds me of an </FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style="FONT: 13px Courier" size=4 face=Courier>anecdote an old friend told me some years ago.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style="FONT: 13px Courier" size=4 face=Courier>A man in a streetcar was seated beside an enthusiastic, evangelistic, </FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style="FONT: 13px Courier" size=4 face=Courier>old lady. She turned to the man beside her and asked, in a loud </FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style="FONT: 13px Courier" size=4 face=Courier>voice, "Young man, have you been washed in the Blood of the Lamb?" To </FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style="FONT: 13px Courier" size=4 face=Courier>which the man replied, "Good heavens, no, ma'am, I'm a vegetarian!"</FONT></DIV></DIV>
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