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OwlSA
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0 posted 2012-09-11 04:15 PM


IN MY OPINION
11 September 2012

Killing simply because you are afraid
of a person or animal
is the act
of a coward,
a wimp,
a murderer.

Calling someone
an itch with a b,
a cow,
a pig,
or a snake
if the person
warrants criticism,
is an insult
to female dogs, cows, pigs and snakes.

Owl

[This message has been edited by OwlSA (09-12-2012 10:29 AM).]

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JamesMichael
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1 posted 2012-09-19 11:55 PM


Enjoyed this...James
2islander2
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2 posted 2012-09-20 01:30 AM


Calling someone
an itch with a b,
a cow,
a pig,
or a snake
if the person


sùbtle indeed, love it,

yann

OwlSA
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3 posted 2012-09-20 01:42 AM


Thank you, James and Yann.  Smiles.

Owl

jwesley
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4 posted 2012-09-20 09:46 AM


Amen.

j.

OwlSA
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5 posted 2012-09-20 11:39 AM


Thanks, Jimmy.  Smiles.

Owl

Marchmadness
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6 posted 2012-10-01 04:47 PM


Agree, Diana.
              Ida

OwlSA
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7 posted 2012-10-01 06:06 PM


Smiles, Ida.  Thanks.

Owl

secondhanddreampoet
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8 posted 2012-10-01 10:50 PM


agreed !
nakdthoughts
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9 posted 2012-10-02 11:12 AM


I agree and  can't understand why persons act this way.

M

OwlSA
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10 posted 2012-10-02 12:58 PM


Thanks, Bruce and Maureen.

Owl

mvvenkataraman
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11 posted 2012-10-09 12:12 PM


A simple nice poem
I enjoyed its beauty
A different style
Of course agreeable.

mvvenkataraman

OwlSA
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12 posted 2012-10-09 02:09 PM


Thanks mvvenkataraman.

Owl

Richy
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13 posted 2012-10-09 03:33 PM



ayee! some people are just horrible arent they

yes.. that is a disgrace to the innocence of animals to be sure..

so glad you stand up for natures lovliest critters

blessings to you Diana


OwlSA
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14 posted 2012-10-09 04:03 PM


Thank you, Richy, for your kind words - and thank you for being the friend of animals too.  

Owl

katahdin
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15 posted 2012-10-09 07:27 PM


Nicely done!
Kat >^..^<

OwlSA
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16 posted 2012-10-09 07:31 PM


Thanks, Kat.  

Owl

latearrival
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17 posted 2012-10-13 04:12 AM


Owl, you are so wise. I feel this way every time I read what a few write out in bold letters on facebook. A place I use to share friendly thoughts to family and fiends. A shame to see such demeaning words. I spend a bit of time there just deleting posts left by a few whoseem to have a lot to learn. jo
OwlSA
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18 posted 2012-10-13 04:28 AM


Martyjo, please don't misunderstand me and please see the same humour I saw (as I am sure you will).  The first time I read your reply I read what you meant, and was formulating the reply in my mind that my fingers were going to type . . . but then I read it a second time and read that you said that you were communicating with "family and fiends" and I erupted into giggles!  Isn't it funny (though here it was "funny haha" it is usually "funny strange") in every sense of the words, how one letter (character or epistle) can change a friend into a fiend or vice versa!

Now, to stop the giggles and sad pondering about the above, to answer what you meant!  I agree with you wholeheartedly.  I don't understand how people can't just get angry and stick to the point and try to heal what is wrong instead of being insulting and throwing mud and involving multiple issues and doing what I call "the peanut butter thing" - that being, for example, if you ask somebody what day it is and they answer with "peanut butter".  When that last thing happens, I don't know how to continue a meaningful conversation with him/her.  Thank you for thinking that I am wise, but this last thing I haven't figured out.  To me it seems to be so much simpler to say "This is what is upsetting me" and elaborate on that and for the other person to listen and respond sincerely and not defensively.  So much would be healed so fast and so well if people could listen with their ears and talk with their heart, flavoured with the spices of altruism, kindness, compassion, and reason.

Thanks for your reply martyjo.

Owl

latearrival
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19 posted 2012-10-13 07:24 PM


Diana thanks for pointing that out to me. You could have thought I really meant "fiends" instead of friends because some people do act like that. I go by the old rule that if you cannot say anything nice be quiet.In this case put in the words if you cannot type anything-nice stay off the site. LOL gave me a few giggles also. Wish I had caught that. best to you, jo


OwlSA
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20 posted 2012-10-13 08:14 PM


Thanks for seeing the humour, martyjo, lol.  I am glad you didn't notice the "fiends" before you posted your reply, because you would have edited it and I wouldn't have had the fun and giggles.  

Owl

[This message has been edited by OwlSA (10-13-2012 09:02 PM).]

latearrival
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21 posted 2012-10-13 10:21 PM


Yes, that is why I left it after you told me.What good would your post be if I then changed it.LOL Words are fun to play with. jo  
OwlSA
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22 posted 2012-10-14 01:27 AM


Giggles, thanks, martyjo.  

Owl

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