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Virginia apoligizes for sterilizing people

Quote:The state of Virginia has become the first American state to apologise for the forced sterilisation of thousands of its citizens as part of a eugenics, or selective breeding, programme in the last century.

In all, 30 states conducted sterilisation programmes - in Virginia's case until 1979 - in an effort to wipe out human deficiencies and vices assumed to be hereditary.

Monkey elected UK mayor

Quote:H'Angus the Monkey has been elected mayor of Hartlepool in a victory for the mascot of the town's football team.

The win comes in the town whose residents are famously said to have hanged a monkey during the Napoleonic wars because they thought it was a French spy.

Couldn't decide which story was more interesting.

What serilizing monkeys or hanging them?

Wasn't the monkey in Every Which Way you Can a mayor of a city in california as well?

no, that was an orangatan. Monkeys are black.

Quote:Wasn't the monkey in Every Which Way you Can a mayor of a city in california as well?

You mean "Any Which Way But Loose" with Clint Eastwood in his first comedic role? ;-)

It was "Every Which Way But Loose."

The sequel was "Any Which Way You Can."

The Orangatan's name was "Clyde." As in "Right turn, Clyde."

Clint Eastwood was the mayor of Carmel, Ca.


And the biggest political monkey that I know is -

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Edited By SLASH on May 03 2002 at 12:07

Slash appears for the strangest reasons......

And what reasons are they?

Your reasons, like your posting in this thread, elude me.....

Quote:And what reasons are they?

Movies, Monkeys & politics?

.... Throw in a little music and your day sounds complete. :thumbs-up:

The movie DID have an awesome soundtrack Ladi.

Quote:Your reasons, like your posting in this thread, elude me.....

Should I pass my posts by you, reasons included, before I hit reply?

No Slash, I am intrigued by your motivations of your posts not the quality thereof.

watch what you say about the good ole rev. al.

if I could get away with it, I would shoot him in the ass with a pellet gun every time he got up to make a speech. that man has set black people back further than any single person in recent history. except maybe rodney king.

Quote:if I could get away with it, I would shoot him in the ass with a pellet gun every time he got up

Black on Black violence,
c'mon kid, be part of the solution, not the problem.



Edited By Ken'sPen on May 03 2002 at 12:51

Why are you intrigued by my motivations?

Part of my obsession with you Slash......

Obsessions with me don't end pretty.

Didn't start that great either.

Quote:Obsessions with me don't end pretty.

Covered in splooge, bacon grease, rubbing alcohol & bananna puree?