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injest:
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http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/tactful
tact⋅ful /ˈtæktfəl/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [takt-fuhl] Show IPA
–adjective having or manifesting tact: a tactful person; a tactful reply.
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Origin:
1860–65; tact + -ful
Related forms:
tact⋅ful⋅ly, adverb
tact⋅ful⋅ness, noun
Synonyms:
See diplomatic.
delalluvia:
--- Quote from: injest on April 25, 2009, 09:48:55 pm ---I think it is a mistake to compare race with sexual orientation. (feel free to call me bigoted)
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But I wasn't. I was comparing civil rights to civil rights.
louisev:
I have a truly serious question here:
How did Mario Lavandeira get to be a judge of the Miss USA pageant?
delalluvia:
--- Quote from: injest on April 25, 2009, 09:56:31 pm ---I thought she did fine.
some people do not agree with same sex marriage...move on with your life...do you really think you are going to win any friends or change her mind by calling her foul names or ignorant?
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You gotta call ignorance what it is, Jess. There's no way to sugarcoat bigotry and we shouldn't try. I think if enough people say it and keep saying it, perhaps it will open some eyes at best or at worst, label bigotry as the ignorance that it is.
--- Quote ---I have been thinking about this today..seems the left sees the world in black and white...there is NO grey areas except about sex.....THERE they have ALL kinds of grey areas, it is all 'do whatever, whenever, with whoever anytime' it ain't nobodies business...
yet they wont' let a conservative even have the right to an unapproved opinion.
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When it comes to civil rights, Jess I totally agree with calling out anyone whenever there is an attempt to keep people from having them by trying to soft-sell it under the guise of as - oh, I don't know, a pretty blonde girl with a nice Christian upbringing, maybe?
delalluvia:
--- Quote from: louisev on April 25, 2009, 10:37:47 pm ---I have a truly serious question here:
How did Mario Lavandeira get to be a judge of the Miss USA pageant?
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:laugh: :laugh:
No serious questions allowed!
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