YOU WORRY ME...
This pilot hit the nail on the head in his open letter. He needs to be awarded a Medal for having the TESTICULAR FORTUITUDE to say all this in a very profound way!
The paper stated today that some Muslim doctor is saying we are profiling him because he has been checked three times while getting on an airplane.
The following is a letter from a pilot. This well spoken man, who is a pilot with American Airlines, says what is in his heart, beautifully.... Read, absorb, and pass this on.
"YOU WORRY ME!"
By American Airlines Pilot - Captain John Maniacalco
I've been trying to say this since 9-11, but you worry me. I wish you didn't I wish when I walked down the streets of this country that I love, that your color and culture still blended with the beautiful human landscape we
enjoy in this country. But you don't blend in anymore. I notice you, and it worries me.
I notice you because I can't help it anymore. People from your homelands, professing to be Muslims, have been attacking and killing my fellow citizens and our friends for more than 20 years now. I don't fully understand their
grievances and hate, but I know that nothing can justify the inhumanity of their attacks.
On September 11, nineteen ARAB-MUSLIMS hijacked four jetliners in my country. They cut the throats of women in front of children and brutally stabbed to death others. They took control of those planes and crashed them into
buildings killing thousands of proud fathers, loving sons, wise grandparents elegant daughters, best friends, favorite coaches, fearless public servants and children's mothers. The Palestinians Celebrated, The Iraqis were overjoyed as was most of the Arab world. So, I notice you now. I don't want
to be worried. I don't want to be consumed by the same rage and hate and prejudice that has destroyed the soul of these terrorists. But I need your help.
As a rational American, trying to protect my country and family in an irrational and unsafe world, I must know how to tell the difference between you, and the Arab/Muslim terrorist.
How do I differentiate between the true Arab/Muslim-Americans and the Arab/Muslim terrorists in our communities who are attending our schools,
enjoying our parks, and living in OUR communities under the protection of OUR constitution, while they plot the next attack that will slaughter these same good neighbors and children? The events of September 11th changed the
answer. It is not my responsibility to determine which of you embraces our great country, with ALL of its religions, with ALL of its different citizens with all of its faults. It is time for every Arab/Muslim in this country to determine it for me. I want to know, I demand to know, and I have a right
to know, whether or not you love America. Do you pledge allegiance to its flag? Do you proudly display it in front of your house, or on your car? Do you pray in your many daily prayers that Allah will bless this nation, that He will protect and prosper it? Or do you pray that Allah with destroy it in
one of your Jihads? Are you thankful for the freedom that only this nation affords? A freedom that was paid for by the blood of hundreds of thousands of patriots who gave their lives for this country? Are you willing to preserve this freedom by also paying the ultimate sacrifice? Do you love
America?
If this is your commitment, then I need YOU to start letting ME know about it. Your Muslim leaders in this nation should be flooding the media at this time with hard facts on your faith, and what hard actions you are taking as a community and as a religion to protect the United States of America.
Please, no more benign overtures of regret for the death of the innocent because I worry about who you regard as innocent. No more benign overtures of condemnation for the unprovoked attacks because I worry about what is
unprovoked to you. I am not interested in any more sympathy. I am only interested in action.
What will you do for America - our great country - at this time of crisis, at this time of war? I want to see Arab-Muslims waving the AMERICAN flag in
the streets. I want to hear you chanting "Allah Bless America " I want to see young Arab/Muslim men enlisting in the military. I want to see a commitment of money, time, and emotion to the victims of this butchering and to this nation as a whole. The FBI has a list of over 400 people they want
to talk to regarding the WTC attack. Many of these people live and socialize right now in Muslim communities. You know them. You know where they are.
Hand them over to us, now! But I have seen little even approaching this sort of action. Instead I have seen an already closed and secretive community close even tighter. You have disappeared from the s treets. You have posted
armed security guards at your facilities. You have threatened lawsuits. You have screamed for protection from reprisals.
The very few Arab/Muslim representatives that HAVE appeared in the media were defensive and equivocating. They seemed more concerned with making sure that the United States proves who was responsible before taking action.
They seemed more concerned with protecting their fellow Muslims from violence directed towards them in the United States and abroad than they did with supporting our country and denouncing "leaders" like Khadafi, Hussein,
Farrakhan, and Arafat. If the true teachings of Islam proclaim tolerance and peace and love for all people, then I want chapter and verse from the Koran and statements from popular Muslim leaders to back it up. What good is it
if the teachings in the Koran are good, and pure, and true, when your "leaders" are teaching fanatical interpretations, terrorism, and intolerance?
It matters little how good Islam SHOULD BE if huge numbers of the world's Muslims interpret the teachings of Mohammed incorrectly and adhere to a degenerative form of the religion. A form that has been demonstrated to us
over and over again.
A form whose structure is built upon a foundation of violence, death, and suicide. A form whose members are recruited from the prisons around the world. A form whose members (some as young as five years old) are seen day
after day, week in and week out, year after a year, marching in the streets around the world, burning effigies of our presidents, burning the American flag, shooting weapons into the air. A form whose members convert from a
peaceful religion, only to take up arms against the great United States of America, the country of their birth. A form whose rules are so twisted, that their traveling members refuse to show their faces at airport security
checkpoints, in the name of Islam.
We will NEVER allow the attacks of September 11, or any others for that matter, to take away that which is so precious to us: Our rights under the greatest constitution in the world.
I want to know where every Arab Muslim in this country stands and I think it is my right and the right of every true citizen of this country to demand it A right paid for by the blood of thousands of my brothers and sisters who
died protecting the very constitution that is protecting you and your family.
I am pleading with you to let me know. I want you here as my brother, my neighbor, my friend, as a fellow American. But there can be no gray areas or ambivalence regarding your allegiance and it is up to YOU, to show ME,
where YOU stand. Until then... "YOU WORRY ME!"
THIS IS TOO GOOD TO JUST READ AND DELETE.... LET'S SATURATE THE USA WITH
THIS ONE!
I am sure this speaks for many of us, I received this in my email this morning, and just had to share it with you.
64 comments:
Well written! This could also apply to Canadian Muslims. It is apparent that the author put a lot of thought into this!
Apparently Muslims have the above author worried. It's not good to let them know this. That's what they want, keeping people on edge. Right now, I',m more worried about George Bush than Muslim Terrorists. The might and power of the U.S. is in the hands of a dictator who cares nothing about the needs of his people just like Monarchs of France and Russia. He ignores the government just like Stalin and Breshnev and the constitution means nothing to him. I'll breathe easier when he's gone and a Democrat is in charge. Ed
Ed I agree with you on that point!......I have some friends here who are Muslim and they have told me that the Imam here does not preach terrorism to his people. In fact, the majority of Muslims here are not terrorists nor do they support such horrible ideology...my friends tell me they feel nothing but shame for those who do such horrible things in the name of Allah, or God. We must be careful not to paint everyone with the same brush...just remember back in the days of the FLQ bombings in Montreal and Quebec ...not all French people were FLQ.....only a small number were. And yet many people would have blamed all French Quebecers as being FLQ terrorists back then. This is just my opinion!
Ed, I have to agree with you and disagree with you...the author of the article in question, happens to be a pilot. Now you tell me if you were a pilot, would you not worry about each and every muslim that entered your air craft? Also have you read what is going on in the USA where school have been allowed to teach the muslim religion, as well as allowing the children ,not only muslim children but Christians as well, to dress in Muslim costume, and learn the Koran..When in fact they have taken all Christian religion out of the schools. Do you not question this? Just give it time, and the Muslims will take over our world. Now the thing I do agree with is how George Bush is running his presidency...he needs to be Impeached, along with Dick Chaney. They are running the country into the ground. Hopefully they will get a good democratic President in 2008, hopefully they will get 2 for 1. AWoman will do it BETTER. Betty
Dianne, I have to disagree with you, on the FLQ crisis in Quebec, I happen to have lived in Quebec when that occurred, and no body that I knew or heard of, thought for one minute that all French Quebecers were FLQ Terrorists back then. The FLQ was just a small unit of people who terrorized Montreal and surrounding areas with the Kidnapping of Pierre Laport and James Cross. With Pierre Laport being murdered. Once the kidnappers were caught, and Cross was released, things settled down. THIS IS JUST MY OPINION Betty
I too lived in Quebec, Montreal during that time and there were people, granted not "all" people, who were very uneasy and distrustful etc etc....my point was ...we cannot paint everyone with the same brush....I merely used the FLQ crises as an example......I am from a French Canadian family and believe me there was a lot of animosity towards the French at that time......and when I moved here in 1972 and told my neighbours that I came from Quebec, not too long after the October Crisis, they didn't have too many nice things to say about the Quebec ...... granted alot of it was plain ignorance, but that is what happens under duress and fear.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yps7MnZB9Ak
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Rosemary, We're on the same track but please note that I did not disgree with the pilot. I simply suggest that we don't let them know that they worry us as they see that as a victory in itself. Ed
There is evil in the world which cannot be quelled by a hand shake. Maybe you'd have to be a veteran to understand, I don't know. The best I know is I don't know.Bill
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Rosemary, I think Hillary is the best best. Her eight years in the white house gave her a look at th nation as a whole not just one particuler state. Her husband has said often that she was his closest confident and supporter for eight years. I don't know that a woman can do it better but this one certainly can. Ed
Is the boy Irish? I just ordered his music.Bill
http://www.terry-kelly.com/message.htm
Terry Kelly is a "First Nations" person.
We play his song "Pittance of Time",every Remembrance DAy,......... HF&RV
BTW : Relative to the amount of Muslims in the World,....only a very few are Lunatics,................ the IRA never had as large a following as it was made out to be,.either,.... Most people in the world ,just like to live,......Free,....... but we do cater to fear mongoring,.all the time in the media,.....if we don't have a scarved headed nutbar after us,.then we can be afraid of a mosquitoe (west nile ,you know)..........hahahahah I hear the Bee's are almost all gone too,.....Yikes,.....(maybe we can blame old GW for that,.....too..............hahahahah Fear is a constant ,........The World is a Business,..........and the greedy ones at the top,..aren't going to let it end ,..until every penny has been had....... (wich means Never).................... Stop worrying & better yet cancel your subscription to CNN & the like,....... and start living & try to be the best person you can be.......... Remember to Vote .(instead of complain) the next time you get the chance,... Your leaders are in Business for themselves ,...............now where's my Haliburton stocks......................hahahahahah have fun & Remember Verdun Also I heard ( and this is on the QT) that George W,.aside from being directly responsible for Bridge Collapses,.........he's also guilty of Fallen Arches,.................hahahahah ,...Dandruff too maybe .........Yikes The guys a nut ,.but we can't blame everything on him.................just the Chaos, HF&RV
Has anyone noticed how Georgie W has aged in the past few months? His hair is almost pure white now. No doubt his actions are haunting him. Good on you George.
To get a authentic idea of how George Bush really is, ask his mother. I'm sure she could give you a more accurate assessment of him than the opposition party. Just a thought.
Btw I'm not entirely thrilled with G.B. regarding the Mexican border. I smell a rat.
Bill
That's true Bill, a Mother always gives an accurate description of her pride and joy. Ed
I lived in Greenfield Park not far from where Pierre Laporte was murdered and my Son and the rest of their Soccer Team received a letter from him and few days before he was kidnapped. Hopefully they all kept those letters as I told my Son to keep his. Hope you all have a great day. Margo Allen
Gettting back to what this thread subject was, it is nice to hear at least one Muslim speak out against what is happening in the world today. A very interesting video. http://switch3.castup.net/cunet/gm.asp?ai=214&ar=1050wmv&ak=nul
A 'very' brave lady indeed! I don't think the cleric she was debating was listening do you? I could see he had shut down any semblance of open- mindedness. A problem in all religions fortunately to a far less destructive degree .
Bill
This woman is exceptionally brave,.....as I would think that the Lunatic Fringe will no doubt mark her for death,.like they tried to do with Rushdie a few years back......... She may be the same woman I saw on a KCTS program a few days back,.interesting show,.which emphasied many of this womans views,. and that the Muslim people (which there are Billions of) are worried that the only way Westerners see them is as Terrorists........ Religion,...aint' it grand.............................hahahahahah Strange thing is ,........all sides do it: Wasn't the world a better place when we just hated 'Commies'........hahahah
and what is so wrong about Communism? .....a theory or system of social organization based on the holding of all property in common, actual ownership being ascribed to the community as a whole or to the state.
Nothing ,that's why we don't hate them anymore.............hahahahah
it's all a matter of interpretation and management?
MaggieMck........don't you Remember this song from the Summer of Love timeframe...............by Country Joe & the Fish Come on generals, let's move fast
your big chance has come at last
now you can go out and get those reds
cos the only good commie is the one that's dead and
you know that peace can only be won when we've
blown 'em all to kingdom come ..................hahahahaha Have Fun & Remember Verdun .........here's all the lyrics to the full song,........minus the infamous 4 letter word intro................YIKES ! Feel Like I'm Fixing To Die Rag (Next Stop Vietnam) Country Joe & the Fish Come on all of you big strong men
Uncle Sam needs your help again
he's got himself in a terrible jam
way down yonder in Viet Nam so
put down your books and pick up a gun we're
gonna have a whole lotta fun (CHORUS)
And it's one, two, three, what are we fighting for
don't ask me I don't give a damn, next stop is Viet Nam
And it's five, six, seven, open up the pearly gates
ain't no time to wonder why, whoopee we're all gonna die Come on generals, let's move fast
your big chance has come at last
now you can go out and get those reds
cos the only good commie is the one that's dead and
you know that peace can only be won when we've
blown 'em all to kingdom come Come on wall street don't be slow
why man this war is a go-go
there's plenty good money to be made by
supplying the army with the tools of its trade
let's hope and pray that if they drop the bomb,
they drop it on the Viet Cong Come on mothers throughout the land
pack your boys off to Viet Nam
come on fathers don't hesitate
send your sons off before it's too late
and you can be the first ones on your block
to have your boy come home in a box .....................................Here's the song as performed at Woodstock Remember,..to turn DOWN the sound for the first few seconds until he has Spelled out his four letter intro................. Keep Your Kiddies from hearing the beginning....and the odd sporadic F word slip,........ Anti War Version,dubbed with todays present day Vietnam,equivalent,................................. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5yrWPzAPbI Follow the Same Warning for this Video as well,.......it's the same song with captions related to IRAQ ...................Mind your Kids,.................... and Don't listen if you think you will be offended,.................................
HOLY SHIT....................
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Where's the love?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icAF-eZremE&mode=related&search=
Lets lighten up.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQKmrQfxRHQ
Great film.
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Les, I was living in the States at the time, it must have been censored by the government there!
Yes there's nothing like the 'Free' world is there....................hahahahaha hope you kept your Homeland Security ID:..................hahahahah Hmmmmmmm let's see Russia is democratic now,.and we want fences built around that country in the middle.............hahahaha YIKES
Maggie, The problemwith Communism it puts to much power into the handsof a small group making it east for a dictator to take over. Marxism was that all work for the state with a democratically elected government. Leninism changed that. He liked having th power. China was a dictatorship before communism was born. Ed
This kind of BS really gets my goat. Reminds me of a parent saying to a kid just before he beats him, "This hurts me more than it hurts you." This poor sap doesn't know why Americans are hated? Give me a break. If he would stop gazing at his own navel for half a second and stop swallowing the flag waving rah rah US is the greatest country on earth racket that the US government and media deafen Americans with, he might just remember that his wonderful country has been bullying much of the third world for at least the last 65 years I've been on this planet. Remember Panama? Iran? Congo? Cuba? Afghanistan? Angola? Viet Nam? America is a bully. And noone loves a bully. Especially not the friends of the victims. Geniegal
Remember Japan, remember Germany.
Hi 'Rosemary!,' Thank you for putting this EMail on the V.C. site. A few years ago I had the 'Testicular Fortuitude' and foresight to make several of the statements found in this EMail , as my opinions and feelings. The site was bombed with over 30 hits, even suggesting I was a racist, by indignant members, a few agreeing, but the majority ranting and raving about the wonderful and friendly Muslims in Canada. However, recent History has shown that several Muslim CELLS and Training centers for the Jihads to come, have been uncovered, in the U.S.A, Canada and England, as well as France. (Several fairly recent BOMBINGS too!)We all need to be vigilant! I was worried then and I'm very concerned now! Especially since the War in Iraq has not been won, after these many years! My point then and now is still: Who do Muslims in our countries really give their allegiance to? I was then and still am in favor of "Separation of Church and State! "I sincerely hope those members with their PRO- Muslim support, will by now have slightly changed their opinions. (Methinks they certainly would have, if the Toronto Tower had come down as planned! ) Thanks again for your contribution to all of us using the site'. Victah
Vic, Good to hear from you again. Concerning the Iraq war, I keep iterating that you do not protect your goaler by having your defence men down the opposing end. They will skate around them. To say that having all your troops in Iraq makes the USA safer is ridiculous. Terrorists can come to the US from any country. None of the 9/11 crew were from Iraq. Anyone that can't see this must be blind. Even for disasters like Katrina it would be good for the country to have the troops at hand. Ed
You are quite Welcome Victah12, this subject has attracted a lot of attention. Both Pro and Con. All very interesting reading. I have to agree with you, be VIGILANT!!
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Rosemary. Thanks for that video. That lady has expressed in a way things that we are feeling and know to be true. We are in for a fight that we can only imagine. Yes there may only be a small number of fanatics, but much more than we can guess at, or imagine. There goal is to convert everyone to their religion. If you are a non believer, you are to be killed. It is sad that their god is the same God we worship, but their god is revengeful, while ours is forgiving. I can see why there are so many agnostics and athiest in this world. They cannot see any good works from God, and have no faith, or have lost their faith.
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Ed Bro! With regards to your comments: I did not, in my note to Rosemary, mention that I agreed with Bush's Iraq War, nor did I infer that all of our troops are in Iraq. (They are actually serving in many other countries! ) I would like to see an end to the war in Iraq and I would like to see the troops assigned to our Southern Border! The MEXICAN drug trade and ILLEGALS need to be stopped, they are ruining the American way of life! We all know that the 9/11 Hijackers came from Saudi Arabia, our ALLIES.(?) We also know that Bush's Statement (known today as B.S.) after 9/11 to the Nation (et al) "that any country found to be supporting Terrorism or linked with Terrorists (Jihadists) will be dealt with!" (With the exception of Saudi Arabia!!!!) We can only hope that the Iraqi Government can keep their country FREE, using their own troops and police force. Personally, I like the theory, recently stated by some retired Genrals and Politicians, that Iraq should be divided into THREE STATES! (WITH BORDERS) Kurdistan to the North (presently operating Democratically, with clean streets, Malls and beautiful buildings), a Shiite State and a Sunni State!!!! They will never get along living together, fighting to be #1! Here endeth the RANT! Nice hearing from you again, Ed. sez Victah
Victah I agree not one American has been killed in Kurdistan, and as long as we protect this democracy it will prosper. I had a video on just that topic I'll try a retrieve it.
Bill
Victah, I did not mean to imply that you agreed with the war or said all the troops were in Iraq. I meant this is what Bush says. That having the troops in Iraq makes the US safer. Impossible. Ed
Yes, Biking. I also remember what happened to Germany and Japan when they tried to bully Europe and Asia. Geniegal ... "Curmudgeon Extraordinaire"
http://www.youtube.com/michaelyon
Sorry, Biking ... can't stream video. Only dial up here in our little backwater. But I assume you had a point. Care to elucidate? Geniegal ... "Equal Opportunity Critic of Bullies"
The clip was taken by a young independent reporter who is embedded with the troops in Iraq, and who is providing a true picture of the war.
No matter how great and honest a reporter is, his report is always edited by his news network owners, be it ABC,CBC, NBC, FOX or MSNBC. Remember all network bosses have there own political leanings. As you know its amazingly easy to sway a report pro or con by editing out a second or two of an 5 minute video. These networks are experts of course.
In regards to the battle in Fallujah Iraq, If I owned a network, and especially if it was close to a national election as it is now, my final report would show any negative results of the fighting and not the overall victory of the US and Iraqi soldiers, if I belonged the opposition party that is. Doesn't that make sense?
Remember all any of us knows about the war in Iraq is what we watch on the 6 o'clock news which is always slanted. There is no 'ya but' to this fact.
When your biased final report calls the war George Bush's war then of course any news from the front is going to be anti war. When the opposition party is in power any report from a war is upbeat such as in Bosnia.
Anyway the above reporter is in Iraq on his own dime and donations . He is independent he doesn't work for the networks!. I listen to him absolutely to find out what is really going on in Iraq.
If a reporter is "embedded" with US troops, don't you think his views might be slightly biased in favour of those that he depends on to save his a$$? I read one of his reports and the feeling I got was that he was waving his stars and stripes while typing out his copy.
Maggi...
It is my understanding that since the USA lost the Wartime Public Relations of the Vietnam fiasco the requirements for a War correspondant to enter a Battle Field is "be permitted " by the Gov't. and the Military......without exception .
That is why there are no reporters wandering around current Battle Fields.......discounting the danger aspect which is how reporters Make their Bones . More Danger = more reporter celebrity status .....
So to actually believe that a reporter spending his own dime and not under gov't authority is pretty naieve (sp) .
There are many legitimate news sites that offer an alternate perspective on current events .....for starters you may try ,
" Columbia Journalism Review . " You read that right , from Columbia University .......
hope that this may be of some use to somebody.....
joey
Maggie
I Forgot , here is a link .......for Columbia Journalism Review.
There is an archive section........
http://www.cjr.org/
Hope this helps.....
Respectfully
joey
Maggie your 'feeling' are swayed by the 6 o'clock news, or your preconceived notions. Where is your heart?
Bill
Columbia University? What do they know? A socialist-liberal think tank. I'll look at the site though.
Bill
Joey you have a biased view no doubt. The bottom line is we are all arm chair quarterbacks.
"That is why there are no reporters wandering around current Battle Fields.......discounting the danger aspect which is how reporters Make their Bones . More Danger = more reporter celebrity status ....."
This why Yon is believable, he is in the most dangerous areas, and he has no superiors to report to. Anyway have your opinions--that is what is great about the west, freedom of speech. This what we fight for. Or perhaps you'd wish for a theocracy.
Bill
Just because I don't agree with your point of view, doesn't mean that I am wrong or heartless or swayed by "the 6 o'clock news". My heart is with all the victims of war.
So is every American Maggie.
Bill
Maggie doesn't want these reports from the war, so I'll end it with this one. read the comments at the bottom of the piece.Bill
http://www.michaelyon-online.com/wp/drilling-for-justice.htm
Bill, I never said such a thing! You are welcome to post your views and links. I was responding as a member. As a member, I can choose to click on your links or not. Just like everyone else.
Bill
You are projecting in Technicolor......projecting , the psyco process of projecting one's faults onto others .
It is sometimes hard in recovery to remember that a person must constantly revisit the twelve steps ......
And in periods of stress when the ugly beligerance of drydrunk behaviour starts to surface , practice surrender .
Yer gonna have to look elsewhere for someone to polish your apple for you .......
Columbia University ! One of the most respected schools of journalism in the great USA ....
So sorry to disappoint you...Bill......
But You aren't ready to play .......
Respectfully
joey
Joey you are too smart with a sense of humor to boot. Big whoop indeed. Congrats on your Phds from C.U.
Doctorate: The term comes from the Latin doctor, meaning "teacher.
I've been in a war zone good buddy.
Bill
Bill....
Peace and Love my friend....
respectfully
joey
>>>>>> S E R E N I T Y <<<<<<<<<<
at all costs......
respectfully
joey
Excerpted from page 417 of the Big book:
And acceptance is the answer to all my problems today. When I am disturbed, it is because I find some person, place, thing, or situation -- some fact of my life -- unacceptable to me, and I can find no serenity until I accept that person, place, thing or situation as being exactly the way it is supposed to be at this moment. Nothing, absolutely nothing, happens in God's world by mistake. Until I could accept my alcoholism, I could not stay sober: unless I accept life completely on life's terms, I cannot be happy. I need to concentrate not so much on what needs to be changed in the world as on what needs to be changed in me and in my attitudes.
All's well Joey. God bless.
Bill
That's why PhDs are the real "doctors" and MDs are "physicians!"
Cheers,
Bryan
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