lol... laying it on thick Sab3r........lol.. If you want to excercise the right to free speech, get your own board. When we all joined this board we agreed to rules that limited our freedom of speech (TERMS OF USE). BTW,tell me if the following looks familair:
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Re: do you have a personal issue with me?
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