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	Survival of the Weak and Scrawny

JohnWaterman

1-9-2009 1:30 PM

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1-9-2009 3:39 PM

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WHEN will this plague of human beings, who destroy everything on this planet, be eliminated so that other species may survive and keep this planet healthy?!!! (Rather, recover this planet's health, if at all possible after all of man's destruction).

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