>>>>>>>>Dragan,
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>>>>>>>>Sorry for your loss. But I am wondering, would you write the same message if the two kids were white? Would you stop giving to white charities if the kids were white? You see what I am saying?
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>>>>>>>It's that I feel betrayed, I guess. We wanted to be part of the neighborhood, not just a family of foreigners, and this is putting a barricade between us in a way. This is probably my bubble bursting.
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>>>>>>Dragan - I thought better of you. That a couple of kids misbehaved is no reason for you to turn against _all_ your neighbors.
>>>>>
>>>>>How often does stuff get stolen on Ivory Tower Lane?
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>>>>Bikes that get left outside do sometimes get stolen around here. Things get taken from unlocked cars, too. (The Obama magnet on my car got stolen from a synagogue parking lot a couple of weeks ago, for that matter.)
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>>>>But none of that is an excuse to blame a whole group of people.
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>>>No great loss on that magnet at least.
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>>Can you imagine how crappy Tamar's car must be ...
>>
>>(Just a joke Tamar ;)
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>Well, of course! It's probably either a Beetle or a Volvo. Old, torn up, with blankets covering the seats. Full of stuff, with lots of bumper stickers like "Kerry and Gore 2000" and "Save the Wetlands" and "If you can read this, then thank a Democrat" and...

That Kerry and Gore 2000 bumper sticker might be worth some money.