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Oh, and trying to deal with it by punishing johns is just as silly and Victorian as punishing the prostitutes, simply with a modern recalibration of the stuffy, busy-body morality.
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"If you're a moral busy-body and you insist on substituting your moral judgment, your financial judgment and your fiscal judgment for those of every other person in the Commonwealth, then vote against the bill," said Del.
Va. House approves bill to allow car-title lending to out-of-state drivers 2011
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I really find it troubling, this busy-body nature, that you want to come into my house, my bathroom, my bedroom, my kitchen, my laundry room -- I just really find it insulting.
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"If you're a moral busy-body and you insist on substituting your moral judgment, your financial judgment and your fiscal judgment for those of every other person in the Commonwealth, then vote against the bill," said Del.
Va. House approves bill to allow car-title lending to out-of-state drivers 2011
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"If you're a moral busy-body and you insist on substituting your moral judgment, your financial judgment and your fiscal judgment for those of every other person in the Commonwealth, then vote against the bill," said Del.
Va. House approves bill to allow car-title lending to out-of-state drivers 2011
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When I was a young nerd, a local busy-body told my mom that I shouldn't be allowed to play Dungeons & Dragons because "It's devil worship."
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I have seen cases where a busy-body did not like the looks of a deck on the back of a house, and filed a complaint that ended up with the people having to tear it down and get a permit to re-build it.
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"If you're a moral busy-body and you insist on substituting your moral judgment, your financial judgment and your fiscal judgment for those of every other person in the Commonwealth, then vote against the bill," said Del.
Va. House approves bill to allow car-title lending to out-of-state drivers 2011
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I hoped to wake to the grunt of a badger scouting for food around our tents, but it was a symphony of wood pigeons and the busy-body cark of a crow that caused me to stir at 5am.
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Prayer to me is a time of quiet and meditation when I try to quiet my busy-body mind long enough to tap into that connectedness, with the outcome hopefully being that the threads currently invisble to me become more visible.
When Tragedy Strikes: Losing Faith, Telling Stories, Finding Hope. | Mind on Fire 2010
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