OmegaG
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Joined: 10/23/2007 Status: offline
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com·mu·ni·ty // ", "6"); interfaceflash.addParam("loop", "false"); interfaceflash.addParam("quality", "high"); interfaceflash.addParam("menu", "false"); interfaceflash.addParam("salign", "t"); interfaceflash.addParam("FlashVars", "soundUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fcache.lexico.com%2Fdictionary%2Faudio%2Fluna%2FC06%2FC0690400.mp3"); interfaceflash.write(); // ]]> Audio Help /kəˈmyu nɪ ti/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[kuh-myoo-ni-tee] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation –noun, plural -ties. 1. a social group of any size whose members reside in a specific locality, share government, and often have a common cultural and historical heritage. 2. a locality inhabited by such a group. 3. a social, religious, occupational, or other group sharing common characteristics or interests and perceived or perceiving itself as distinct in some respect from the larger society within which it exists (usually prec. by the): the business community; the community of scholars. 4. a group of associated nations sharing common interests or a common heritage: the community of Western Europe. 5. Ecclesiastical. a group of men or women leading a common life according to a rule. 6. Ecology. an assemblage of interacting populations occupying a given area. 7. joint possession, enjoyment, liability, etc.: community of property. 8. similar character; agreement; identity: community of interests. 9. the community, the public; society: the needs of the community. Don't see anything in the definition about judging, playing nice or getting along. This is a community only because it is designed to bring like minded people to one place. In this case, like minded is a fairly diverse population. This community member personally hates when others try to mold the population to fit their personal definition of community.
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Regret for the things we did can be tempered by time; it is regret for the things we did not do that is inconsolable. Sydney J. Harris Sex without pain is like food without taste. - de Sade
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