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sympathize with

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Koohii stories:

1) [adrianbarritt] 1-11-2007(77): Tom Cruise - American with sunglasses (thanks synewave). I can't sympathize with Tom Cruise's state of mind regarding scientology.

2) [saizen] 5-11-2008(15): Have you ever seen the really poor looking children on the corner block with a shoe shine stand? I can't help but to sympathize with them and give them some extra money. It eases my state of mind.

3) [delbertmon] 28-1-2010(8): Tom Cruise - American with sunglasses (thanks synewave). Data can't sympathize with Tom Cruise's regarding scientology because it's illogical.

4) [abaddon] 27-4-2008(8): Data, shoeshine: Commander Data travels back in time with the Enterprise, to 19th century London. After seeing a poor street urchin rubbing shoeshine on a rich man's shoe, he sympathizes with the poor people of this era.

5) [cb4960] 15-10-2007(5): (right primitive = shoeshine. A poor blind man wearing sunglasses is offering to provide professional quality shoeshines in exchange for some rice to feed is poor family). Professional lobbyists know that they can manipulate the president's state of mind to sympathize with their cause by getting a shoeshine. They know that the president is attracted to shiny things.

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