# Dear Timo

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-timo/666999>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [August 23, 2013, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-timo/666999 "2013-08-23T20:04:57Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![CraterLayer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/87869e/32.png) [@CraterLayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CraterLayer)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2013, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-timo/666999/1 "2013-08-23T20:04:57Z")

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As someone who remembers (as a 5 yr old) the Cuban missile crisis (when my parents bought lots of canned food, and my school made us freeze against the hallway walls, among other things whenever the sirens went off), then seeing my first grade teacher crying uncontrollably when another teacher came in crying to inform her about JFK. Then Vietnam. As an Altar boy who had good grades in a Catholic School, I spent many school mornings serving at the Funerals. Many of them I knew. Where is there a god in all of this?

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**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2013, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-timo/666999/2 "2013-08-23T20:06:55Z")

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Duplicate thread mentioned.

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**Author:** ![CraterLayer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/87869e/32.png) [@CraterLayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CraterLayer)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2013, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-timo/666999/3 "2013-08-23T20:13:55Z")

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I burped. how do I delete this duplicate?

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**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2013, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-timo/666999/4 "2013-08-23T20:15:57Z")

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Don’t worry, a mod will merge or lock it.