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I'm a law student, so the holidays are challenging and depressing for reasons other than those mentioned by your other commenters. The holiday season is law school final exam season, so my classmates and I are unable to partake in the holiday celebrations from around Thanksgiving time until almost Christmas eve because we have to focus on studying for final exams.  It it challenging and relatively depressing to do nothing but sit and study for 12-14 hours each day for 4-5 weeks straight while the rest of the world is joyfully gearing up for Christmas.  For the past three years, I feel as though I've almost entirely missed out on the holiday season, which saddens me, but I'm thankful for the opportunity to further my education, and it's just something that comes with the territory.

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I was surprised and saddened to hear your commentor from the group purporting to promote understanding of Muslims referring to Muslims as "these people" and making stereotypical comments such as that they speak the language and would be likely to come into contact with terrorist extremists.  "These people" she refers to are our friends, our neighbors, our coworkers.  They may have been born here, may speak English as their only language, and may be indistinguishable from you and I except for the manner in which they choose to worship.  I'm disappointed that even someone from a group that is supposed to promote understanding chooses to look only to a portion of the Muslim community, and by doing reinforces stereotypes.

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Emily, I would strongly caution that you cease talking about parents who allow children to party at their house as a legitimate and common method of harm reduction.  Parents who do this can be held criminally liable for anything that the children may do after consuming alcohol (not to mention issues of furnishing alcohol to a minor).  This includes being liable for any deaths caused by the children.  It is a VERY serious matter, and the way in which you are speaking about it makes it sound as though it's an accepted practice.  Particularly in Oregon, this is not a behavior that parents should engage in. I would suggest that if you continue to refer to this activity on the show today that you counsel parents of the immense potential ramifications.

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