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| This is from my memory, so don’t recite too loudly! Dan Jassim probably could give your question more justice. I have never visited but… I think the short answer is "both". On the edge of the town of Jenin exists a refugee camp which has probably (...) (22 years ago, 16-Apr-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Peace in the Mid-East?
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| (...) correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't Barak offer Arafat in one of the "agreements" a palestinian state in the west bank and gaza, including a capital in east Jerusalem? and was turned down, because Arafat wanted more? (...) well, I can see why (...) (22 years ago, 24-Apr-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Jain's Guide reborn!
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| (...) ...Jordan Greer signed up the Solarian Army website, but I cant tell him because all emails to aurora_@mac.com seem to bounce... so hopefully he'll see this message and know that he's cleared for posting stories! :-) --- wubwub (...) (22 years ago, 7-May-02, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: jumping to conclusions
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| (...) So what's a Palestinian to do? Speak out against the PLO? Peacemakers aren't very welcome in the Arab world--just ask Sadat's widow. (...) None really, except to note that the US media is getting *so* biased that it is surprising even itself. (...) (22 years ago, 22-Apr-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: jumping to conclusions
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| (...) You said: 1. “Sorry, there isn't one. “ 2. “The PLO represent the Palestinians.” 3. “Whatever the PLO does, the Palestinians support them.” 4. “Anyone who supports the actions of terrorists is just as culpable as the terrorists themselves.” (...) (22 years ago, 22-Apr-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Peace in the Mid-East?
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| I found that article pretty sketchy on facts I could agree readily agree with. The author of that article pointedly equates criticism of Israel with "Jew hatred" -- which to my mind is NOT the same thing at all. Hatred of a people for no reason is (...) (22 years ago, 24-Apr-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Peace in the Mid-East?
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| (...) I agree that you can't always hold the people responsible to what the leaders do, but wouldn't you agree that sometimes when it's clear that the leader is doing what the people want, the people _should_ be held responsible? (...) nod... but (...) (22 years ago, 24-Apr-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Structural engineering on large Lego spacecraft.
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| (...) Hey, I missed this when you posted it over 2 months ago, heh. I don't understand what you mean. A picture would provide much clarification. However, it sounds like a quite effective means of strengthening a ship. Do you have ay pictures of (...) (22 years ago, 2-Dec-02, to lugnet.space)
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| | To those in the last 3 months who have built large ships.
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| I've meant to respond to many of your vessels. However, I have not been able to post for quite some time. I also find myself unable to locate pictures of several of the ships on which I meant to comment. So please, someone rehash for which large (...) (22 years ago, 2-Dec-02, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Peace in the Mid-East?
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| (...) The quote demonstrated: a) Why Israel wanted the war. b) How they provoked it. (...) The battle was "mostly over". Israel was reluctant to advance substantially into Arab territory as they feared a counter attack by external powers (i.e. the (...) (22 years ago, 16-May-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Peace in the Mid-East?
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| (...) Israel tricked the Syrians. Fine. The purpose was to control the Golan Heights so as to provide a safe buffer between her and Syria. It was a completely *defensive* strategy. Has Israel used this strategic advantage against Syria in an (...) (22 years ago, 16-May-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| In Traveller, spaceships use a convention of how much hydrogen might (...) Whomever created "Traveller" obviously didn't think things through. Nor did (s)he know much about physics or space. Mass is a MUCH better way of comparing the sizes of space (...) (22 years ago, 30-Dec-02, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: The skinny on Jenin, the European Press
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| (...) You're wrong. Read around the subject a little more. As the Israeli forces advanced they destroyed whole villages in their path. Israel was able to clear 80% of Palestinians from the area (~700,000 individuals). (...) Well, I think they wanted (...) (22 years ago, 28-May-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Displacement Tonnage for Spaceships?
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| (...) Don't worry, building large ships is actually easier than it might seem. I was building mere 100 studish long ships for years, then I decided to make the jump to large ships. I now have built a 240 or stud long ship which weighs upward of 25 (...) (22 years ago, 31-Dec-02, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Lego and Disney, a continued future?
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| Ahui makes some good and persuasive points, but I have a few counter arguements. First, the Disney toy monorail SUCKS! It's clear though that Disney is open to the posibility of features of the park being modeled in toy stature. By the way, a little (...) (22 years ago, 5-Jun-02, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Build sets from "My Parts"
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| (...) You have just motivated me to upload my sets to Lugnet and register for peeron. Could you add another two buttons? 1. "What can I build?" It would have the same function as "Try to build" but it would list each of the possible sets which I (...) (21 years ago, 7-May-03, to lugnet.inv)
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| I've updated my site, it now has several new news stories. (URL) in a few weeks I'll be able to scan pictures of my new capital ships... (22 years ago, 14-Jan-03, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: A Question of Size
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| (...) The modern term for a destroyer escort is "frigate." Anyhow, I like the term escort as applied to 40-80 stud ships, it's fitting. (22 years ago, 14-Jan-03, to lugnet.space)
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