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| | | | | Re: Terms and Conditions Question —Christopher L. Weeks
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| | | | (...) Inane? Uneducated? Illogical? It makes as much sense as the reverse, that all heterosexuals are ill and can be cured by special treatment...after all, it's not the homosexuals that are clogging up the earth with over population. ;-) (...) Me. (26 years ago, 5-May-99, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | | | | | Re: Terms and Conditions Question —Simon Denscombe
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| | | | (...) Well it wasn't covered by the Terms and Conditions though that was my point. I didn't think it was uneducated or illogical however. (...) Well the heterosexuals were here first without them the human race would have died out. There is (...) (26 years ago, 5-May-99, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | | | | | Re: Terms and Conditions Question —Jeff Stembel
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| | | | | [moved to off-topic.debate] (...) What treatment areare you talking about? Is it medical, i.e. involving only drugs and procedures(surgery, etc.)? If it involves cultural (therapy, religion) treatments, it is not a medical illness. If it involves (...) (26 years ago, 5-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | Re: Terms and Conditions Question —Christopher L. Weeks
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| | | | | | (...) Good. (...) You mean like humans? (26 years ago, 6-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Terms and Conditions Question —Jeff Stembel
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| | | | | | (...) One species Chimpanzees comes to mind first(1). I know there are others, I just can't think of them at the moment. :) Jeff 1 - Besides humans, of course. (26 years ago, 6-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Terms and Conditions Question —James Brown
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| | | | | | | (...) Wolves, as well as most other varieties of canine. James (URL) (26 years ago, 6-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: Terms and Conditions Question —Simon Denscombe
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| | | | | | | | (...) Please elaborate on this. How do you know this? (26 years ago, 9-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: Terms and Conditions Question —Jesse R. Long
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| | | | | | | | | Carbon 60 <carbon60@bigfoot.com> wrote in message news:37360AF0.C529D8...oot.com... (...) I think the reference is to wolves pecking order. When the alpha male (or any other male) is challenged for rank, the fight is rarely deadly. When one wolf (...) (26 years ago, 10-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | | | | Re: Terms and Conditions Question —Christopher L. Weeks
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| | | | | | | | | | (...) I disagree. Complex animals (people included) use sex for feeling good. I would say that people may be the only animal to actually use sex for procreation. I really don't know what animals engage in homosexual behavior, aside from humans of (...) (26 years ago, 10-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Terms and Conditions Question —Jesse R. Long
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| | | | | | | | | | | Christopher L. Weeks <c576653@cclabs.missouri.edu> wrote in message news:3737225B.8E1F1D...uri.edu... (...) good. (...) for (...) them (...) It's not backwards, it's instinct. If there is any pleasure, it's an evolutionary motivator to encourage (...) (26 years ago, 10-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Terms and Conditions Question —Christopher L. Weeks
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| | | | | | | | | | | | (...) Of course, but it's also all the animal is concerned with. (26 years ago, 11-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Terms and Conditions Question —Ed Jones
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| | | | | | | | | | (...) I disagree - the majority of mammals have sex only to procreate. The females of most species will only allow sex when they are "furtile". The males of most species still have the ability to determine when the female is in "heat". Only the (...) (26 years ago, 11-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Animal reproduction (was (of course?) Terms and Conditions Question) —Christopher L. Weeks
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| | | | | | | | | | (...) The way I read this, it sounds like you think the critters know that reproduction is the outcome of their sex act. I don't think that's so. I agree that it's instinctually and hormonally driven, but I think the female allows and the male (...) (26 years ago, 11-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Animal reproduction (was (of course?) Terms and Conditions Question) —Linc Smith
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| | | | | | | | | | | Christopher L. Weeks <c576653@cclabs.missouri.edu> wrote in message news:37384BDE.5D9568...uri.edu... (...) females (...) of most (...) "heat". (...) I think that Ed is writing in a style that is used when discussing evolutionary life strategy. An (...) (26 years ago, 12-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Animal reproduction (was (of course?) Terms and Conditions Question) —Christopher L. Weeks
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| | | | | | | | | | | (...) This _may_ be, and I understand the style and its purpose, but since the conversation is about personal motivation for animals to engage in homosexual behavior, that frame of reference is inappropriate. (...) Are you asserting this, or are you (...) (26 years ago, 12-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Animal reproduction (was (of course?) Terms and Conditions Question) —Jesse R. Long
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Christopher L. Weeks <c576653@cclabs.missouri.edu> wrote in message news:3739A6C9.4D7137...uri.edu... (...) the (...) Hardly. The original hypothesis floated here was that animals engage in homosexual behavior, thus humans have some sort of natural (...) (26 years ago, 12-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Animal reproduction (was (of course?) Terms and Conditions Question) —Christopher L. Weeks
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| | | | | | | | | | <3739A6C9.4D71376@cc...souri.edu> <FBMy2u.Hy4@lugnet.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit (...) I missed the point (I guess) that this is the derivitave of 'natural' justification for homosexuality. That (...) (26 years ago, 12-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Animal reproduction (was (of course?) Terms and Conditions Question) —Jeff Stembel
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| | | | | | | | | | (...) Actually, all animals have emotions. Mammals have much more sofisticated emotions than, say, lizards though. If the Discovery channel re-runs the show 'Why Dogs Smile and Chimpanzees Cry', check it out. It was extremely informative about the (...) (26 years ago, 17-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: Terms and Conditions Question —Christopher L. Weeks
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| | | | | | | | | (...) There are special newsgroups devoted to this, ah...subject. ;-) (26 years ago, 10-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: Terms and Conditions Question —James Brown
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| | | | | | | | (...) I assist in running a Werewolf: The Apocalypse(1) chronicle, and someone mentioned it to me in passing, and my curiousity was roused. I investigated on the net, and at my local University library. In a nutshell, there are numerous observed (...) (26 years ago, 10-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: Terms and Conditions Question —Mike Stanley
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| | | | | | | | | (...) You know they're going to release a PC version of this, right? (26 years ago, 10-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | | | | Re: Terms and Conditions Question —Steve Bliss
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| | | | | | | | | | | (...) How does one make a politically correct RPG? Steve (26 years ago, 11-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | | | | Re: Terms and Conditions Question —Christopher L. Weeks
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| | | | | | | | | | (...) Politiaclly Correct, or Personal Computer? Werewolf, or the Massacre at Littleton(1)? 1. Some may be offended by this, but one of the first things I thought of after the Littleton episode was programming a Doom game using the school floorplan. (...) (26 years ago, 11-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Terms and Conditions Question —Mike Stanley
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: Terms and Conditions Question —Steve Bliss
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| | | | | | | | | (...) I believe we're at more than 2 decades now. Most people (around here, anyway) first heard of RPGs (D&D, probably) when a kid disappeared while playing a re-enactment type game. (...) I heard someone was calling for school dress codes banning (...) (26 years ago, 11-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | | | | Re: Terms and Conditions Question —James Brown
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| | | | | | | | | | (...) Oh, we are beyond two decades indeed - I was refering to me, specifically - I've only been gaming for...(quick mental math)17 years(1), so I haven't hit my 2 decade mark yet. (...) Guns don't kill people. Trenchcoats kill people.(2) James (...) (26 years ago, 11-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Terms and Conditions Question —Steve Bliss
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| | | | | | | | | | On Tue, 11 May 1999 16:07:59 GMT, "James Brown" <galliard@shades-of-night.com> wrote: BTW, what's the scoop about Littleton and RPG? I haven't heard any links... (...) I don't know that anything is being blown out of proportion. Violence in the US, (...) (26 years ago, 11-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Terms and Conditions Question —James Brown
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| | | | | | | | | | | (...) Several of the early news articles cited White Wolf's Vampire RPG as a cause, because the two guys played it. I'm too lazy right now to hunt down any URL's and my sources all came hard copy, but I saw 3 articles that all either outright blamed (...) (26 years ago, 11-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Terms and Conditions Question —Jeff Stembel
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | (...) My dad said he read an article that said they played Final Fantasy VII, and seemed to use it as an example of what is bad about video games and RPGs. My (extended) family in Indiana think I am really disturbed for playing AD&D. One of my Aunts (...) (26 years ago, 11-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Terms and Conditions Question —Mike Stanley
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| | | | | | | | | | | | (...) The pastor at my wife's parents' church used to be an avid AD&D player. He still likes the game but says he bowed to silent pressure from his congregation years ago and stopped hosting sessions and playing. He did come to my defense, though, (...) (26 years ago, 12-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Terms and Conditions Question —Christopher L. Weeks
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: Terms and Conditions Question —Simon Denscombe
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| | | | | | | | (...) Role-playing B@@Ks!! That's the ultimate babe turn away judging by my friends reactions: Rachel: What are you reading Phil? Phil: It's Bens... Ben: What? Ben is a role-playing friend : slander@fored.freeserve.co.uk - he mostly does Vampire: (...) (26 years ago, 11-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Terms and Conditions Question —Steve Bliss
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| | | | | | (...) Rats, under the right conditions (overcrowding). Baboons, sometimes (but it's more a dominance/pecking-order thing, IIRC). Steve (26 years ago, 7-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | Re: Terms and Conditions Question —Christopher L. Weeks
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| | | | (...) Are you just looking for someone to disagree with you? If so; Oooh, Oooh, Choose me. By this logic, many people can be 'treated' with exposure to the sun's radiance, which darkens them - thus addressing their palid illness? (26 years ago, 5-May-99, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | | | | | Re: Terms and Conditions Question —Simon Denscombe
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| | | | (...) Aww, third umpire called (1).... By the same token, sun causes skin cancer so skin creme is used. So the sun causes the illness. Try and comeback from that one! :) I dare ya! (26 years ago, 9-May-99, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | | | | | Re: Terms and Conditions Question —Ed Jones
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| | | | (...) Pregnancy causes birth defects. (26 years ago, 10-May-99, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | | | | | Re: Terms and Conditions Question —Terry Keller
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| | | | | (...) So true. And Life is a terminal illness. -- Terry K -- (26 years ago, 11-May-99, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | | | | | Re: Terms and Conditions Question —Simon Denscombe
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| | | | (...) Nope, an error in pregancy causes birth defects. (26 years ago, 11-May-99, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | | | | | Re: Terms and Conditions Question —Ed Jones
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| | | | (...) Moving this topic to the debate board. (26 years ago, 12-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | Re: Terms and Conditions Question —Todd Lehman
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| | | | (...) I'm getting board of all these debates. ;) --Todd (26 years ago, 12-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.pun)
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| | | | | | Re: Terms and Conditions Question —Tom McDonald
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| | | | | (...) That's knot funny. -Tom McD. when replying, laugh at the spamcake. (26 years ago, 12-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.pun)
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| | | | | | (...) 'frayed sew! -John when replying, take Tommy McD's spamcake...please. [1] [1] apologizes if that's bean used. If not, apologizes to Henny. (26 years ago, 12-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.pun)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Terms and Conditions Question —Jeff Stembel
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| | | | | | (...) Okay, stop me if you've heard this one before (and make sure you read it out loud): A piece of string walks into a bar. The Bartender says,"We don't serve your kind here." The string steps outside, ties himself in a knot and frays his ends. He (...) (26 years ago, 17-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.pun)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Terms and Conditions Question —Jasper Janssen
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| | | | | | (...) is that from rec.humor.funny? Jasper (25 years ago, 30-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.pun)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Terms and Conditions Question —Jeff Stembel
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| | | | | | | (...) Not as far as I know. One of my classmates told it to me a couple years ago. Jeff (25 years ago, 1-Jun-99, to lugnet.off-topic.pun)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Terms and Conditions Question —Steve Bliss
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| | | | | | (...) It's just a really old joke. Steve (25 years ago, 2-Jun-99, to lugnet.off-topic.pun)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Terms and Conditions Question —Simon Denscombe
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| | | | | | Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit (...) It's one which was overcomplicated: A string walks into a bar: "Are you a string?" "No, I'm a frayed not" You see with that you don't give away the punch line by an (...) (25 years ago, 2-Jun-99, to lugnet.off-topic.pun)
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| | | | | | Re: Terms and Conditions Question —Ed Jones
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| | | | (...) I'm getting room for them :') (26 years ago, 12-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.pun)
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