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(...) Compared to Usenet, it's a pretty friendly place, actually. I'm not saying that it couldn't be better, of course. (...) [above lines compressed into one] (...) Wait a sec -- in a recent huge flamefest, wasn't it widely held that age has (...) (24 years ago, 15-Aug-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Other than RTL, all the other newsgroups I read are work related, but they are all fine. LUGNET is the only one with agro I read. Although, I did used to be on a Ian Banks mailing list thing, and that was pretty bad. I often wonder if LUGNET (...) (24 years ago, 15-Aug-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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"Matthew Miller" <mattdm@mattdm.org> wrote in message news:slrn8piho1.f4u.....bu.edu... (...) has (...) You should make the attempt to understand what I'm saying, versus trying to pick an argument. I said _general_ - obviously meaning that we're not (...) (24 years ago, 15-Aug-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) I'm sorry; I didn't mean to give you a case in point. However, I do disagree with you. Rather than saying that we should be nicer to younger people, I think it'd be better for everyone to be more civil in general. People *do* have the ability (...) (24 years ago, 15-Aug-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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"Matthew Miller" <mattdm@mattdm.org> wrote in message news:slrn8pj4h5.nhe.....bu.edu... (...) to (...) Understood, its ok. (...) nicer (...) I'd agree with you wholeheartedly. I just think that this might be good for improved communication. But yes, (...) (24 years ago, 15-Aug-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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"Scott E. Sanburn" <ssanburn@cleanweb.net> wrote in message news:010e01c006fd$12...8d0@SES... (...) civil (...) isn't (...) a (...) Yeah. I did that about a year and a half ago and it made a difference. Though o-t.debate is somehwat necessary, I (...) (24 years ago, 15-Aug-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Help me out here- I've been seeing a lot of people talking about an "increased level of tension" on Lugnet lately, but I guess I don't see it. I know there were two very controversial threads in the past week/week-and-a-half... namely, the (...) (24 years ago, 15-Aug-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) What is "agro"? (...) FWIW, I haven't noticed any recent changes -- other than the usual flare-ups of debates that happen from time to time. Sometimes they seem like changes because they take things by storm, but they've been here since day 1 (...) (24 years ago, 15-Aug-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Heh. Meeee toooo. (24 years ago, 15-Aug-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) in (...) for (...) I have found that since I have stopped going into off.topic.debate, I am a lot calmer, and seem to relax a lot more. : ) I think healthy discussion is fine, especially since the brick is a good chunk of life, but I try to (...) (24 years ago, 15-Aug-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) It's often used in place of 'aggression' or 'aggressive'. Seems to fit this discussion... -Adam 8^D (24 years ago, 15-Aug-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) am (...) It is very distructive, and I found that I was thinking about it all the time, and I decided to drop it. It is a healthy move, IMO. I rather discuss LEGO items more than anything. (...) but (...) won't (...) age (...) its (...) Yes, (...) (24 years ago, 15-Aug-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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If you used to watch a certain morning channel until some time ago, Agro was the co-host and puppet on a TV show which ran cartoons with this puppet and his sidekick/volunteer from the audience joining in. Somewhat wild in places, goofy in others, (...) (24 years ago, 15-Aug-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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