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This, from a Canadian newspaper, is worth sharing. America: The Good Neighbor Widespread but only partial news coverage was given recently to A remarkable editorial broadcast from Toronto by Gordon Sinclair, a Canadian television commentator. What (...) (23 years ago, 12-Sep-01, to lugnet.general)
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When was this written? It seems like something written in the seventies... Pedro (23 years ago, 12-Sep-01, to lugnet.general)
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(...) No date but i assume just today or yesterday.Why do you say the seventies???? (23 years ago, 12-Sep-01, to lugnet.loc.pt)
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(...) Well, first of all, he doesn't know about European aerospace company Airbus, which produces airliners (and is in fact comparable to Boeing in its output). He dwells on 1950s and 1960s events, and doesn't even mention later events, even when (...) (23 years ago, 12-Sep-01, to lugnet.loc.pt, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Because the bloke never mentions "Airbus" as a plane brand... and currently it has more then 50% of the world plane market (commercial, medium-large). But I now see there is a mention to the SF earthquake, so it has to be post-1989... which (...) (23 years ago, 12-Sep-01, to lugnet.general)
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Ngggh, pfft, pfft mmph. Please, please! I'm trying to show respect to the all hurt Americans by not debating causes and response options to the gigantic tragedy. I guess the editorial is supposed to be a consolation and therefore it deserves praise, (...) (23 years ago, 12-Sep-01, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Sounds like it to me.Still has many good points. (...) (23 years ago, 12-Sep-01, to lugnet.loc.pt, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) See above. I actually rather like his take, but it was written in 1973 according to two sites where I found the essay. best LFB (23 years ago, 12-Sep-01, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Simple but in MANY cases true! (23 years ago, 12-Sep-01, to lugnet.general)
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In lugnet.loc.pt, Lindsay Frederick Braun writes: (snipped) (...) Eh eh, I wrote just about the same concerning Airbus (I did not read your post until i posted mine...). There is a catch, though: The earthquake. It was 5 years after the writer's (...) (23 years ago, 12-Sep-01, to lugnet.loc.pt, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I am NOT trying to start a debate(look into my past here on LugNET i stay mostly away from that).Declare all the opinions you wish...words only hurt if you let them. (23 years ago, 12-Sep-01, to lugnet.general)
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(...) The truth can be only one, but it can be seen from different angles. He had a quite dated point of view... and did not mention the full context of all the situations referred (which would not fit the paper...) Anyway, if he felt America was (...) (23 years ago, 12-Sep-01, to lugnet.general)
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(...) :-)!!!!!!! (23 years ago, 12-Sep-01, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I agree up to a certain extent. If this is some sort of help, LFB reported the article was written in 1973... rendering it somehow "dated". Honestly, I think the perspective Americans/Canadians have of international affairs is not that (...) (23 years ago, 12-Sep-01, to lugnet.general)
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(...) To Tore and all of the others either already debating or chomping at the bit to do so, No one is stopping the debate, that much is obvious. Neither can we or should we. It's against the LUGNET ToU and human nature. Yesterday I asked that the (...) (23 years ago, 12-Sep-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Surely you realize that San Francisco has had earthquakes before 1989? Also, technically the 1989 quake wasn't centered in San Francisco, but in Loma Prieta, certainly close enough to be felt. (URL) could have been referring to the 1906 quake, (...) (23 years ago, 12-Sep-01, to lugnet.loc.pt, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Sure, I realize that. And discarded that chance. In 1906 WHO ON EARTH could have responded to tha SF earthquake with help (in useful time, that is)??? If he was talking about that quake, he is far more innocent than I thought... Besides, was (...) (23 years ago, 12-Sep-01, to lugnet.loc.pt, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) P.S. I also should have said thank you to Tore and the others who DID indeed hold off on the debates over the attacks yesterday and last night...I appreciate it, and I'm sure many others do too...Thank you... Matt (23 years ago, 12-Sep-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Not a catch. He's referring to 1906--although, to be honest, that's not much different functionally from mentioning the Chicago Fire. That would definitely be one of those naive points. It's definitely a 1973 production, though. I found more (...) (23 years ago, 12-Sep-01, to lugnet.loc.pt, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) This is my wish as well. Please, folks, think of our URL. Your words will live forever on the LEGO Users Group Network website. All bigger principles aside, I'd hate to think that a LU may become offended and turn away. If you must debate (...) (23 years ago, 13-Sep-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Vietnam, Korea. Many soldiers from many countries fought & died in these places to help America in a cause many (including Americans) believed was unnecessary. ROSCO (23 years ago, 13-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) (snipped) (...) Amazing! I thought by that time (1973) knowledge of history was more widespread... the commentator should have known that NOONE might have helped back in 1906 (or the Chicago Fire for that matter, which I believe was around the (...) (23 years ago, 13-Sep-01, to lugnet.loc.pt, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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