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(...) By supporting a system which allows for abortion I would argue that they are indeed supporting abortion. The whole pro-choice/pro-life facade is just emotional manipulation. One group believe that abortion is immoral, the other group believe (...) (21 years ago, 5-Oct-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Try File::NCopy (although I dont think it's a standard module) - (URL) however that you can easily obtain directory and filename from the path string - you don't need the file handle (I'm pretty sure File::Basename is standard): use (...) (21 years ago, 5-Oct-05, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Boiled down, Bennett did indeed say "Abort all black babies and cut crime." You can slap qualifiers on it such as he said it might be morally reprehensible, but I think his very statement was pretty morally reprehensible regardless on a rather (...) (21 years ago, 5-Oct-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) At the risk of splitting hairs, I have to take issue with your choice of words here. NARAL does not support abortion but instead supports the right of reproductive choice. To say that NARAL supports abortion is like saying that the NRA (...) (21 years ago, 5-Oct-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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I have a need from within a perl module to copy a large (and variable, it's wildcard driven) number of files from one directory to another. TMTOWTDI of course. What's the best way under the following constraints? - the OS is linux - The wildcard (...) (21 years ago, 5-Oct-05, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) This article is not talking about the Left, it is talking about supporters of abortion throwing an event. This is a liberal point of view but not a Left wing point of view. Please don't bandy about terms incorrectly. As for the event, I would (...) (21 years ago, 5-Oct-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) I have to admit I find it similar in nature to stating that aborting black babies would lower the crime rate. The message of the event would appear to be "don't force abstinence on people", but calling it "Screw Abstinence" gives it a slant (...) (21 years ago, 5-Oct-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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I'm curious about how folks weigh in on (URL) this event>. Not surprisingly, I find it beyond stupid, and the story even cites one person of the left as calling it "cringe-worthy". Well, "good times" or "cringe-worthy"? This is the Left that I fear (...) (21 years ago, 5-Oct-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(URL) As a lowly end user, this totally caught me by surprise. Were there rumblings about this within the community for a long time? Anyone have an idea how this is going to play out in 3D land (now that Maya and 3DS are owned by the same empire)? (...) (21 years ago, 4-Oct-05, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, FTX)
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(...) eh, I heard the theives had to take a number for their turn to steal it;-) (...) Mixed metaphors, puns and Old Milwaukee beer. (URL) it doesn't get any better than this®>. JOHN (21 years ago, 4-Oct-05, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
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(...) Fair enough. But the link to crime and being black (in Bennett's mind) is merely from drawing on statistics. Blacks do account for a disproportionate amount of crime in our country, regardless of reason (which is a different discussion). (...) (...) (21 years ago, 4-Oct-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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In lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, Dave Schuler wrote: How did you stumble upon it, if you don't render? (...) I saw one of his cools renders on BS, probably (URL) this>, and bookmarked it for Ross for future reference. I think (URL) Koyan> once (...) (21 years ago, 4-Oct-05, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
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(...) "Artiste," "Primadonna," it's all the same... (...) Wow, that's pretty cool--thanks for the pointer. I played around a little with it last night, and I'm really surprised at how quickly it renders. I need to play around with the lighting to (...) (21 years ago, 4-Oct-05, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
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(...) That is an accurate summary of what he said. It's not up to the headline to provide the context; that's what the article and the original transcript are for. I suspect that you're taking issue with the use of "Republican" here, and that's not (...) (21 years ago, 4-Oct-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) But the "out of context" charge doesn't work, either, because Bennett's comments are little redeemed even if you read the entire transcript. For him to claim "not guilty by reason of quoting out of context," he would have to show that his (...) (21 years ago, 4-Oct-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Bennett should have said "the crime rate would go down if you aborted all babies." The absurdity would have been more succinctly demonstrated, and he would have avoided any perception of racism. The fact that he explicitly singled out an (...) (21 years ago, 4-Oct-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Sorry to butt in when you were on a roll:-D JOHN (21 years ago, 4-Oct-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Really? "Abort all black babies and cut crime, says Republican". That doesn't come off as a proposal? Please. (...) Therein lies the rub-- "accurate". (...) That's my whole point, Lenny! It is a non-story. The "story" comes as a result of the (...) (21 years ago, 4-Oct-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) I stand corrected. I should have read the title better :) Tim (21 years ago, 4-Oct-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Not at all! In fact, I state that the rag is even unworthy of smearing:-) JOHN (21 years ago, 4-Oct-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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