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(...) looking for a non-Scientologist. Hmm... Dave! (23 years ago, 1-May-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Good example Dave! (1) I'll go a lot farther than that. I wouldn't even think to *ask* such a thing because I understand that it's not appropriate for a club (as a club) to be seen as espousing a particular view. This distinction is totally (...) (23 years ago, 1-May-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Tony Hedglen writes: <snip> I think you're misreading Larry here - although to be fair, Larry does seem to have an anti-christian bias. BUT! That's not what he's saying. He is saying that the club should not *AS A CLUB* (...) (23 years ago, 1-May-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Tony, please allow me to express my perspective, as a disinterested third party: In the above snippet you point out that the church (by definition, I think we'll agree, a religious institution) would like the club (a group of individuals of (...) (23 years ago, 1-May-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) First, regarding the metric system, use whatever pleases you. Personally, I don't care. I like the old system, simply because i grew up with it, and i therefore find it more (personally) natural to think in terms of feet and inches than meters (...) (23 years ago, 1-May-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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I apologize to you and you still accuse me of things. The only confusion I have is you. Do you think the club is a business or a club? I’m not in the club to make money; I’m not in the club to support a certain group. I’m in the club to have fun. (...) (23 years ago, 1-May-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Really? Cool! Maybe the Euro will be NGL 2.20 one day, and not NGL 2.203. ;) I know, immaterial, given that the Guilder shall cease to exist on 1 March 2002. (...) n.b.: 1872 was the actual Conference that made one particular meter bar the (...) (23 years ago, 1-May-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Then what are you willing to acknowledge, beyond what we've seen here? There's no reason in this long .debate to think that Larry's wrong on that score. (...) The past should be absolutely crucial in considering "the real world." The problem (...) (23 years ago, 1-May-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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.... (...) I recently had to do somethin involving metirc conversion and was told that at some point the inch was redefind by the international standards people to be exactly 2.54 cm. (...) .... I thought that the meter was defined in terms of the (...) (23 years ago, 1-May-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Heh. It may be sobering to point out that the "brand" of UK was born in 1800, following the forced Act of Union with Ireland. That's when the name becomes valid, and it starts a new era of incredible colonial bloodshed. But I'm not sure all of (...) (23 years ago, 1-May-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) You know, I was going to comment on that, then I saw that you already had. (The part about Tim championing science, that is.) I almost fell out of my chair when I read that! :) I was half prepared to read "cubits." Or are we just being evil, (...) (23 years ago, 1-May-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Much snippage. (...) Note the "as it were" here. This is a figure of speech, I don't believe MICHLUG or MICHLTC actually *has* a banner. (...) There is no "banner". It was figurative. However, if there were, it would not be Chris's decision to make, (...) (23 years ago, 1-May-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Scott: I would turn the question around and ask how you would propose to achieve peace with the state sponsors of terrorism, when those same states have demonstrated irrefutably that they accept the destruction of innocent life as a valid (...) (23 years ago, 1-May-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I’m sorry James that I said thing that should not of been said. As you can see I apologized to Larry about my comments. I’m also apologizing to you for offending you. Like I told Larry we all have our own opinion why we do things. I hope our (...) (23 years ago, 1-May-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I’m sorry Larry for replying to your e-mail in the manner that I did. I didn’t have too good of a day yesterday. I said some thing I should not of said. We all have our own opinions about things. And your right, it’s nice that club members can (...) (23 years ago, 1-May-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) That is your opinion. (...) Yes. (...) If Turkey's legislation is not in line with the EU, Joe could take Turkey to court. Read the papers, it happens to EU members when they do not implement legislation. (...) Banning the use use by UK forces (...) (23 years ago, 1-May-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Don't need to read it I already know it. So, could you please reread my post and several other previous ones? I ALREADY said that Turkey is not wanted. I already said that I BELIEVE PUTTING TURKEY IN IS NOT GOOD FOR ANY EUROPEAN COUNTRY RIGHT (...) (23 years ago, 3-Aug-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Very noble Larry. Perhaps you could tell us how this can be done? And what about state sponsored/enacted terrorism? Scott A (23 years ago, 1-May-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Then perhaps it is you who does not understand the difference (...) Turkey would have to bring its legislation in line with the EU. I read a poll yesterday in the Guardian which said Turkey was the nation which was least likely to join. (...) (23 years ago, 1-May-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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From an LP party "polemic"... (Steve Dasbach is US LP chair) - begin cite Over the past week, politicians have been pointing fingers about who is to blame for the incident in South America last Friday, in which the Peruvian air force shot down a (...) (23 years ago, 1-May-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Where the fault is split 60-40 I think you're right. But what if the fault is almost all on one side? (it's not 60-40 in this case but it's not 99-1 either, so this is a hypothetical, I want to know what you think) What then? I come from the (...) (23 years ago, 30-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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James responded quite nicely and set FUT .debate. I'm not sure that was appropriate since it means we won't hear from Scott, since he doesn't post to .debate (his loss, I guess) but I followed suit. Tony, I think the club members had come to quite a (...) (23 years ago, 30-Apr-01, to lugnet.org.us.michlug, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I still didn't get this impression, though. (...) So, seeing that you tend to prefer simple two-three word answers instead of making a point, could you able to explain two simple questions as How and Why? Especially, when and if EU politicians (...) (23 years ago, 30-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) No, not enough said. I've moved it over to .debate, follow if you want to. No, by being present, you _are_ endorsing one religion. As a _club_ member (admittedly not your club), would you then want to support my cause? Reasonablly, I doubt you (...) (23 years ago, 30-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) My point was that perhaps they “should take care of it” without torture etc. (...) As I understand it, to join, Turkey would have to bring its legislation in line with that of the EU. (...) Appearances can be deceptive ;-) (...) I agree. But (...) (23 years ago, 30-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) In your opinion. Black is black. I am not going to get into a "who is the baddest" debate... it would be rather pointless. (...) You have no idea what I am "willing to acknowledge". As I said before, you are talking about the past. Considering (...) (23 years ago, 30-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Okay, let's assume this is true. It probably is. My question is: so what? Who comes to the table with clean hands? When it comes time to talk of peace there is usually blood on all sides. No side is innocent. No side is able to speak from a (...) (23 years ago, 30-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Yes, two of them. I made them already. But for your benefit, since you missed it: 1. You seem to be saying that Israel and the PLO are equally bad. This is incorrect. The PLO is far worse. To say that they are equal shows your bias. 2. The UK (...) (23 years ago, 30-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I am tempted to say the same about you, but I won't. (...) Hmm. Rather a simplistic argument. (...) You are free to criticise what ever you wish. I am not going to put you in jail for your political views. (...) Nope, that shows my general (...) (23 years ago, 30-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Snippage, as usual. (...) that I would relish being called a braggart... L0L ) I like the last definition (of a related word) in your cite (thanks for that, by the way, always nice to have a different source than good old dictionary.com) "Her (...) (23 years ago, 30-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) You are mixing tone and content. In any event, I was happy to have my tone called "polemic": (URL) (...) That is because I am talking about now. You are talking about the past. The UK's colonial past does not make it ok for Israelto torture (...) (23 years ago, 30-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) He can speak for himself of course, but calling your tone polemic strikes me as a rebuke... and a well deserved one. You've been called on this point before, you are quick to criticise some sides (who deserve criticism, in this case Israel) (...) (23 years ago, 30-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Sorry about that! But isn't the Metric system an abomination in the eyes of God? After all, the linear measure is based on human scientists gaining a true understanding of the world and its workings. Whereas the linear measure in the Imperial (...) (23 years ago, 30-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Nice blanket statement ;) I live in Tennessee (which is pretty near the top of the Redneck-O-Meter), and I prefer metric over standard. It's really an irrelevant issue, as most common conversions can be done in one's head on the fly. That's (...) (23 years ago, 30-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I believe I understand the differnce between defending human rights & and masterbation. (...) You are quite wrong. Scott A (...) (23 years ago, 30-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) It's US, Brunei and Burma if I remember correctly..:-) Selçuk (23 years ago, 29-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) You are completely clueless again. I neither said nor mean anything like that. All I tried to explain is was you are not defending human rights, you are just musterbating. Continue, though. It is quite relieving I believe. And for the EU issue (...) (23 years ago, 29-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Don't diss my kind. BTW, YAY. Metric rules, so do rednecks. Rick (23 years ago, 29-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I think it's the US, Liberia, and Burma are the last holdouts for any sort of mandated metric conversion. -chris (23 years ago, 29-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Your forgetting about the Uk we still have plenty of imperial knocking around. It's about time we got rid of the lot except of course miles per hour, Anyone who trys to change that does so at their own peril. Steve (23 years ago, 29-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Richard did not rebuff me. He only gave the fact I quoted some context. Or are you saying that this is not true: "Turkey and Israel are "free to take care of it". However, both have a history of ignoring human rights and murdering civilians in (...) (23 years ago, 29-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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You appear to view human rights a luxury which is great if it can be afforded economically. I view them as being rather more fundamental than that. As I said before, Turkey will not get in the EU until it gets itself in order. Scott A (...) (23 years ago, 29-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I thought for a while that they (the UK) DID declare two independent states... Israel and Jordan. When the UK partitioned Palestine, that was the idea. Jordan was to be one part, and Israel the other. Why didn't that work out? Or, why do the (...) (23 years ago, 29-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Abosolutely yay. The US should get out of their redneck rut and realize that they are decades behind the rest of the world when it comes to this issue. The US is simply stinking up everybody else with their stupid old system (especially here (...) (23 years ago, 29-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Yay!!! I can't belive that US is still using the imperial system. Last country in the world? /Tobbe (URL) (23 years ago, 29-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Well, see? Here is my point: acting defensively is totally ethical from my viewpoint. And that takes me fighting right up to the border -- my line in the sand. Once my would-be conquerors are on the other side of that line I just don't care (...) (23 years ago, 28-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) <snip> Man I hate it when you're right about something! A less polemical tone on the part of US and UK (and Israeli and USSR and etc etc. heck, on the part of all of us) speakers would indeed be a good idea. ++Lar (23 years ago, 28-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Richard Marchetti writes: <snip rebuffing-of-Scott-part> (...) I agree. That is definitely the key here. (...) I *completely* agree. I think I came off really different in my last post; don't get me wrong here. I am all (...) (23 years ago, 28-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I have met him too, I think he's a great guy too, and I know what party you mean... but when he throws a zinger like calling this site "propaganda" I am going to zing back. As usual, he doesn't want to discuss his zinger here, (although he (...) (23 years ago, 28-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Lar, how can I put it subtly, Scott (whom I have met, and is a great guy), happens to be a card carrying member, and of the same affiliation as ... (and I am sure he voted for...) dubya. 'Nuff said? (Not that there is anything wrong with (...) (23 years ago, 27-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) One liner, huh? It says 4500 yes. "Background Armed conflict between Turkish security forces and the PKK has continued since 1984 in the southeast of Turkey, which is mainly inhabited by Kurds. Both sides were responsible for human rights (...) (23 years ago, 27-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) You're referring to this bit, I trust: "Both sides were responsible for human rights abuses during the conflict, in which an estimated 4,500 civilians were killed, around 3,000 settlements evacuated or burned down and up to three million (...) (23 years ago, 27-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) See: (URL) counts 4500 civilian deaths. Scott A (...) (23 years ago, 27-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) 6000 civilians? You are sure right? And systematically?..Wow..You enlightened me..:-) Doc knows my country better than me..:-) I know Turkey has the worst kind of scum as a government for decades but only one thing that I'm sure of exists, (...) (23 years ago, 27-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Good thing for most of Europe enough people thought it was moral to fight a war on foreight soil (though I guess in some cases, outside participation was invited). I also don't think we would have the relative peace we have in Europe had we (...) (23 years ago, 27-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) That was in the bad old days... most other countries were doing pretty much the same - or wanted to. But sure, I'm still not proud of it. Anyhow, we have rebranded ourselves as the "UK" :-) (...) I view some laws as protection for the poor or (...) (23 years ago, 27-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) That's the way of blood feuds. Or gang-warfare. Or <your phrase of choice here>! Still, a less polemical tone might be more appropriate for someone in Great Britian. Britain is hardly a country without fault, historically speaking. If the sun (...) (23 years ago, 27-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) You have a government which systematically abuses human rights and as taken part in the killing of ~6000 civilians in the war you describe. Who voted for them? (...) The IRA has weapons UK, USA and eastern Europe. Bizarrely, some of the (...) (23 years ago, 27-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Turkey and Israel are "free to take care of it". However, both have a history of ignoring human rights and murdering civilians in the process. (...) Hmm. And what about the rocket attacks I see your army perpatrate alsmost daily on small (...) (23 years ago, 27-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Ooh, Selçuk - now you're talking things I can relate to. What you're describing here reminds me a lot of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict that Scott and Dan were condemning earlier. I stayed out of the discussion because I know where those things (...) (23 years ago, 27-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Sorry, in what way is (URL) propaganda, exactly? It may be presenting information about things that you'd rather it didn't, but that's about it. FUT off-topic.debate (...) There is no way to stop a site from being nominated. ++Lar (23 years ago, 26-Apr-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Sorry, but both of these were not the main idea behind the film, if I got it correctly. Besides the film was not the main subject here. (...) So at least you already got the main idea, partially..:-) And believe me, public DOES NOT always (...) (23 years ago, 26-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) From imdb: Factual errors: The Guildford 4 & the Maguire 7 were not tried in the same court simultaneously. Factual errors: Guiseppe Conlon & Gerry were never in the same prison. (...) It must be: (URL) differnce is that the public in the UK (...) (23 years ago, 26-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Kurdish people not equal to PKK just like Irish people not not equal to IRA. I hope this would help. And if the film "In The Name of My Father" ((URL) has any truth in it, it is sometimes quite difficult to separate one from the other, huh? (...) (23 years ago, 26-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Prices in Sweden: One US gallon = 3.85 US $ one metric litre = 10:36 Skr one US gallon = 3.7854 litres 1 US$ = 10:198 Skr (10.36 x 3.7854) / 10.198 = 3.8455.... /Tobbe (...) (23 years ago, 26-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Ah. But a certain NATO country is no friend to the kurds either. Scott A (...) (23 years ago, 26-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Ya, and Yogi Berra nevers said "Deja Vu all over again", right??? <grin> ++Lar (23 years ago, 25-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) What's to investigate, it's like discovering that bears poop in the woods. The man (and I use word that in only the biological sense) is the scum of the earth. He has been killing off the marsh Arabs in the south and the Kurds in the north (he (...) (23 years ago, 25-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Sorry, I wasn't trying to pick a fight, either. I certainly didn't receive your words as negative criticism towards myself -- I definitely need to try to express that better in the future. FWIW, I liked the movie. The first time I watched it (...) (23 years ago, 25-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) ...and 10 years after the event Saddam Hussein is being _investigated_ for war crimes: (URL) shall sleep well tonight knowing that Scotland Yard is on the case. Scott A (23 years ago, 25-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Ooh! Thank you Dan! I could go for some good salsa about now. (...) And who are you to turn the heart of the average American? To introduce some new compassion into even a small fraction of your peers...it's a pretty tall order. I hate to (...) (23 years ago, 25-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) invasions and occupation of land in Egypt, Syria and Lebenon and their occupation of Gaza and the West Bank. On a side note: the USA still maintains sanctions against Cuba, really for no good reason other than because the Cold War generation (...) (23 years ago, 25-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Uh-oh... I think it is obvious that I taken it in a very different, actually in exact reverse context..:-) Selçuk (23 years ago, 25-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) That's the US; we don't do anything half-way! If we're going to have a work week, we're going to have the *longest* work week. Ditto stress level and divorce rates! Go team! (...) In my work toward an English degree I was required to buy three (...) (23 years ago, 25-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) In Scotland, I pay around US$5.50 for a UK gallon (8 pints). It is not the end of the world to be honest, I would not mind paying a little more if the tax was well spent or if it helped (directly or indirectly) reduce pollution. Scott A (...) (23 years ago, 25-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) But we be forgiven by our families for working >50 hours per week? I read the USA has the longest working week, highest levels of work related stress and the worst divorce rates in the west. (...) 100% correct. In the field I work in everyone (...) (23 years ago, 25-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I don't know that "busy" needs to be in quotes, or if it's even a matter of laziness. If I (and countless others) spend 50+ each week working and/or commuting to work, in addition to other immediate responsibilities, I think we can be forgiven (...) (24 years ago, 25-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) And Sagan never said "Billions and billions." 8^) Dave! (24 years ago, 25-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I believe that was Stalin, himself no stranger to the deaths of thousands (or millions, as I think the original quote indicated. Dave! (24 years ago, 25-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Recently seen on a bumper sticker... " All in favor of lower gas prices, raise your right foot! " :) Greg Betzel (24 years ago, 25-Apr-01, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I strongly agree. I remember a good sentence from some important personality in history, but can't remember who is him right now. "Death of a person is tragedy. Death of a thousand people is statistics." When you start to think about it as a (...) (24 years ago, 25-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I find it very ironic that a whole nation apparently solemnly commemorates the WW2 persecution when they themselves are current persecutors. Very ironic. I note that there is currently an economic blockade of Gaza and the West Bank: (URL) A (...) (24 years ago, 25-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) The probelm is we are all to lazy or "busy" to read a book/s about these issues. Scott A (...) (24 years ago, 25-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) WHAT!!! You mean those time travels were made up?! Boy, and to think that I cited those adventures in several college essays! Oops! ;^p (...) Doh! That didn't really happen either?! Wow, I'm batting real low here. Yep, there's a lot of "true" (...) (24 years ago, 25-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Comfort food time! ;^) (...) Well, the Pushkin playlet started the snowball (bad, bad Mister Pushkin). (...) "Mo' money, mo' money, mo' money..." (...) Hmmm, I can dig that. (...) Exactly, but how many folks really do that? We've reduced (...) (24 years ago, 25-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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In lugnet.robotics, "kristin fullenwider" <rudies2piecesuit@hotmail.com> writes: <snip> Well, I haven't posted in a long time, and I'd hate to think that something like this (rather than something cool in .mecha :c) ) would get me to do so, but here (...) (24 years ago, 25-Apr-01, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) <just a little tummy tuck> (...) Goodness I missed you, so glad you're back!!! ++Lar (24 years ago, 25-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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I was thinking of not putting anything into this thread. Tough to stay out of though. Lots of good points are being made by all parties and clearly this is a nicely behaved and well reasoned thread, kudos to all posters. (...) Good point. But where (...) (24 years ago, 25-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Hi Shiri! I liked your post very much, especially the part about the personal accounts of Jewish families during the Holocaust. Big numbers can mean nothing if we never hear the personal stories of those who suffered or died. When I read the "Diary (...) (24 years ago, 25-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Okay... I just thought I'd point out that I wasn't trying to negatively criticize anyone specifically for the manner in which they choose to remember the Holocaust. To that extent, I think that I am with Shiri inasmuch as personal accounts (...) (24 years ago, 24-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Hey Dan, Hi Richard, and Jeremy and Dave. First of all - I want to make it loud and clear that I am *totally* biased. Not only am I 100% Jewish, but my whole family suffered from the Holocaust, I have a very small extended family because most of my (...) (24 years ago, 24-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I'm not saying that big lies don't happen. I'm not defending the media, either. Um, I'm not sure what I'm saying. :-, Shortly after seeing Amadeus, I was made aware of the Salieri conspiracy. The movie was mean, but so what? As a work of (...) (24 years ago, 24-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) So did Braveheart, while we're at it, though as a history story it is only slightly more accurate than Mr. Peabody's time travels with Sherman. The only saving grace re: historical value is that neither film claimed to be an accurate (...) (24 years ago, 24-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Hey, I got another doosy for you, Jeremy! Old skool: Remember when "Amadeus" won a bunch of Oscars back in 1984? We all got familiarized with the "story" of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and how Salieri was jealous and killed him-- 100% pure crap! (...) (24 years ago, 24-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Yes! Thanks, I was having trouble recalling his name and didn't want to butcher it. :) (...) Well, I admire any artist willing to use their celebrity status in a positive, non-egocentric way. It breaks my heart when an artist like Spielberg (a (...) (24 years ago, 24-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Several. On almost all of those occasions, they were trying to pick my pocket. No, really. That said, part of the reason that few people remember Gyspies in their holocaust rememberances (or any other time) is because they are still heavily (...) (24 years ago, 24-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Ah! Now I see where you're coming from. I still hold that, in itself, the film can't be blasted for failing to address matters outside its scope, since to do otherwise would by definition require that everything address everything--a (...) (24 years ago, 24-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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