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(...) I generally agreed with what you said Scott, so I am just picking at the details here... I think you meant that "no religion SHOULD condone what happened on Tuesday." Sadly, many faiths do suborn the use of violence to an almost epic scale -- (...) (23 years ago, 13-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Brave words. But they are words I agree with. It is time for everyone in the west to see and understand the full implications of our "foreign policy". I hope it is a gross exaggeration, but I heard last night that the sanctions in Iraq had (...) (23 years ago, 13-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) That is tough without knowing who did it. But, I would say that the number one weapon should be education. As I have said before, if the group who did this use religion as a justification, the link between their religion and their act must be (...) (23 years ago, 13-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Yeah, me too. I stand with my countrymen who also stand for peace. If we succumb to reacting from our passions rather than acting out of reason and love for our fellows then we have lost everything already. If our brothers and sisters on this (...) (23 years ago, 13-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Ack. Ooops. Methinks that says "it's time for bed." Cross out that first "tortured logic." Maybe I should have said "redundancy?" Or maybe "redundancy?" best LFB (23 years ago, 13-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Yes, best to work on that spelling. It can lead to some nasty errors. (...) It's neither reasoned nor coherent, so I definitely don't. It sounds like rather self-absorbed anti-American essentialization that's based on tortured logic, willful (...) (23 years ago, 13-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Correction: Terrorists are *made.* They're not born that way. It takes a *lot* of perceived injustice for someone to cross that line. If we want to stop terrorism, we have two choices: understanding and the rule of law or militarization and (...) (23 years ago, 13-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) OK. I just can't let this go. Its absolutely absurd to say things like this! (...) This sounds pretty similar to "No jews=supreme Aryan state" to me. (...) Who are you threatening to "take down"? Some random muslim perhaps? Or maybe the whole (...) (23 years ago, 13-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Tore Eriksson writes: <snip> Genitals, not gentiles. I doubt that many people on this forum will appreciate your statement, let alone it's timing. Setting aside all the Biblical references, in plain terms our nation is (...) (23 years ago, 13-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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In the middle of my summer vacation, I heard that the American company that has just recently purchased the production plant I'm working in, has decided to shut it down. 508 people will lose their jobs, and I am of course one of them. At the same (...) (23 years ago, 13-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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