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(...) I am not sure I agree. I am somewhat scared by the sudden uptick in recruitment, some of the people joining seem rather, well, brutish. I think the last thing we need is some ignoramous on the front lines shooting up a village of innocents (...) (23 years ago, 17-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Tales of Stupidity (Re: Stupid Tales of Misplaced Zeal
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(...) Sigh indeed. My only contribution to this string is to change the subject line. I do NOT see this sort of thing as misplaced zeal. Misplaced zeal is trying to donate blood after you already heard that they don't need any. This is stupidity and (...) (23 years ago, 17-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Mercy? (Was Re: My Prayer on this National Day of Prayer)
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(...) Some of us would rather see you expend your energy in reviewing what came before rather than rehashing. Everything you've said has been said before in some previous incarnation of this debate, so don't think you're adding any new value or (...) (23 years ago, 17-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) So what is your plan then? Ask nicely? What if asking causes Pakistan to topple and the Taliban to launch a war? (...) So you are so sure that you know what to fix that you see debate as "needless"? My, I wish I was that certain. I see debate (...) (23 years ago, 17-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Yes, I re-read that and realised it wasn't a good description of my belief. Perhaps closer: "...he instantly loses all his followers, *from his point of view*, because they no longer have to make any choice to follow him." (...) I agree with (...) (23 years ago, 16-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Those boneheads that are commiting hatefule acts against innocent citizens should be punished by forcing them to do a tour of duty. Let *them* be in the front lines if/when we have any ground battles. Julie (...) (23 years ago, 16-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Mercy? (Was Re: My Prayer on this National Day of Prayer)
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(...) Ack! No, don't tell me that Reality TV has provided *anything* pithy! (...) And, remember, if God created all and is omnipotent, God also created evil and possesses the power to destroy it at any time. Evil is not merely the absence of good. (...) (23 years ago, 16-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Mercy? (Was Re: My Prayer on this National Day of Prayer)
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(...) Colby from Survivor 2. (...) Mark said: The Kindness Of Man. Please, give credit where credit is due, and don't shortchange the good people. You said: All goodness derives from God, but this is a technicality in this instance :). So what did (...) (23 years ago, 16-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Stupid Tales of Misplaced Zeal
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It begins: (URL) *sigh* Not only wrong for attacking a fellow American, but too ignorant even to know who the target of his hate was. Not, of course, that the perpetrator cared. :( I did some shopping last night at the nearby Indo-Pak grocery, and (...) (23 years ago, 16-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Mercy? (Was Re: My Prayer on this National Day of Prayer)
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This debate is going nowhere, and no one's opinion is going to change here. But you say there is convincing evidence that there is god, and yet I have seen any. Let me put my opinion this way. I will believe that there is a god when he shows (...) (23 years ago, 16-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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