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(...) If that's a backhanded concession of any sort, I'll take it. :) Another good site is www.swordandspirit.com. It's chock full of humor - about as far from cranky as you can yet. (...) I don't see this. Can you cite an example? (...) At this (...) (23 years ago, 19-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I'm sure that we'll see more civilians die at the hands of fanatics, and I'm sick to the guts at the prospect of a terrorist nuke or deliberately seeded epidemic. I don't know when it will end. I don't think politeness works with insane (...) (23 years ago, 18-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Before people foam about this petition, they ought to go actually read it. It asks for very reasonable things... that we seek to obtain proof of who did it, that we do our utmost not to target civilians, that we not seek revenge on nations (...) (23 years ago, 18-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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This is a very long article but I found it quite worth the read. (URL) far as I am concerned, the Taliban is pretty straightforwardly evil, if only for what it has done to its own people in the name of Islam. That said, it is not the duty of the US (...) (23 years ago, 18-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I want you to identify precisely what that means for me, because it is my guess that if you REALLY examine what it might mean you will see how it is an unachievable goal. And even if it is achievable, I have the funny idea that what you are (...) (23 years ago, 18-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I have to jump in... What do you think pacifism at a time like now is going to get us? All it will get us is more innocent Americans (among others) killed. Do you think these people are just going to stop now? Do you think if we say "Please (...) (23 years ago, 18-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I try to be a pacifist: as Richard says, it's a position that's only really challenging when war looms. The more I think about it the more I am convinced that any military offensive in the Middle East will be a grave mistake, morally as well (...) (23 years ago, 18-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: New Bill expands the DMCA
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(...) What's worse, "digital devices" means software and hardware. So open source operating systems would be illegal. (23 years ago, 18-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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In article <GJuwHM.9ED@lugnet.com>, "Larry Pieniazek" <lpieniazek@mercator.com> wrote: <snip> (...) You also have to consider that the only contact Joe Sixpack has with arab peoples in general is what he sees in movies or on the evening news. J.S. (...) (23 years ago, 18-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Hey Y'all: In the wake of the enormous human tragedy of last Tuesday there is little that can be said to assuage the justified anger, sadness, bewilderment, and deep conflict that many of us are feeling. I think it's important to give into these (...) (23 years ago, 18-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Rudy rocks. They ought to draft him for another term. Most level headed politician we have. But I digress. :-) (...) Not a frivolous attack at all, IMHO. It's amazing how easy it is to ignore the actual answer to your question when you are so (...) (23 years ago, 18-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Yes or the press conferences with the New York mayor: Mayor: our first priority is to resuce and search for people Reporter 1: Whats the body count upto? Mayor: we're not interested in that, we're concerned about finding people Reporter 2: How (...) (23 years ago, 17-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Excerpted from the latest poll, completed on the 16th, reprinted without permission: (start) Respondents effectively differentiate between terrorists and either a specific ethnicity or religion as 84% of those surveyed consider the U.S. to be at war (...) (23 years ago, 18-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Yup, me too. (...) Yes, this is the difference. The US seems to want military action against known terrorists, even if bin Laden is just a suspect in this one case. I would suggest that the only immediate action that should be taken is to (...) (23 years ago, 18-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Los Angeles had 2 drives sponsored by competing TV stations. $350,000 was raised by one. Over $1,000,000 was raised by the other. Not bad for a couple of anchors who made a simple phone call to get them started. -Dave (23 years ago, 18-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Oooops! They have plugged it!! Didn't realise 'cos I had the cookie in my browser 8?( ROSCO (23 years ago, 18-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Yeah, they have a fairly effective method of categorizing articles, and filtering posts, which makes it somewhat easier than some for finding interesting / useful stuff. (...) address, use (URL) found on /.!!) Dunno why they have rego if they (...) (23 years ago, 18-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Thanks to Ross posting the Stallman link I did some nosing around /. and there is a lot of great stuff there! Here is a very thought provoking essay (URL) to the brits out there, keep reading past the bit about how and why the brits did what they (...) (23 years ago, 18-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I'd like to take a crack at this representing the Biblical Inerrancy crowd and have a little fun, too. I know what you're thinking: "You can't mix the two." Ha, and again I say, ha. (...) That'd be pretty hard, considering that the altar was (...) (23 years ago, 18-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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