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(...) Doubt he'll see that. Or this. I think we *both* made his kill file. (24 years ago, 11-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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 | | Re: PA censoring journalists again, but repudiating bin Laden...
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(...) Yes, in fact it was (...) No bet. They would have, based on the environment they operate in. (...) Actually there have been, as it turns out. All the major US networks have been requested not to show these taped missives any more and all (...) (24 years ago, 11-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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 | | Re: Gotta love Oracle...
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(...) You haven't demonstrated that to my satisfaction. (...) Minimum standards tend to become maximum standards in a regulatory environment. (...) There are other, better, mechanisms for changing this behaviour than regulations. Regulations give a (...) (24 years ago, 11-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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 | | Re: Gotta love Oracle...
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(...) There is no perfect scheme but I prefer some process (undefined? what our founding fathers did? something else?) to ratify some basic set of rights and then sticking to those rather than allowing 51% majorities to override them on whim. If (...) (24 years ago, 11-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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 | | Re: Violence created by presence of guns? (was: Gotta love Oracle...)
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(...) I think you're better off examining statistics rather than analysing reasons, as there are just too many blind alleys to go down if you try the latter(1). But if you examine statistics that are applicable, homeowner gun ownership reduces (...) (24 years ago, 11-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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