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Larry Pieniazek wrote (...) But Larry, the good (selfish) view is that changing tags is fine because you benefit at the expense of people you don't know. Property rights work best when you can persuade others to adhere to them while you don't. (...) (26 years ago, 10-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Larry Pieniazek wrote in reply to "Moz (Chris Moseley)" (...) Larry, old stick, it would be nice if you didn't simply ignore inconvenient questions. I know you don't have pat answers, but they make your provocation seem somewhat empty. Moz, who (...) (26 years ago, 9-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Larry produced a deliberately inflammatory reply to my original inflammatory post: (...) Hate to say this Larry, but over here we have a lot less government than you have, and it hasn't helped. What it does mean is that we're much more vulnerable (...) (26 years ago, 9-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) The life you save may be your own. Think of it as extremely personal slightly painful insurance. (26 years ago, 10-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) (HEAVILY snipped, but hopefully without changing meaning or intent) (...) What if you gave so much money that you couldn't buy a Lego (...) Okay, now you've lost me. I would have said that this giving of blood, even knowing that it might cause (...) (26 years ago, 2-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Well, you have to admit, though, that 12 years in Jersey would probably turn anyone against the states. There are lots of better places to live, though, with lots nicer people. (...) Good luck! :) (26 years ago, 10-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Forgive my ignorance, toe-shoes?????? ___...___ richard.dee@nospam.virgin.net remove nospam dot Web Site: (URL) Instant Messenger: RJD88888 ICQ 13177071 ___...___ For the best Lego news, visit: (URL) instructions for a model? (URL) (26 years ago, 9-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I lived there for 17 years(1), and despite the previously mentioned rip- offs, have no desire to return...... (1)2 years in Greencastle, Indiana; 3 years in Alaska (Just outside of Anchorage); and 12 years in New Jersey (2). (2) And if you (...) (26 years ago, 9-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) ...but if more people were carrying toe-shoes instead of guns, they could have a ballet any time they wanted... :) Scott, who thinks this is an appropriate time for a ballet like the Nutcracker (26 years ago, 9-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I started giving blood as soon as they would let me in my senior year. Did it almost without fail every 8 weeks until i got out of the Army and through some freakish paperwork screwup was told that I was one of thousands of people who tested (...) (26 years ago, 9-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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<366DDFEB.DF57435D@c...OSPAM.com> <slrn76s42j.1so.cjc@...S.UTK.EDU> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit (...) If you donate money of your own free will, to a cause that you believe is worthy, because it helps (...) (26 years ago, 9-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Well, maybe I didn't make myself clear. I don't care for people telling me that I need to sacrifice for others, but what I was talking about, I think anyway, was someone choosing to do it of his own accord. Like me and Rachael giving money to (...) (26 years ago, 9-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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<366C8C88.9640F50F@c...OSPAM.com> <slrn76qr20.1j0.cjc@...S.UTK.EDU> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit (...) Oh, but they are. There is a direct link between thinking that it's OK to ask/force someone else to (...) (26 years ago, 9-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) <major snippage of horrific rip-off stories) (...) Wow, with all those and the one I left in just above, I don't see why you don't move to the US. (26 years ago, 9-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) A politician has 2 responsibilities in the Western World..... 1) Get into office 2) Stay in office This is of course, the observed attitude of most politicians. They will promise the earth to be elected, and when elected, do just enough to (...) (26 years ago, 8-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Regulations that shield companies....... Sounds familiar, and one of the biggest impediments to customers getting a fair deal in the shops here in the UK and Europe. Consumer goods cost more in the UK than in our competitor's shops. For (...) (26 years ago, 8-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Hrmmm, you've used the phrase "your morals are fundamentally flawed" before to describe your opinion of the morals of people who think it is ok to pull the price tags off merchandise to try to get a lower price. I think you also mentioned (...) (26 years ago, 8-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I volunteer to be my brother's LEGO keeper. That's using 'brother' in the spiritual sense, of course. Sisters, too. Steve (26 years ago, 8-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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<366C4892.B09B99C3@c...OSPAM.com> <F3M8Bn.6nD@lugnet.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit (...) No no no!! To be selfish is not evil. To be selfish (that is, to do things that are pro-survival, to act in (...) (26 years ago, 8-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Finally, someone else that agrees with me that kids suck. Just say no to procreation. Raise cats, they're less expensive. If you want to cuddle miniature people, befriend a midget or visit your nieces and nephews, I say. This said, of course, (...) (26 years ago, 7-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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