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(...) That may be true, certainly a lot of people hold that opinion. Hanson is just another of those people. Doesn't prove the assertion, though. ROSCO (23 years ago, 31-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Is that a global (America) "we're"? And who exactly does "they" refer to? It's a bit naive to try & judge "relative goodness" of a nation (or a people) by such a list (even if you could compile such a list). IMO. ROSCO (who thinks Americans (...) (23 years ago, 31-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) General principles, agreeable to all people? Something like the UDHR? The bulk of world opinion? (...) See the subject line for relativism, at least in the perceptual sense. LFB (23 years ago, 31-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I agree. This really does illustrate the importance of IP. However, that argument should be held separate from that surrounding those profiteering based on the current situation... in my view. Scott A (...) (23 years ago, 31-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) It is not just the dictators who respect Ramadan - do not forget that. If we bomb through Ramadan we will be dammed as being insensitive. If we choose to stop for Ramadan, we will be dammed for making a cynical token move. Nevertheless, I (...) (23 years ago, 31-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Not sure what you're asking, exactly. But THAT won't stop me from pontificating nevertheless. I'm not sure an unambiguous statement can be made based solely on this one personal account (and I personally vouch for Paul's veracity... I have (...) (23 years ago, 31-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Foreign patents are no less important than US patents in my view and that of Mr. Goldberg (URL)To me it seems the US are trying to save some money in this case, whereas (...) Mr. Goldberg makes the argument that this attempt to steal Bayer's (...) (23 years ago, 31-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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"Larry Pieniazek" <lpieniazek@mercator.com> wrote in message (...) Are you saying moral objectivism is the correct path? If so, on what should it be based? The bible? The Koran? Book of Mormon? I would have thought you'd have said moral relativism (...) (23 years ago, 31-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Read this: ==+== "If any government sponsors the outlaws and killers of innocents," George Bush announced on the day he began bombing Afghanistan, "they have become outlaws and murderers themselves. And they will take that lonely path at their (...) (23 years ago, 31-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I think it is ~OK~. (...) Again OK, I prefer your Crawford. Scott A No, I don't know what they all look like. I had to look here: (URL) (23 years ago, 31-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Not that long ago in the USA: neo-Nazis = ~OK~ Communists = Not Ok. Hmm. Scott A (...) (23 years ago, 31-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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"Larry Pieniazek" <lpieniazek@mercator.com> wrote in message news:GM1qKx.Do9@lugnet.com... (...) Wow. Makes you think more than twice when someone comes up to you and tries to convince you that 'we're the real terrorists.' Bull. Anyways, that's not (...) (23 years ago, 31-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Just to clarify. Microevolution is a change in allele frequences of pre-existing variants within a population, whereas mutation is the ultimate source of that variation. Onto Dave's point about the macroevolution being a strawman. I'm pretty (...) (23 years ago, 31-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) One wonders why the State Department seems so dead against such compensation? Anyone know? ROSCO (23 years ago, 31-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I'll have to partially disagree. Humankind has done a lot to *lessen" selection pressure on ourselves but we, to my knowledge, have not found a way to eliminate an environmental factor (in the broad sense). However, humans will continue to (...) (23 years ago, 31-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) unambiguously what this information tells us about our own government? -- Hop-Frog (23 years ago, 31-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(URL) forgot how ferocious the battle for Okinawa actually was... but the real point of this article lies elsewhere. Moral relativism is a bankrupt idea. (23 years ago, 31-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Paul was a PM on a project I was on when we were both at CTP: (URL) have heard his story first hand. Pretty chilling. (23 years ago, 31-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Then what was that place the tourist operator took me to???? ...Oh... And I didn't wear any tartan the entire time I was there ... Crawford tartan is so blechy. McIntyre (my mum's side) is much nicer. ROSCO (23 years ago, 31-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) any) (...) it's (...) That's possible, but doesn't stop evolution within the species. (...) We'll need some fairly large colonies before earth becomes expendable (IMO). (...) "Do you hear that, Mr. Anderson? That is the sound of inevitability. (...) (23 years ago, 30-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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