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| (...) I agree-- although I don't think I'd word it quite so :) But more or less, I think that's a fair assessment. (...) Well, given the above agreement that morality is aesthetic, who cares about what they think? We're talking about the person (...) (24 years ago, 23-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Why doesn't the Gov't legalize marijuana (et al) and simply tax it exorbitantly, like 80,000%, or something? I mean, the government *does* have the power to levy taxes, and that would seem to accomplish nominally the same thing. Dave! (24 years ago, 23-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) I'm not sure. I guess my strongest notion about morality is that it's a bogus idea (like religion) designed to manipulate others into building a society that benefits certain people. (i.e. my sense of morality, had I one that I championed, (...) (24 years ago, 23-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
| |  | | Re: Conspiracy theories
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| (...) I haven't heard that, actually. Do you know of a web cite? On the other hand, the more recent Airbus crash in Queens did involve several debris sites for the tail rudder, the engines, and the main body. Dave! (24 years ago, 23-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
| |  | | Re: Conspiracy theories
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| (...) That honestly doesn't sound suspicious to me, since, had the US Gov't *not* purchased the exclusive rights, then the Taliban could easily have watched US troop movements; there's no reasonable way to conclude (but *speculation* is fair game) (...) (24 years ago, 23-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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