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  Re: ValuJet double jeopardy?
 
(...) Aquitted, not based on whether he did it or not, but as a message to even the score on racism. (...) Screwed up system doled out a little justice after all. Even a blind squirrel finds a nut every now and then;-) (...) Screwed up! Are you (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
 
  Re: ValuJet double jeopardy?
 
(...) Would that be like if your ex-wife and her boyfriend were murdered, and it looked you did it, so you were tried for murdered, but you were acquitted, and so you got sued for "wrongful death"? Oh, wait; that's OK, because the suit is a *civil* (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
 
  Re: Perl rules!
 
(...) The 1000-line limit in LEdit was a programming limitation. Nothing to do with anything evil in the OS, unless you consider lack of virtual memory evil (rather than just bad). Was the 8.3 file format originated with MS or DOS? I thought it was (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Re: naiveté (was: Re: Extropianism)
 
(...) Funny, I think people who don't ponder these questions have a small view of this existence. I feel as if you are responding to the totality of religion through the ages, not what *I'm* saying. Please try to shed your prejudice against (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
 
  Re: naiveté (was: Re: Extropianism)
 
You say this life is meaningless and that you need religion to give your life meaning. You say that you don't know what's after this life. Fine. You are welcome to your small view of this existance and your problems. But I ain't buying what you're (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
 
  Re: The Ozarks (was: Re: What happened?)
 
(...) Based on what else I saw, there's a scary thought. :-) (...) It's the Ozark MOUNTAINS, right? I didn't see anything higher than a slight hill while I was in Springfield. Hence my gibe. (25 years ago, 20-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
 
  Re: Government's role [Was: Re: What happened?]
 
Scott: The fact that you and I have to explain what we mean by L and C merely proves the point (which we are in violent agreement on, by the way) that definitions have been skewed all out of recognizability. I have only inconsequentially minor (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
 
  Re: Government's role [Was: Re: What happened?]
 
(...) A joke from the comedy movie "Airplane!"(1). Something along the lines of "Surely, you must be joking!" "No, I'm not. And stop calling me Shirley!" Not exactly what is said, but that is the idea. -- Terry K -- 1. If you haven't seen it, it is (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
 
  Re: naiveté (was: Re: Extropianism)
 
(...) ;-) (...) How are you innately good? Is not being good a learned behavior? (...) I know this has been covered elsewhere, but could you distinguish for me the difference between self-interest and selfishness? I agree that selfishness (looking (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
 
  Re: Government's role [Was: Re: What happened?]
 
(...) {:-0 Well excuuuse me;-) Didn't know if you were simply toting the party line, or if what you are debating was *yours* (...) If you are referring to zoning laws, then yes. Perhaps it is immoral and flawed, but the obvious benefit outweighs (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
 
  Re: Government's role [Was: Re: What happened?]
 
(...) So, something is better than nothing. Yes, but I'm having a tough time figuring a scenario where no hetereo couples would be available. (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
 
  Re: Government's role [Was: Re: What happened?]
 
(...) Ok, fine. I think a child deserves to have a mother and a father. Doesn't matter how much a man can care for a child, a woman does it differently, in a way a man can't. And vice versa. I guess I never analyzed the reason very closely, it just (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
 
  Re: Government's role [Was: Re: What happened?]
 
(...) I'd go along with that. I'm not too happy with the idea of positive discrimination. Occasionally it can bring about benefits if it's applied for a limited period of time - eg. in order to make sure that there are enough members of some group (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
 
  Re: Government's role [Was: Re: What happened?]
 
(...) you (...) hetereo (...) that's (...) I believe I asked you to justify what could be inferior about 2 gay men as the head of a family unit, not simply to restate the fact that you believed that :) (...) I can't see any difference - as long as (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
 
  Re: What happened?
 
(...) I'd strongly dispute that. Business cycles have been happening for centuries, since long before Governments started interventionist economic policies. To a large extent those interventionist policies in many countries started in response to (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
 
  Re: What happened?
 
(...) OK. (...) The Republic of Ireland has always been poorer than Northern Ireland, one of the reasons people in NI want to stay part of the UK. Bombings appeared both sides of the border, just because none have occured in the last year doesn't (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
 
  Re: Government's role [Was: Re: What happened?]
 
(...) You were assuring me that this wonderful democracy works to protect the lives of the citizens, I think. You said "I was talking more of a constitutional democracy, where the people have certain rights (a.k.a. Bill of Rights) and protection (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
 
  Re: The Americans are gonna destroy the Earth!!
 
Yes!!! Here's my contribution! (URL) Sanburn (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
 
  Re: Government's role [Was: Re: What happened?]
 
(...) I'm totally lost. Could you clarify, Chris? (I should have gotten more sleep last night!) (...) Isn't a mob rule like 500 people outside a building, for example, demanding a hanging? (...) Most corporations and government agencies do illegal (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
 
  Re: Government's role [Was: Re: What happened?]
 
To all (Larry & Chris and others); Ugh. Let me see if I can clear up what appears to be people's confusion about me. (...) In today's terms, yes. I think the system needs to be changed, and I don't support income transfer. (...) I would say I am (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)


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