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(...) I missed this. Is this really the best you can do? Are you saying that only "7.5 thousand pound bunker busters" were dropped and that airmen did not have to fly at altitude to avoid the Stingers the USA had given to the Afghans? Is this (...) (22 years ago, 30-Sep-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Really? I'm not aware we did? What was the USA's official response? How did it act? Educate me. I’m genuinely interested. Scott A (22 years ago, 30-Sep-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) <sarcasm alert! :-) > (...) While I agree with the above, I think Dan might referring more to the fact that this model is being released in desert camo (gee, for use where?), then that it's a military model that is well done and meeting the (...) (22 years ago, 30-Sep-02, to lugnet.build.military, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Bricks, yes. But what if the bricks are recognised as "LEGO" by anyone in the country? Does it affect the brand name? (...) My point is there, precisely; LEGO is a universal brand, and like "Coke", it can be used to describe a range of (...) (22 years ago, 29-Sep-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) In my opinion, bricks are long enough in the tooth to be considered more of a "medium of expression" rather than just a toy. A mere brick is pretty dull in and of itself. When you break it down, a single brick is not much of anything -- it's (...) (22 years ago, 29-Sep-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Hi all, I think the subject line sums it all up, but here goes the story, plus introduction: One year ago, if I were to buy a house in Portugal, I might ask for a loan with bonified interest (partially paid by the state), because I'm not yet 25 and (...) (22 years ago, 29-Sep-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) That's because you don't want to admit that there is anything wrong about your debating techniques, which is the real thing I'm objecting to. The subject is just the medium. This is now the third time I've pointed this out (all three contained (...) (22 years ago, 29-Sep-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I meant, its not my perception that you "don't agree with Bush's unilateral outlook". BTW: Where did you "specifically" say you don't? Scott A (...) (22 years ago, 29-Sep-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) That's not my perception. Scott A (...) (22 years ago, 29-Sep-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I'm more partial to Lakeesha than Shirly. (looking at ground and aimlessly kicking rocks)....ummmmm...no, I meant it in a bad way... :-O Bruce (22 years ago, 29-Sep-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Maybe I am mis-reading you hear (or maybe you mis-read me.) Last time I checked, if I publicly announce I do not like my government 'leaders', I will not be publicly executed later that day. However that is standard in most Arab countries. The (...) (22 years ago, 29-Sep-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Um, you meant that labeling of uncle Thomas in a "good way", surely? <G,D&R> (whoops, didn't mean to call you a Surely. Or a Nancy either, for that matter) <runs farther> (22 years ago, 28-Sep-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Thomas Sowell appears regularly in the Orange County Register, a paper that doesn't even make a pretense at balance (like Sowell) and is wall-to-wall right wing. The only good thing about Sowell is that he enjoys labeling anyone he disagrees (...) (22 years ago, 28-Sep-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) That's an egregiously qualified freedom at best, right? The fact that it is worse for others doesn't make your/our situation any better; it is only better by comparison. -- Hop-frog (22 years ago, 28-Sep-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Did anyone hear Marketplace yesterday? There was this one segment on the protest against the IMF taking place in D.C. What caught my attention was the shift in who was to blame for economic hardship. The example or Argentina was raised. Argentina (...) (22 years ago, 28-Sep-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I don't know that they are of less concern but rather at the oppisite end of the spectrum. I was more concerned with the discription than the conclusions the author drew. (...) guns. (...) Well I have the silly notion that the United Nations (...) (22 years ago, 28-Sep-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Well in my local newspapers it is easy to find liberal propaganda, so reading aritcles full of conservative propaganda (which seems much harder to find) is good for balace. -Mike Petrucelli (22 years ago, 28-Sep-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) think there are *some* of the ivory tower types that the author suggests, but they are certainly of less concern than people in the privileged Bush mold. Being privileged because of education is not that same as being privileged because of (...) (22 years ago, 28-Sep-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Thanks Mike. Interesting article. That source has a lot of columnists (1), here's another one: (URL) a perspective on how to decide whether someone stands trial in civilian court, stands trial before a military tribunal, or just gets locked up (...) (22 years ago, 28-Sep-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Well kind of anyway. I don't really agree with everything in this article but most of it seems right on to me. (URL) is an opinion peice written by Thomas Sowell. As of posting the link refers to the September 18, 2002 article. Agree or disagree it (...) (22 years ago, 28-Sep-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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