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(...) I think I did. My point is that SH's track record can't be looked at in isolation.... he is of our making. He is trying to develop WoMD - that's bad. But what gives Bush, the president of a country with a colourful WoMD track record, a right (...) (22 years ago, 30-Sep-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) What exactly are you looking for, certain verbiage? Come off it. Chris (22 years ago, 30-Sep-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Cool! I think it's a neat political message. The only problem is that lumber and cement are so much cheaper that I'd expect them to be able to actually build several houses for the poor with the money they'll be spending on LEGO. (...) (...) (22 years ago, 30-Sep-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) The irony of that analogy is that some Argentinean farmers are selling their produce overseas in order to get more $$, the result is growing malnutrition. There was a really good piece in the Observer yesterday about the winners and losers in (...) (22 years ago, 30-Sep-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) That's not how I view it. (...) You did not "specifically" say you don't agree with Bush's unilateral outlook. Scott A (22 years ago, 30-Sep-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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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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| | Re: LEGO being used in politics! (help me in my dilemma)
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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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