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(...) trips'... (...) As a father of two a girl and a boy, I have managed to raise two lego mainiacs. When I first started buying lego for my kids, I started out with a few of the now infamous blue tubs. At the time I bought the tubs, my daughter (...) (22 years ago, 6-Feb-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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I'm afraid I'm partially to blame. I added to the boy side of the equation by having a son. If I had a daughter, I would have helped correct the imbalance. :-) I know that sounds flippant, but it's mostly true. While my wife was pregnant, I walked (...) (22 years ago, 6-Feb-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(URL) sues board to get A+ instead of A in course. First, the last line mentions a restraining order--I didn't understand that part. Second, a few months back I mentioned an article where junior hockey player sues hockey league 'cause he wasn't MVP, (...) (22 years ago, 6-Feb-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) This has definitely been something that has been addressed in many places. IIRC there have been several 'presentations'/'open discussions' on the matter at various events and whatnot. I think one issue is that Lego (as you implied) is a little (...) (22 years ago, 6-Feb-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.general)
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Well, there are two separate but interrelated issues. - Why do more boys play with LEGO toys than girls? - Why do more men play with LEGO toys than women? Some thoughts to contribute towards an answer: - LEGO is a "construction toy". There seems to (...) (22 years ago, 6-Feb-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I don't know if it starts when we're young. Thank goodness my sister grew up with her brothers 'casue she was basically a 'tom boy' (old euphimism definging a girl who doesn't do 'girlish things'--archaic to be sure...) and she was with us in (...) (22 years ago, 6-Feb-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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As I roam through the vast halls of this community that is Lugnet, I am continually struck with the fact that males members and participants tend to out number females by a very high margin. This is also reflected in the ratio of people that in our (...) (22 years ago, 6-Feb-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Bruce Schlickbernd writes: <snip> (...) Oooh, pistols at 10 paces! That'd be great. Maybe jousting--Bush in a suit of armour would be an interesting picture. Possible way of resolving all future issues--let the leaders (...) (22 years ago, 6-Feb-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Okay, I was just trying to force a reality check. Perhaps there is some other avenue open rather than war. (...) I don't see why it would be to the United States' advantage to have it any other way. This threatened unilateral action is a load (...) (22 years ago, 6-Feb-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Bruce Schlickbernd writes: <snip> (...) In my honest opinion--no--which is sad. But any force that invades Iraq should be under a mandate by a united coalition, not by the US. My prayers, however, are for peace. Dave K (22 years ago, 6-Feb-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) This is absolutely correct (at least from the legalistic viewpoint). If the UN is to have any credibility, it must enforce its sanctions. If its sanctions are worthless, then the UN loses stature and encourages unilateral action. What the (...) (22 years ago, 6-Feb-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I like to be shown that I'm wrong. It shows that I'm not so bogged down in my zeal to be right that I can actually say, "Well, I'm wrong--let's figure out what right actually is..." (...) Asked *and* answered--it's up to the UN to decide what (...) (22 years ago, 6-Feb-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I prefer the term "role model" (...) Do you think the world should respect the "freedom and liberty" of terrorists the way the US has treated Orlando Bosch: (URL) to the justice department in George Bush Sr's administration, Bosch had (...) (22 years ago, 6-Feb-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Let's face facts; the US has an appalling record when it comes to respecting UN resolutions. [I see nothing that makes me think that's about to change.] Because of that, and other issues, a lot of countries [and their populations [even the (...) (22 years ago, 6-Feb-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Thanks for the link - I was curious as to what it actually said. Reading through it, no, we aren't in breach of it as far as I can tell, and all that we need prove is that Iraq is dragging its feet in any way. I understand many nations want (...) (22 years ago, 6-Feb-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Bruce Schlickbernd writes (after rearrangement): (...) I have given a link to it elsewhere in the thread... As with any text, it's subject to interpretation, and as with any resolution of a deliberative body, it's couched (...) (22 years ago, 6-Feb-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, David Koudys writes: \>Again, demeaning the point of the other side by belittling it with terms (...) Would the (alleged) US violation have any meaning without the Iraqi (alleged) violation? Further, you didn't answer (...) (22 years ago, 6-Feb-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Of course we look out for our own interests-- anyone who claims they don't look out for theirs as well is a liar. (...) I don't recall making that assertion (because I didn't). (...) Because "international law" doesn't respect freedom and (...) (22 years ago, 6-Feb-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) This is a real interesting question to me. How do we extend the concepts of law in the US to the rest of the world? If we say that no non-US citizen has the right to enforce anything on us, then we similarly have no right to enforce anything (...) (22 years ago, 6-Feb-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) It did its job? Was its "job" to find evidence of material breach [and so allow the war to start] or disarm iraq and avoid war? I know what I'd like it to do. Scott A (22 years ago, 6-Feb-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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