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(...) Not the Germans. We didn't save their bacon. And now that I'm thinking about it, Germans are never the ones complaining about the US...How does that work? US GIs in WWII report that after liberating towns in Italy and France that were badly (...) (25 years ago, 28-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) That's crazy. And maybe the Filipinos would have been better off if the US had never stopped by to set up defense of their islands? As I understand it people were pretty happy when MacAurther freed them from the Empire of Japan. --Chris (25 years ago, 28-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) When I was a late teen, I read the results of a poll that indicated that 44% (I think) of married men acknowledged having secret extra-marital sex. There must also have been some contingent of respondents who didn't answer honestly so if the (...) (25 years ago, 28-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Christopher L. Weeks writes: <snip the milder stuff> (...) <Blink, Blink> Man, I hope this was meant as a troll. eric (25 years ago, 28-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Well, I for one, am glad that you are there. First, you maintain some very nice tourist spots for us. That might be the most important role that Europe plays. I know that sounds trite, but what I really mean is...the way the US works (and (...) (25 years ago, 28-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I will take the plexiglas windows, thank you...oh, and the armoured station wagon to go along with it... (...) Algeria? Algeria? Anyone? Bueller...? In reality, border-expansion imperialism is pretty much dead; the only way most governments (...) (25 years ago, 28-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Sproaticus wrote <37C6B434.B9FCA361@io.com>... <snip> (...) So you are aiming to the "next-best" solution. How bout if your neighbour is aiming to the "next-best" of the "next-best" solution and so on ... ??? So "rights" has to be equal. (...) (25 years ago, 28-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Sproaticus wrote <37C6BEB8.4F4E5E98@io.com>... <snip> (...) from (...) immediately (...) Of course U.S. government recognized the changes and has to act to stay in favor of the new leaders of the Philippines (mainly cause the location of the (...) (25 years ago, 28-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) What are the other choices? <grins, ducks and runs> IIRC Catholicism holds that these souls will go to purgatory to be evaluated further. IOW, it's OK to be ignorant if you lived righteously, but if some missionary came to you and gave you the (...) (25 years ago, 28-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) was that there (...) because they (...) will. They (...) love of (...) honors their (...) Do you want a Sunday School answer, or one of my long-winded dissertations? :-) -Tom McD. when replying, "..and now here's your host, Wink Spamcake!" (25 years ago, 28-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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