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(...) Bruce, I thought I told you before--If you're going to reply to my posts, I'm going to have to require you to agree with me blindly and absolutely. Don't ask for clarification when I've already decided to say I understand, even if I don't (or (...) (22 years ago, 14-Feb-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) The issue quickly becomes conflict of rights. One expects that in Libertopia, it is believed that nobody has the right to kill another person. But by (in theory) buying up all space (air, land, sea, outer, inner, etc), one effectively is (...) (22 years ago, 14-Feb-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I would have to argue that Mike isn't quite understanding what he wrote. Slavery was central but a secondary issue? No, it is either not central, or it wasn't a secondary issue. The chain of events over the previous decade makes it fairly (...) (22 years ago, 14-Feb-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) They did not "occupy" the Rhineland - it was already part of Germany. (...) Would AH have violated the treaty if he thought he'd be repelled? Can SH get the same level of public support AH got? Did you read the text I quoted? See: ==+== (...) (22 years ago, 14-Feb-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Interesting. I'm not sure I can reconcile that claim with Stephen's statements (which assert outright that the institution of slavery is of paramount importance), but at least I understand your view better now. Thanks for the clarification. (...) (22 years ago, 14-Feb-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) should (...) Slavery was central but it was the secondary issue. The primary issue was the states right to secede, that is why the war was fought. Of course in this case the states tried to exersice their right to secede because the Federal (...) (22 years ago, 14-Feb-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) That's cool, but the bigger issue raised by your post was the claim that slavery was not central to the Civil War. I'd like to hear your further thoughts along that line of discussion, particularly in light of Stephen's comments. (...) (...) (22 years ago, 14-Feb-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) This is the exact same attitude most Europeans had regarding Germany in the early 1930s. (...) Actually I think supporting the war will cost him the election. (...) from (...) Actually no, I mean the United Nations (not just the US) should (...) (22 years ago, 14-Feb-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Ok this is in reply to all three posts following my original. I guess I should have been more clear. I was explaining why people still cling to the Confederate flag, not attempting to justify it. The line; "Today most people see the flag as a symbol (...) (22 years ago, 14-Feb-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Had france actually stopped them after occuping the Rhineland (which it could have done very eaisly at that point) the whole thing would never have happened. The German military at that point was weaker than Saddam's is right now. Instead the (...) (22 years ago, 14-Feb-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) And whereas I'd be the first to be on-side with separating 'the stuff from the Stuff', would you walk around waxing poetically about the wonderfulness of the swastika in this day and age? For the sake of peace and harmony, and for the sake of (...) (22 years ago, 14-Feb-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Good for Lee. And his biggest claim to fame thereafter was having an orange car with welded doors named after him. As of March 21, 1861, Confederated Vice President Alexander Stephens obviously thought that slavery was a key issue in the war, (...) (22 years ago, 14-Feb-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) For their absence, perhaps? The current European stance is not, like you say, "peace at all costs"; it's "this war is not needed now, the justifications are ill-explained" Mind you, many Europeans, including myself, would be a lot less (...) (22 years ago, 14-Feb-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Mike, You've proved my point. You thought Pedro's point was so "irrelevant" that you have chosen to talk about 1930's Europe instead! (...) Show me how scary they are then! Scare me into this war! Yesterday I read about this “myth”: The (...) (22 years ago, 14-Feb-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) FACT: Iraq did not expel the UN Inspectors [some of whom were spooks] – they were withdrawn. (...) FACT: Iraq did not expel the UN Inspectors [some of whom were spooks] – they were withdrawn. (...) I doubt there is one, the recent OBL tape (...) (22 years ago, 14-Feb-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: The nature of property (was: Idiots, Part Deux)
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(...) Me too. (...) I agree with this assertion too, all goods are created from resources, all resources come from this planet (ignoring meteorites as they are clearly ar a practically infinitesimal resource). Can we all agree on this? I think that (...) (22 years ago, 14-Feb-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) But it should be noted that the election of Lincoln was the catalyst for the war, despite the numerous other factors that seperated north and south. I can't recall any school teachers that said the Civil War was about freeing the slaves (...) (22 years ago, 14-Feb-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) It is so interesting to me that such obvious truths can go unrecognized-- I really believe that it is a reflection of blind partisanship. The Left simply cannot allow itself to see the plain truth-- the person of George W. Bush is too much of (...) (22 years ago, 14-Feb-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Hmm, interesting question. Some problems I see: - If the other planet has biological or sentient inhabitants, we would have to decide just what their rights are. Hopefully we would recognize them... - I would have a concern as to how (...) (22 years ago, 14-Feb-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) It may be just semantics, but I think it's hard to move forward in other realms without having a solid foundation. I know I have changed the way I do things, at least to some extent, as a result of exploring these semantic games more. (...) I (...) (22 years ago, 14-Feb-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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