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On Wed, 25 Aug 1999 21:45:18 GMT, Scott Edward Sanburn uttered the following profundities... (...) UK public perception is very much anti-death penalty, due to mistakes, where the wrong person was hanged, and one particular instance when the (...) (25 years ago, 29-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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On Wed, 25 Aug 1999 01:32:55 GMT, Jesse Long uttered the following profundities... (...) An American using the word "black." I thought that label was banned? The US is not alone in having race problems. The Metropolitan Police (London police) have (...) (25 years ago, 29-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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On Wed, 25 Aug 1999 01:18:12 GMT, Adam Howard uttered the following profundities... (...) <snip> "Yank" is the common, global reference to Americans. You should here the Strine rhyming slang for Americans, "Septic Tank." :o) (...) <snipped quote of (...) (25 years ago, 29-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: What Americans think of Europeans (was Re: Conversation w/ a LEGO Rep)
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(...) Apparently the tone of the note was misleading. You say that "killing Nips" is offensive. Do you mean that doing so is offensive, or that using that phrase is? I agree that doing so is in modern context. The phrase on the other hand is an (...) (25 years ago, 29-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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<FH531u.BBy@lugnet.com> <37C88E50.5B325C68@eclipse.net> <FH7C2I.GF3@lugnet.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit (...) Well, I and certain other reasonable people seem to agree. Let's just go with that. :-) (...) (25 years ago, 29-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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