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(...) I think I'd rephrase. People complain too much that they suffer in the least bit. Hence, to sound parental, suffering is good for you-- it builds character. Basically, suffering tends to make a person less of a rampant complainer. In this (...) (22 years ago, 14-Mar-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I would never want people to suffer if they didn't have to--I'm not malicious. So here's the catch 22--this guy is suffering due to the child--he obviously feels like he's suffering anyway, so he sets out to 'remedy' his suffering... So should (...) (22 years ago, 14-Mar-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: I'm just going to take a back seat.... Re: You Can Lead A Horse To Water....
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(...) Big stick diplomacy is not the same as "diplomacy". Without strength, diplomacy is impotent, as Larry pointed out. One cannot negotiate from a position of weakness. That is why having a strong America is so good for the world-- because of the (...) (22 years ago, 14-Mar-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: I'm just going to take a back seat.... Re: You Can Lead A Horse To Water....
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(...) But we did blink, if not quite as hard and fast. That's the whole point. Both sides had escalated the confrontation to the point that neither saw a way out, but continuing it was too horrifying for words. Only through diplomacy was the (...) (22 years ago, 14-Mar-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(I had to bring it up... sorry in advance for the apparent jingoism) So, Bush, Blair and Aznar are to meet in the Lajes base (Açores) next Sunday - funny how *the portuguese* were the last to know it, but that's not my point. The real question is (...) (22 years ago, 14-Mar-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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