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(URL) Times said that the company's standards and the magazines' content have not changed, but the firm has been under pressure from Christian groups in the past for its sale of certain magazines. " Another reason why these "Christians" are not my (...) (21 years ago, 6-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Nice. X-Files has nothing on this--"The Truth is Out There"? Not if US administration has anything to say about it. Of all the...I'm at a loss for words as to just how ludicrous this whole war really was. And to top it off, the Iraqi people, (...) (21 years ago, 6-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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"Nicholas Kristof: Why truth matters" (URL) I raised the Mystery of the Missing W.M.D. recently, hawks fired barrages of reproachful e-mail at me. The gist was: "You ****! Who cares if we never find weapons of mass destruction, because we've (...) (21 years ago, 6-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Not actually, the third road is to implement preventatives that do nothing touching on individual privacy or denying anyone the most fundamental of civil rights. For example, planes could and should have been made more secure years ago -- it (...) (21 years ago, 5-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Being an avid X-Men reader for nearly twenty years now, I feel that I am at least somewhat qualified to speak on this. First off this guy’s assertion that this is an anti-Bush movie is stretching so much that even Mr. Fantastic would have trouble (...) (21 years ago, 5-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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"Help Wanted: Jobless in America (URL) the software slump in India" (URL) India (Reuters) --The shining glass facades, swimming pools, gyms and in-house pizza joints are still there, but the mood is sombre on the campuses of India's software firms. (...) (21 years ago, 5-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I agree. What matters is how happy we are. There is no point in sidelining our friends & family just to "conform". Scott A (21 years ago, 5-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Welcome to Globalisation! It’s a pity that the market is governed by price & not ethics… (...) ... and millions go without healthcare. I understand that the Cuban system may be better than that offered to some in the USA? (...) Sure, they can (...) (21 years ago, 5-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I lived there a year and don't even have an accent to show for it. My yankee grandma didn't like being called ma'am, either. Go figger. :-) Amy (21 years ago, 5-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) <snip> (...) But you didn't make a claim that "the percentage of people in this country without a roof over their heads, electricity, and running water is much higher than in most places" in your earlier post. You claimed that "[the] standard (...) (21 years ago, 5-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I am generally not a big fan of throwing out unsubstanciated numbers to back up a point, but I believe the last numbers I saw showed that the top 10% of wage earners in the US started at $75,000 a year. I also saw a survey that showed that 90% (...) (21 years ago, 5-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Yes. Australians appear to be similar. (...) Absolutely. A good average standard of living is not necessarily an indicator that the average person has a good standard of living. I always wonder why people who would never favour dividing the (...) (21 years ago, 5-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I wish I could locate a cite right now, but the average american believes wrongly that they are within the top 1-5% of the wealthy in the U.S. Costello believes wrongly that the average american is doing well economically, but is probably (...) (21 years ago, 5-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Scott Costello writes: <snip> (...) Who is the average person? How do you know his or her standard of living is still really good compared to other nations? Cheers Richie (21 years ago, 4-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Please note before I start that these are not necessarily my views, but arguments against these two things not based on morality. As for pornography and prostitution, every time a strip club, adult bookstore, or house of prostitution opens up, (...) (21 years ago, 4-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) The reason you won't hear a debate about porn and prostitution without morals cropping up is that that is the ONLY argument against these issues. The worst thing the US Supreme Court ever did to free speech was to define obscenity as community (...) (21 years ago, 4-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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"Wall Street to ship research jobs to India" (URL) Street research analysts have suffered rounds of layoffs, big pay cuts, and accusations that they routinely lied to the investing public. Now there's a new worry -- that their jobs are being shipped (...) (21 years ago, 3-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) By all accounts, Atlanta doesn't really suffer from that kind of thinking, but I suppose it answers the question when people ask why there are still "black colleges" (Morehouse is in Atlanta). -->Bruce<-- (21 years ago, 3-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Apparently these are private functions, rather than publicly funded ones, so the school can't put its foot down and insist on just one prom, regrettably... Freedom to associate includes freedom not to associate, remember. Remind me not to move (...) (21 years ago, 3-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I have read (and will search for the cite) more annual revenue than professional baseball, football, and basketball combined, but somehow it's still viewed as a perverted fringe product/service/industry. (URL) Dave! (21 years ago, 2-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Seriously, why isn't this stuff legal? Forget the moral issues--what is the downside to legalizing pot? And isn't porn already legal? Can't I walk into AOV and buy por nmovies/magazines? I would love to hear a debate on legalizing prostitution (...) (21 years ago, 2-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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More proof that what is really needed, but will never happen, is an economic Jubilee akin to what is described in the Old Testament. -- Hop-Frog (21 years ago, 2-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(URL) baccalaureate will be held by the light of a burning cross. Dave! (21 years ago, 2-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) The true irony here is the fact that labor laws have not improved working conditions, just relocated them. The same conditions that were so horrible in this country, now exist in under developed countries, and those manafacturing jobs that (...) (21 years ago, 2-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Moral issues aside, this makes interesting reading: With pot and porn outstripping corn, America's black economy is flying high (URL) pornography and illegal labour have created a hidden market in the United States which now accounts for as much as (...) (21 years ago, 2-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Employment laws are one of the greatest achievements of most developed countries. Do you want to return to what your grandparents had to endure, or are you not grateful that things have moved on? Our children belong in school not sweatshops. (...) (21 years ago, 2-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Everybody knows the Dice are loaded, Everybody rolls with their fingers crossed. Everybody knows the war is over, Everybody knows the good guys lost. Leonard Cohen right back at you, and it's a little more relevant than I am comfortable with (...) (21 years ago, 2-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I think you'd have a hard time demonstrating that's actually true. After all, the best "brainwashing" is one in which the victim thinks there was no undue influence whatever. (...) I suspect there are no such people anywhere on the earth, (...) (21 years ago, 2-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) "There's a crack in everything -- that's how the light gets in !" -- Leonard Cohen -- Hop-Frog (21 years ago, 1-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) theories. This so-called "coverup" is nothing compared to a non-actionable 30-year-old mom&pop land deal or a sexual affair between two consenting adults. THOSE are the issues that the Liberal Media should be tackling. In all seriousness, I'm (...) (21 years ago, 1-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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"The Secrets of September 11" (URL) as White House political aides plot a 2004 campaign plan designed to capitalize on the emotions and issues raised by the September 11 terror attacks, administration officials are waging a behind-the-scenes battle (...) (21 years ago, 1-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) <snip> Have you spoken to other adults who were given that option as children? My understanding is that the problem with this approach is that the child then has no foundation from which to base his decision. I don't have a source, but (...) (21 years ago, 1-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) No, I am not saying anything. I am asking what the difference is. (...) Yet (some) employers do test their employees for drugs and fatigue and physical capacity to carry out tasks. Why not test for (say) malnutrition, when it's going to (...) (21 years ago, 1-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Are you saying that an employer is now not only responsible for providing a wage, and safe work environment, but now also has a responsibility to assure that their employees are properly fed and rested? If this is the case should a man with (...) (21 years ago, 1-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) What is the difference between ensuring workers' don't die at work from an industrial accident and ensuring that workers' don't die at work from starvation? Or for that matter, ensuring workers' don't die from an industrial accident caused by (...) (21 years ago, 30-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) <snip> I remember those types of exams, and man did I hate them, I much prefered writing pages of compare and contrast etc. By you description of you study techniques you are obviously a hard worker, but you were motivated by a desire to (...) (21 years ago, 30-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) A firm belief in the win-win scenario. Despite my grousing, I am an optimist and an idealist. The optimal result is achieved when everybody wins. When I was in college and faced with the mind-numbing task of having to instantly recall (...) (21 years ago, 30-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Wow, I make a post, go to lunch, come back and the thread now is about me and my religion. (...) Although I do trust in the current president, and appreciate his commitment to religion, this in now way should be misinterpreted as a blind faith and (...) (21 years ago, 30-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Richard Marchetti writes: <snip> (...) completely (...) K, when I drop by to say Hi, I'm calling first, so you know it's me coming as a fellow AFOL and not a "Bible Thumper" where you'll have to "git yer gun at 'im!" (...) (21 years ago, 30-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Excellent! (...) Yes and no. All debates revolve around appeals to ethos, logos, and pathos. In English these are ethical, logical, and emotional appeals; repectively. In mentioning Xtianity, I was remembering Costello's trust in a praying (...) (21 years ago, 30-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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