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!!! (...) I thought that in a parlimentary type government like in Canada and many European countries, the Prime Minister and the parliment are from the same party (unless no one has a majority and then there is a coalition) Lester (21 years ago, 8-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) What do those scenarios have to do with what actually happen? If you are implying that the gang will forcibly drive customers away, then that is a straw man argument (thar ya go, John) since the Christian Right is saying that they are only (...) (21 years ago, 8-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I rather liked it. You'll note the Pastor had no problems with guns in Wal-Mart; it was the woman’s lingerie that he felt did not belong in a family store. ;) Scott A (...) (21 years ago, 8-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) <nodding, a la Wayne> Good one. JOHN (21 years ago, 8-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Here's a tangent on this topic-- (URL) which one of our more esteemed ward councillors in the Big Smoke is in a wee bit of a tizzy against an advert. Seems that "Nellie Pedro, a Toronto District School Board trustee" doesn't like a commercial made (...) (21 years ago, 8-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Well, if it isn't coercion, I'd like it defined. How is this different from a gang-like group walking into "Mom-n-Pop Hair Salon" and telling them "Pay up or you'll start losing money?" Well, that's a little extreme and called extortion, so (...) (21 years ago, 8-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Except, perhaps, a Democrat President? Cheers Richie Dulin (21 years ago, 8-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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The New Yorker, The Talk of theTown, DEPT. OF CONNECTIONS "THE CONTRACTORS" (URL) there is a new and demonstrable connection, but it is not the kind that the Bush Administration had in mind. In fact, it is more likely to fuel the speculations of (...) (21 years ago, 8-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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"Halliburton has wider Iraq role" (URL) Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.), who asked for more details on the Halliburton contract, said, "It now appears ... that the contract with Halliburton -- a company with close ties to the administration -- can (...) (21 years ago, 7-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) How much it's different? Not sure I follow. Burning books, well do you mean me burning my books? If I do so safely and in a place permitted to do so (my property) that's free speech, I'm making a statement about the books. Or do you mean jack (...) (21 years ago, 7-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) The 'smoking gun', as it were... The truck was cleaned with bleach so they can't find any traces of bio weapons. Let's find the flaw in that logic-- "Hey Iraqi Official 1--The Americans are going to invade--we want to show that we weren't (...) (21 years ago, 7-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Why post stupid things like that? You leave the impression that that actually occured. JOHN (21 years ago, 7-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Patience is a virtue: (URL) (21 years ago, 7-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I don't think so. I attacked the quotation. *He* transferred my attack and applied to the author himself (whom I don't even know). That wasn't my point. (...) I think the coined phrase is "fictitious";-) (...) Of course. That is the way it (...) (21 years ago, 7-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Sorry Dave, but that's not the point. Doesn't matter *who* they were just so long as they're Wal*Mart customers. Wal*Mart SHOULD be responding to their customer's demands. It's just that (and I agree here) those demands are stupid. Should (...) (21 years ago, 7-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Funny. Another "John Neal" moment for debate I guess. -- Hop-Frog (21 years ago, 7-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) You're misusing the term "straw man" as, ironically, a straw man argument. Non-applicable, a non-sequitor, too obscure, suspect TV "philosophy", perhaps. A straw man argument: The author attacks an argument which is different from, and usually (...) (21 years ago, 7-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) These aren't activist Christians--these are pseudo-Christians who haven't got a clue, and only want to enforce their morals on everyone else. Christian activists are the ones who were marching in Toronto a few months back protesting against (...) (21 years ago, 7-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Pressuring companies into compliance via this method is *not* the market in action. Market in action is not buying said product. There's a huge difference. What if Jewish people start pressuring all grocery stores into only selling 'kosher' (...) (21 years ago, 7-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) <lots of snipping> Ya know, there is a big thing going on in San Diego this weekend- Billy Graham (and others) is coming to town at the "Q" stadium. (No, I'm not going if your curious.) Anyhow, about a mile North of the stadium (and 1-1/2 from (...) (21 years ago, 7-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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