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(...) I think that I'd favor a combination of your two definitions, but I must admit that my own definition is hardly ironclad. I'd offer something like this: Tolerance is, at the very least, the acceptance of others without pre-emptively judging (...) (21 years ago, 21-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) You assume I disagree? (...) I'll take that as a "no". I must confess to liking this: (URL) (...) Do you have any evidance which supports that? WW2 was largly a christian effort; the result was 60 million dead. Extreme interpretations of Islam (...) (21 years ago, 21-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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"State monitored war protesters: Intelligence agency does not distinguish between terrorism and peace activism By Ian Hoffman" (URL) There had been some very shocking photos that original went with this article but they seem to have disappeared. In (...) (21 years ago, 21-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I think that first sentence is an overstatement. Israel does not have clean hands, nor does the U.S. We are not as bad as some, but we are hardly innocent any longer. In fact, we (the U.S.) are brazenly guilty of atrocities. The U.S. operates (...) (21 years ago, 21-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Will you characterize any source with which you disagree as a "rag"? (...) Tangental. (...) The point is that it *isn't* the US and Israel for Muslims. I would say that the root of Islamic terrorism (and the evil in this war on terrorism) is (...) (21 years ago, 21-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) John, will you cite any rag which supports your [narrow] point of view? Have you read the other items on that site? Are they "very encouraging" too? (...) What would you say is the "root of all evil"? Greed? Power? Religious extremism? Envy? (...) (21 years ago, 21-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) In what way is the Guardian not "reliable"? You may not find it "reliable", but you do cite it when the text is right [eg]: (URL)The NYT in particular, lies (...) If all that is true, let the market damn them both and FoxNews can prevail! (...) (21 years ago, 21-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Richard Marchetti writes: <snip> (...) There are "safe needle exchange" places in Canada??? That's it! Heroine, here I come!! Dave K -wow, lookit all the purty lightsssszzz...zzz (...) (21 years ago, 21-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Are you saying plagiarism is ~OK~. I think that is the wrong sort of signal to send. (...) Ah! So it's Larry who is the plagiarist; I wondered whom he was talking about! ;) Scott A (21 years ago, 21-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Well it looks like Tommy Franks may have to carry the can for crimes committed by his troops. Read on: Let's hear it for Belgium (URL) several occasions, US troops appear to have opened fire on unarmed civilians. In Nassiriya, they shot at any (...) (21 years ago, 21-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I think that you probably have an okay approach to the issue -- just as long as your ideas about right and wrong are qualified by the concept of right and wrong "for you." Need I mention the many stupid and pointless sodomy laws across the (...) (21 years ago, 21-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Wow Dave, this was so old I almost forgot I wrote about this. Alright as it appears that there were some huge misunderstandings in my post let me try to clarify things. First and foremost, I do have core beliefs as to what is right and wrong, (...) (21 years ago, 21-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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"Just where are those weapons?" (URL) embarrassments go, this one is in a league with having your pants fall down on Main Street at high noon. In his State of the Union address, the president managed to give the impression that Mr. Hussein had piles (...) (21 years ago, 21-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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This might prove useful here: "Time to Question the US Role in Saudi Arabia" (URL) in truth, we are long overdue in examining this relationship.] -- Hop-Frog (21 years ago, 21-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) What? Would that be like stupid Saudis beleiving all the nonsense their government/right-wingers tells them? Gee, where else do citizens exhibit that behavior? And anyway, unless I am mistaken about the nationality of the more frequent posters (...) (21 years ago, 21-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Why don't you take your facetious little poll in Arab countries? Maybe it won't be so easy after all. JOHN (21 years ago, 21-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) thought 9/11 was engineered by Americans or Israelis? Today I noticed that the sky appears to be blue, and clouds are often puffy and white. -- Hop-Frog (21 years ago, 21-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(URL) is very encouraging. Perhaps the US and Israel *aren't* the root of all evil after all.... JOHN (21 years ago, 20-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Annoyingly, I was unable to post to LUGNET for a few weeks and wasn't able to contribute in my usual, brilliant fashion. I apologize for the late response to Scott's posting, but this was just about my first opportunity to do so. (...) It should be (...) (21 years ago, 20-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Larry Pieniazek writes: <snip> (...) Well, I don't treat my life like it's made up of binary management--if we remove certain criteria, then we allow *everyting*. I thought it would be inferred by my slam towards the Nat. (...) (21 years ago, 20-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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