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(...) usually terribly serious. The ideas behind critical theory are serious, but not often the uses to which they are put. Plus, while some of the points are very valid, some of it is a stretch. I think they have the political background more or (...) (21 years ago, 2-Sep-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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So this piece, purportedly an interview transcript, seems to suggest (URL) just leave it to the astute readership here to decide if this is a serious piece or not. (21 years ago, 2-Sep-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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In lugnet.build.contests, Larry Pieniazek wrote: snip!!! Bother. The last thing in this thread I responded to had FUT set to o-t.debate even though it was rather innocuous, it dealt with contest logistics. So, said my brain to myself, must be the (...) (21 years ago, 1-Sep-03, to lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Depends on the contest budget, I suppose. A really high budget contest would fly all the finalists out and they could rebuild their MOCs on arrival. (this one isn't that high budget, given that finalists get 250 as their prize) Another (...) (21 years ago, 1-Sep-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, David Gregory wrote: <snip> (...) Er, isn't that a more reasonable expectation than asking people to travel to St. Louis to rebuild their MOC that has been shaken apart in transit? As one who has transported many MOCs to (...) (21 years ago, 1-Sep-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I don't know! First you think I've offended LEGO Australia so much with my attitude that they won't assist with events, and now you think I can read their minds? (...) Approaches for assitance! Did you not read the (URL) post>? Here, let me (...) (21 years ago, 1-Sep-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Well, at least I'm proud that I'm an American...though I don't (or won't) trust our government one bit. That evaporated a long time ago... (URL) (21 years ago, 31-Aug-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Indeed :-) But rest assured, I have no plan on continuing this thread anyway. Terry (21 years ago, 30-Aug-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Silly me didn't set the followups. (...) (21 years ago, 30-Aug-03, to lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I don't think there's any getting around the fact that Christmas is a religious holiday. I know that there are lots of other holidays that many people celebrate around the winter solstice. However, Christmas happens to be one of the (...) (21 years ago, 30-Aug-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Well, it SORT of is a religious holiday. Not everyone that celebrates at that time of year (winter solstice) does so for religious reasons. We don't. Also I don't think Terry was objecting per se, just saying he didn't plan to participate in (...) (21 years ago, 30-Aug-03, to lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Snip! (...) Why would LEGO Australia reply with such a response? What prompted it? (...) The impression I get from your original message is a very sarcastic one, especially when you say "their response has ranged from the negative to the very (...) (21 years ago, 29-Aug-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Just noticed a typo in my original response to Bryan's ludicrous post: (...) This sentence: (...) Should have gone after the next sentence. (...) And still I say 'Huh?' Adieu Richie Dulin (2 URLs) Port Brique Somewhere in the South Pacifique (...) (21 years ago, 29-Aug-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Huh? Do you mean my attitude is the reason that their response is negative? Or do you mean something else? Maybe I didn't make the statement clearly. Here goes: In the past, Australians have approached LEGO Australia to support the public (...) (21 years ago, 29-Aug-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) With an attitude like that, no wonder their response is negative! -Bryan (21 years ago, 29-Aug-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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Halliburton's Deals Greater Than Thought (URL) Halliburton, the company formerly headed by Vice President Cheney, has won contracts worth more than $1.7 billion under Operation Iraqi Freedom and stands to make hundreds of millions more dollars under (...) (21 years ago, 28-Aug-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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There's more in here too... It's always about one person or group morally getting over on others. What I mean is that while few would claim that the 10 point memo monument shocks the decency standards of the community, we'd have dozens of people (...) (21 years ago, 27-Aug-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, David Laswell wrote: I take it, from your exegesis of the Amendment, that you'd have no problem with a state legislature outlawing Christianity, am I correct? Or how about a state legislature that requires Scientology to (...) (21 years ago, 27-Aug-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) The currency itself is unconstitutional. And if only it were the Dept. of the Treasury issuing the "coin" of our realm -- instead it is issued by the Federal Reserve. Not the same thing at all. See the U.S. Constitution Art. I, sections 8 and (...) (21 years ago, 27-Aug-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Ahem. There is only one item in the Constitution of the United States that has any direct bearing on this as a religious matter, and that's the First Amemdment. To quote the appropriate section: "Congress shall make no law respecting an (...) (21 years ago, 27-Aug-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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