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(...) From this very thread: (URL) crime is lower now (in Scotland) than 10 years ago (they were "banned" in 97)." Scott A (21 years ago, 10-Sep-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Well if you are going to dig up old threads on this subject then you should probably read (URL) this one.> (...) Every country and US State that has enacted gun control laws has not had any noticable difference in gun crimes. The only thing (...) (21 years ago, 10-Sep-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| | Letters from America
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From the newspaper I bought yesterday: "I would like to express my gratitude to you for publishing Michael Meacher's article. Here in the US a small and dedicated cohort has been delving into the policy foundations of the Bush administration for (...) (21 years ago, 9-Sep-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) The problem is, most Americans are so dumb that 70% of them think SH was somehow involved in the 9/11 attacks. That's what's really funny about it!!! (21 years ago, 7-Sep-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) <smip> (...) So you think your opinion is THE RIGHT ONE now? I should too? You base your entire theory one two theorical cases: The Superman vs. The low-life asshole. Reality is not like that. People shouldn't have their kids starve to death (...) (21 years ago, 7-Sep-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I don't know the guy personnally, but one thing I can tell you, he is FAR from being an idiot. In fact, calling him an idiot because you don't like him and don't agree to his opinions makes me believe you are probably not as intelligent as he (...) (21 years ago, 7-Sep-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) I think what *I'm* howling about (to the extent that I'm howling) is the process. In my view, the filibuster has been subverted. In the olden days, if you felt strongly about something, you filibustered and it brought ALL BUSINESS in the (...) (21 years ago, 5-Sep-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Blind Prophet
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Not unrelated: (URL) (21 years ago, 5-Sep-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| | Re: Blind Prophet
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Rarebit induced insomnia... Scott, you know the answers already -- this is all rhetorical... Shrub cannot find the dollars because he has doubled the annual national deficit, approx. half of which will be needed to support the occupation. No one (...) (21 years ago, 5-Sep-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| | Blind Prophet
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I read (URL) this> the other day: The warning was plain. Iraq was a breeding ground of terror, an incubator for al-Qaida and a clear and present danger to "the civilised world". Tony Blair was wary of that argument, but George Bush made it the heart (...) (21 years ago, 5-Sep-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Well, at the end of the day (figuratively) that is between you and God and none of my business, or so I believe. (...) Ok then. I suppose I owe you partial credit, as I might not have read alot of Thomas Jefferson's stuff without you having (...) (21 years ago, 5-Sep-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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Well, I guess according to you I'm gonna burn in hell many times over -- but I agreed with most of it anyway. -- Hop-Frog (21 years ago, 5-Sep-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| | A letter to the Editor
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The Backround: For the past 3 weeks the local paper I get, has been printing letters from people who were very dismayed over the strides toward legalizeing Gay marriages and other "sexually deviant" behavior. They were calling it "UnAmerican" and (...) (21 years ago, 4-Sep-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I don't have much time for elaborate conspiracy theories, but something has occurred to me in all of this. Democrats have approved all but a tiny handful of Dubya's judicial appointees, and Republicans are howling about the few who've been (...) (21 years ago, 4-Sep-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Castle World is dead.
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What’s wrong with those of you who think you’re entitled to Castle World TM. _It doesn't belong to you!!! It was created by a group of old-skool Lugnetters, and it’s their baby. If you don’t like it…too bad. Create your own Castle World type (...) (21 years ago, 4-Sep-03, to lugnet.castle.org.cw, lugnet.castle, lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.general, lugnet.people)
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| | Re: Lord of the Rings is actually a drug turf war story!
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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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| | Re: "CHRISTMAS THROUGH THE EYES OF A CHILD" CONTEST
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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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| | Re: "What Will You Make?" Event Kits!
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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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| | Re: 25 things we know now...
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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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| | Re: "CHRISTMAS THROUGH THE EYES OF A CHILD" CONTEST
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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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| | Re: "CHRISTMAS THROUGH THE EYES OF A CHILD" CONTEST
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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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| | Re: "What Will You Make?" Event Kits!
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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
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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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| | Re: Moore foolishness than ever
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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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| | Re: Moore foolishness than ever
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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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| | Re: Moore foolishness than ever
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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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| | CEOs Profit from Layoffs, Pension Shortfalls, and Tax Dodges
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CEOs Profit from Layoffs, Pension Shortfalls, and Tax Dodges (PRESS RELEASE FROM UNITED FOR A FAIR ECONOMY & INSTITUTE FOR POLICY STUDIES) (URL) Congress fueled runaway CEO pay and helped U.S. companies avoid paying their fair share of taxes by (...) (21 years ago, 27-Aug-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| | Re: Moore foolishness than ever
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(...) Jesus did not tell you to respect to authority, he said, "Render unto Caesar that which is Caesar's, and render unto to God that which is God's." (quoting from memory here) In my opinion, and probably a lot of readers' opinions, that's a very (...) (21 years ago, 26-Aug-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) As a Christian, I'm 'outraged' about this situation. I mean, in the Bible it tells us to 'respect' the authority of the land. So not only is what Roy doing 'unconstitutional', but is going contrary to sound Biblical teachings. I'm not a (...) (21 years ago, 26-Aug-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| | Moore foolishness than ever
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I've resisted introducing this topic because we've been over it before, and the main issue is, to me, entirely resolved and crystal clear. But (URL) Roy Moore> still keeps going on about his unconstitutional monument to his hubris. So what's the (...) (21 years ago, 26-Aug-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| | Re: It must be just me...
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(...) ... by another "maniac" who is developing 1st strike nukes. ;) That's the true irony. Scott A (21 years ago, 26-Aug-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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