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From: (URL) US fires Guantanamo defence team> "The first day, when they were being briefed on the dos and don'ts, at least a couple said: 'You can't impose these restrictions on us because we can't properly represent our clients.' "When the group (...) (21 years ago, 3-Dec-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| | Re: A sincere question about the Bible
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orrex@excite.com (Dave Schuler) wrote in <Hopn0o.1M3y@lugnet.com>: (...) Yep, it's mostly implicit. Apart from the stuff John mentioned, there are some places where it's pretty clear, like in this combination: 2 Peter 3:9 The Lord is not slow in (...) (21 years ago, 3-Dec-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | "Americans Exaggerated Battle Death Toll"
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From today's (URL) Scotsman>: "Many residents said the Americans opened fire at random when they came under attack, and targeted civilian installations.Six destroyed vehicles sat in front of the hospital, where witnesses said US tanks shelled people (...) (21 years ago, 2-Dec-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| | Re: Shopoholic stampede
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(...) Before this type of thing usually happened iduring 'christmas sales' like the 'tickle me elmo' idiocy that happened a few years back... Now it looks like this sort of thing happens everywhere and at any time--'look out! It's an 'every person (...) (21 years ago, 30-Nov-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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This BBC article angered me: (URL) lined up trample a woman over a sale on DVD players. Only the woman's sister and a store employee come to her aid. But, to add insult to injury, after that ordeal, the company offers to put an item on hold for her, (...) (21 years ago, 30-Nov-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | More on Diebold and voting fraud
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(URL) has some new information. Everything blue in the article is a link to somewhere else. Apparently some of the sourcecode for these voting machines has been purloined, posted in multiple places, and examined by purported experts who claim that (...) (21 years ago, 29-Nov-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Message awaiting authentication
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(...) Where did I say that? I can think of a host of things I'd like to see added (and have made suggestions about them in the past) and I would in no way equate my saying "I'm not someone that says that a private service has to accomodate all (...) (21 years ago, 27-Nov-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Who said that? I'm not seeing that in this thread, although the thread (and other related ones) has some aspects of "usenet is better because it is free" koolaid drinking to it. So it may be that there's some rigidity present, yes... just not (...) (21 years ago, 27-Nov-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Message awaiting authentication
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(...) I give up. Maybe you're right. I just thought I'd make a suggestion that could possibly make lugnet better. Who knew I was straying into debate territory. Let's everyone chant together. Lugnet is perfect! Lugnet is perfect! Change is bad... (...) (21 years ago, 27-Nov-03, to lugnet.admin.suggestions, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Actually, that's what I was hoping for when I asked the question. For Todd to think about it for a few seconds and then decide if there was possibly a way to make an improvement to lugnet without a whole lot of effort. Instead I got you, (...) (21 years ago, 27-Nov-03, to lugnet.admin.suggestions, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: RTL query
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(...) That's *a* way. Calling it "best" is a value judgement. Another way is to exclude the noise if it can't behave itself. In my value system that's a lot better. (...) Which authoritarian organization is that? I'm not aware of one. The mere (...) (21 years ago, 26-Nov-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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FUT: lugnet.off-topic.debate "David Koudys" <dkoudys@redeemer.on.ca> wrote in message news:Hoyz39.12rB@lugnet.com... (...) I'll The best way to solve newsgroup Signal to Noise problems is to set a good example and to drown out the noise with good (...) (21 years ago, 26-Nov-03, to lugnet.faq, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Money, but no justice.
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(URL) US pays up for fatal Iraq blunders> The US military has paid out $1.5m (£907,000) to Iraqi civilians in response to a wave of negligence and wrongful death claims filed against American soldiers... Families have come forward with accounts of (...) (21 years ago, 26-Nov-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| | Useful idiocy [Re: Bush toppled]
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(...) It does when one is a blind supporter of Bush Jr! :) John castigates those who question Bush Jr, but remains silent when the FBI start harassing peace protestors(1) or when Bush Jr pays for people to be boiled alive(2). Who is the real "useful (...) (21 years ago, 25-Nov-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| | Re: A sincere question about the Bible
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(...) I may be wrong about this, since I was raised Methodist/Pentacostal, but my understanding of predestination only affected whether you went to heaven or not. In other words, I don't think Calvinism (the origin of predestination) assumes that we (...) (21 years ago, 24-Nov-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| | Re: Seriously...
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(...) It's a cookie thing, I think. If you are required to check the TOS every time posting as a member, or required to enter your posting info every time, try resumbitting your posting set up while logged in as a member. James (21 years ago, 23-Nov-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.admin.general)
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Chris Phillips wrote: signed in as a member, you explictly check once in a blue moon) (...) I don't *think* I do, but maybe there are some differences, I'll have to ask Todd. (...) That's really strange because I'm not (...) (21 years ago, 23-Nov-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Seriously...
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(...) Maybe you use a different web interface than the rest of us do, but I am always signed in as a member, and my posts are not accepted unless I check the box on every post. Your other points are well taken. It seemed from your earlier post that (...) (21 years ago, 23-Nov-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Seriously...
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(...) You don't get a pass because you're an "angry young man"... (...) No, I'm telling him to abide by the ToS, and explicitly acknowledge that it applies to him and acknowledge that he erred and wronged EVERYONE, not just Todd, and make up for it (...) (21 years ago, 23-Nov-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Seriously...
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(...) (snip) (...) (snip) (...) Okay, Tom, I think I see your point now. Your issue is that the entire exchange took place outside of .debate. So you think that Jon's comment would have been fine in .debate, not not outside of it (where it occured). (...) (21 years ago, 22-Nov-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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