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(...) But, John, the death penalty is, so, well, final. What if there was a mistake? It does happen, you know. Even in these apparently close and shut cases, with "confessions" and neat surveilance videotapes and everything. What if the prison (...) (21 years ago, 8-Feb-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Which part of the teachings of Christ are you reflecting...I can't seem to find that part. Chris (21 years ago, 8-Feb-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Oh, you mean in the way that he was in and out of prison like spinning in a turnstyle? (...) Wrong. Stops him from ever doing it again. (...) What is it with you Liberals? What is there to understand? Evil is evil. Stop trying to understand it (...) (21 years ago, 8-Feb-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Tradition would say that Scott was being sarcastic, but maybe he wasn't. Either he honestly wanted my opinion, or perhaps it was rhetorical but he felt there was a point to it. I already placed my qualifier ("for the most part") but, yes, my (...) (21 years ago, 8-Feb-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Hmmmm, I'm not sure where you are going with that analogy. Tom Cruise remains Tom Cruise whatever I do, the Queen is your Queen because you subject yourself to her. (...) Aha! You admit that the UK does not live up to its propaganda! You (...) (21 years ago, 8-Feb-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) You are such a troll! Why not ask Tiger Woods or Michael Jordan or any of the other 1,000s of black millionaires your question. Shesh. (...) Ubertroll take off! JOHN (21 years ago, 8-Feb-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, David Koudys wrote: (snipped quotations) What I thought: nowhere did he ever use the term "imminent". (...) The meaning of your non-sequitur eludes me. What Bush wanted was Saddam Hussein removed from power, period. (...) (...) (21 years ago, 8-Feb-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Yeah; we have our Queen, you have Tom Cruise (etc). ;) (...) I support the UK monarchy... but I tend not to read the tabloids. ;) (...) You are stealing my point! (...) Even if one is black? (...) They must have been the Schlickbernd's of (...) (21 years ago, 7-Feb-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Does the propaganda live up to reality for everyone in the USA? Scott A (21 years ago, 7-Feb-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) It could be worse - we could have idiot royalty. Now that would really be lame. But then again, their antics can be amusing. To be less silly, what country lives up to its propaganda? Is the U.S. the land of the free and the home of the brave, (...) (21 years ago, 7-Feb-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Does the propaganda live up to reality in the USA? Scott A (21 years ago, 7-Feb-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) This is sarcasm, right? "we pretend to work, and the state pretends to pay us" ... that sort of thing? Presumably workers don't flee a workers "paradise" unless the quotation marks are there for a reason. (remember, I'm biased... both my (...) (21 years ago, 7-Feb-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I’d suggest you let justice take its course; it may transpire that this guy was/is unstable in some way. Even if he does turn out to be 100% ‘evil’, killing him after the event will accomplish nothing. Understanding "why" would accomplish (...) (21 years ago, 7-Feb-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I hear healthcare is better than many Americans have too. Perhaps if Bush lifted sanctions it'd be even better. Without sanctions, Castro would be history by now. Scott A (...) (21 years ago, 7-Feb-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Talking of which.... (URL) Hitler's debt to America:> "One such agitator was a disgruntled corporal in the German army. In 1924, he was serving time in prison for mob action. While there, he spent his time poring over eugenic textbooks, which (...) (21 years ago, 7-Feb-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Not so. Many Cubans are happy with their lives in paradise. Two hours of work per day and 22 for free time in which to study for free for ever...doesn't sound totally bad to me. (Though I'd really want reliable power and a fat pipe.) Chris (21 years ago, 6-Feb-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Well, supposedly we get a promise from the government that they won't be mistreated if they get repatriated, and supposedly we "monitor compliance" with that. Wanna know what I think of THAT strategy, or the promises of THAT government? (...) (21 years ago, 6-Feb-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Won't something very bad happen to them when they get home? Doesn't Castro frown on folks leaving his country 'illegally'? If all the Cubans fled to the US, Castro would have no one to push around. I mean, shouldn't the US be welcoming every (...) (21 years ago, 6-Feb-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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and some USE them as boats. (URL) have any questions about my stand on whether these intrepid voyagers should be given asylum or not? PS, 1959 was a VERY good year for Buicks, by the way... (1) ++Lar 1 - although my Daddy was driving a 1957 Buick (...) (21 years ago, 6-Feb-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) c/ be no/ be almost no/ and we agree. I think there are a *few* honest politicians out there. Ron Paul for example... (URL) (a good read in and of itself) (21 years ago, 6-Feb-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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