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(...) Reason is one of my fave mags... I cite from it here on a regular basis. So my opinion is of course biased but I find it well worth 15 a year. It's got a viewpoint you're not going to find very many other places, mores the pity. I have a (...) (20 years ago, 8-Apr-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) And yet at the same time, Aljazeera.net (of all places) prints this (URL) upbeat article. Is it really ALL bad news, or is that just the stuff that sells? (20 years ago, 8-Apr-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Bruce Schlickbernd wrote: <snip> (...) Canadians and boring kinda go hand in hand... Waittaminit... Anyway, not so much a protest against nudity, rather a protest against censorship and the furor caused by Janet's boob-- (...) (20 years ago, 8-Apr-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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This is way cool: (URL) worth the $15 bucks for a subscription. Subscribing by April 9th, 2004 will get you a copy: https://www.kable.co...ewsubs.asp (20 years ago, 7-Apr-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) No need to find a marriage licence between Hussein and OBL. The only link neccessary is that they both posed a threat. OBL was able to carry out his evil intentions in 2001, Hussein was stopped before he was able to harm us. (...) If Iraqi's (...) (20 years ago, 7-Apr-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Nor does he mention Washington's “inaction” at the time; did the washington not block a UN motion condemning SH? (...) No, some say it is second only to Scottish Haggis. Scott A (20 years ago, 7-Apr-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) lol. By "dealings", I assume you mean give them WMD and help oppress their populations? BTW: Don't forget, SH was the "lesser of two evils" during the 1991 uprising. (...) Are you saying all post 1945 US military actions have been illegal? (...) (20 years ago, 7-Apr-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Well, the point is that to justify his choice to invade Iraq, Dubya condemned Hussein for using chemical and biological weapons against his enemies and his own people. Dubya did not mention that these were the very same weapons and delivery (...) (20 years ago, 7-Apr-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) I’ve always thought that this was a silly criticism, true twenty years ago, during the Iran/Iraq war we supported Hussein as the lesser of two evils, you act as if we furnished his palace and rolled out the red carpet. We often have dealings (...) (20 years ago, 7-Apr-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(URL) (20 years ago, 7-Apr-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) That very much depends on the body in question! ;) I'll be spending the next few days cycling (MTB) around (URL) and Blair Athol>, if I see a (URL) real one> I'll take it's picture and post it here! Scott A(URL) .> (20 years ago, 7-Apr-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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Not sure if (URL) this> should be here or in OT-Fun. Dave! FUT as appropriate! (20 years ago, 7-Apr-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Hey, Dave! Perhaps we should! The stuff is MUCH more offensive than looking at the human temple, er body, after all, Dave! (20 years ago, 7-Apr-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) (URL) this> Scott A (20 years ago, 7-Apr-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Well, let's look at the facts. The porn industry rakes in about $20 billion annually; how much money to Iraqis make off of their religious expression? Obviously, if they're not making a tidy profit, they're savages. Besides, don't castigate (...) (20 years ago, 7-Apr-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) ...and, like SH, Marcos was supported by Washington. (...) Forgive me, but I don’t remember the Philippines being invaded as part of an illegal and immoral war to remove Marcos? (...) It has been part of the occupation plan to fragment the (...) (20 years ago, 7-Apr-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Here again the age old question, which is worse, stable but evil leaders, or democracy and instability. Similar thing happened in the Philippines, Marcos was corrupt and evil, but his regime was stable. As soon as he was removed chaos ensued. (...) (20 years ago, 6-Apr-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) WOW. This reminds me a lot of Douglas Coupland's end of the world fiction, particularly _Girlfriend In A Coma_ but even more surreal because it is real (!!). Great site. Thanks for the pointer, Frank. -- Thomas Main thomasmain@myrealbox.com (20 years ago, 6-Apr-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(URL) (20 years ago, 6-Apr-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) God this makes me depressed. 1. To think that this is my country, a democratic country, where I must take a certain amount of responcibility for what is being done. 2. To hear a responce from someone being affected by these actions (something (...) (20 years ago, 6-Apr-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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