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(...) Indeed it is... at least he looks just as handsome as me. ;) (...) Yeah, but they won't let me teach politics. ;( (...) But these days a few of the "younger generation" are older than me... which I think is a good thing! I'm not sure how I (...) (20 years ago, 26-May-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) You mean Conservative Freedom and Conservative Democracy, where the Conservatives get to tell you what to do, even in your own bedroom? No thanks, I'll pass on that. -- Tom Stangl *(URL) Visual FAQ home *(URL) Visual FAQ Home (20 years ago, 26-May-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Well, even pictures of Nick Berg's slaughter couldn't have compared with the audio and video portrayal of it. (...) I believe we are talking about rogues, not policy, because that kind of behavior serves absolutely no useful purpose (as an (...) (20 years ago, 26-May-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Scary, isn't it? :-) (20 years ago, 26-May-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Don Heyse wrote: <snip> (...) Scott, is that you? I knew you were pretty smart but my goodness! Nicely done. Now you're teaching? Shaping the minds of the younger generation? ;) Dave K (20 years ago, 26-May-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Nope. All LEGO coins are still in DKK :-) (...) Beats me! (...) As physical currency? Two years, four months, 25 days and a few hours. Add three more years if you mean financial use. HTH, Pedro <-- €urocollector (20 years ago, 26-May-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) You snipped too much. The problem is this... The evidence so far is that this(1) isn't one of those cases. 1 - the war in Iraq, not the war on intolerance demonstrated via explosions (20 years ago, 26-May-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) I agree. So help me refute Dave! and his fallacious argument by assertion accusation:-) JOHN (20 years ago, 26-May-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Scott Arthur wrote: snip (...) snip Hey, speaking of bucks, do lego coins come in Euro denominations? If not, what's that all about? How long has the Euro been in use? Don (20 years ago, 26-May-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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Nik has been going around the house saying: "We had to destroy the city of Fallujah in order to save it... (pause, switch to Texas drawl (1) ) ... I'm George W. Bush and I approved this message." I have *no idea* where he got that from. :-) 1 - he (...) (20 years ago, 26-May-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) The problem with that theory denunciation is that, every once in a while, there IS a good guy bad guy war... And the problem wht THAT theory denunciation is that, "every once in a while" isn't very often, and it's hard to tell (from the (...) (20 years ago, 26-May-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) <snip> (...) Ever get that feeling of deja-vu? Have we had a similar conversation in the past? Hmmm,,, I am at a definite loss for words on this one. So I'll not contribute. (Back to 10152 building already in progress...) Dave K (20 years ago, 25-May-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) This is totally an aside, but that is a very strange academic page, because it does not say where (from what institution) Scott got his PhD. Usually that is something that is broadcast far and wide to the heavens above, even in British (...) (20 years ago, 25-May-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) I think they did actually use Schlachtkreuzer at some point-- Breyer at least suggests that they did, but you do see Panzerkreuzer and Grosser Kreuzer used as well. (Imagine the s-tsett there, I cannot remember the ANSI number for it.) But it (...) (20 years ago, 25-May-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) So if it really is all that muddy then what drives certain people (URL) post their opinion on it over and over and over and over and over, driving me nuts. I mean, I look at his background there and I don't see anything that says "crazy person (...) (20 years ago, 25-May-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Unfortunately, as with soldierly misconduct at Abu Ghraib, nobody knows how far up the proverbial food chain this goes. There is not yet any evidence that it was anyone but the soldiers involved in peacekeeping themselves; I find it very (...) (20 years ago, 25-May-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Congratulations! You've just managed to sum up nearly all the wars: we're right, the enemy is wrong. We're brave, the enemy is villanous. We'll win, the enemy will lose. We think all this, the enemy... does too. So why is it he's the enemy, (...) (20 years ago, 25-May-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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I'm almost at a loss for words. (URL) At a time when the world's opinion was with the UN for their stance of the Iraqi situation, those stupid <insert expletive here> go do what they did. I don't swear much, but this just makes me seething with (...) (20 years ago, 25-May-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Once caught, I wonder if they will be subjected to a 1-hour show trial? (...) Scott A (20 years ago, 25-May-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) From the New York Times: Brig. Gen. Mark Kimmitt, a spokesman for the occupation forces, estimated that there were a total of 3,000 to 5,000 guerrilla fighters in Iraq, with 5 to 10 percent of those coming from outside the country. Since when (...) (20 years ago, 25-May-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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