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(...) You left out a third choice. Those who like to complain about it. (...) I don't think I fit in either of your categories. The world is not black and white. I accept the fact that I cannot change much of it and try to do what little I can to (...) (20 years ago, 26-May-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Really? I didn't know that. The green bills must've misled me. (...) Hey, me too. Which ones have you got? (20 years ago, 26-May-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) I expect they were; much of their funds came from the USA afterall. Read about (URL) & (URL) then tell us what you think. Scott A (...) (20 years ago, 25-May-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) I suppose there are 2 types of people: Those who accept the world is a crappy place. Those who want to do something about it. Which are you? As an aside, would I bother you less if I were pro-Bush? Scott A (20 years ago, 26-May-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) I have two work pages. This is "my" one, so the data you want is buried in the page... well the 1st paragraph really. Scott A (...) (20 years ago, 26-May-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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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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| | Re: Losing hearts and minds - Chaos in occupied Africa (aka something that floats)
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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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| | Re: From Reason: "It's all bad news - Chaos in occupied Iraq"
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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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This post is rather long. Sorry about that, for anyone who's following. (...) Well, I watched the entire "beheading" video, and honestly it's not particularly more horrifying that the pictures from Abu Ghraib. Yes, it's a brutal, premeditiated act, (...) (20 years ago, 25-May-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| | What's a freedom fighter?
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(...) I know, I know. I promised myself I'd try to stay away from .debate. But this freedom fighter thing got me thinking. What's a freedom fighter? Who gets to decide? Were the IRA ever called freedom fighters? How are they generally perceived in (...) (20 years ago, 25-May-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) What part of wiping out the Taliban in Afganistan wasn't helpful? What part of deposing SH, a known sponsor of terrorism and possessor of WMDs wasn't helpful? What would you suggest as an alternative response? (...) What war are you talking (...) (20 years ago, 25-May-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) View the horrific video of these people screaming "Allah is the Greatest!" as one of them slowly slices off the head of an innocent human being and then holding up the severed head as a trophy and answer your own question. (...) (...) (20 years ago, 25-May-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) I assume that is suppostion. My point is that you appeared to be wrong when you said "The resistance in Iraq is coming primarily from outside Iraq, not in." OK? (...) What does using Nick Berg's "slaughter" to justify the bombing of a wedding (...) (20 years ago, 25-May-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Are you channeling a little (URL) Luc Picard> there? Dave! FUT OT.Geek (20 years ago, 25-May-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) On what basis do you declare these people to be psychotic, inhuman and irrational? Is it because they go to extraordinary lengths to force others to accept their extremist religious doctrines? Is it because they kill innocent civilians in the (...) (20 years ago, 25-May-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) You may think that Scotts missing your point, but the point you seem to be oblivious to is that the actions undertaken by this US administration isn't helpful to reducing or eliminating the terrorist threats. It's like this-- If 'the people' (...) (20 years ago, 25-May-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) They are the ones who keep blowing themselves up and wreaking all of the havoc-- exactly what al-qaeda wants (not Iraq) (...) (snipped) Is this where I reply by posting a link to the Nick Berg slaughter? You are being a jerk. (...) So, 9-11 (...) (20 years ago, 25-May-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| | Bush Passes the Buck Again!
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Bush passes the buck again; this time it's the Iranians who are at blame: (URL) See:> "It's pretty clear that Iranians had us for breakfast, lunch and dinner," said an intelligence source in Washington yesterday. "Iranian intelligence has been (...) (20 years ago, 25-May-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Only time and the risk of even more spam. (...) From its very pages: 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 (...) (20 years ago, 25-May-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Yeah, it was inappropriate. But, it was unbelievably hilarious too. You're right, John. I have a big problem with teaching kids that young about erotic attire and attitudes. One example I especially loathe -- and you may have seen this in your (...) (20 years ago, 25-May-04, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Doh! Right you are! My mistake. The Gneisenau and Scharnhorst were definitely of the battle cruiser type vessel, in that they were built in response to the Invincibles and later Indefatigables. Interestingly, the Germans never really fully (...) (20 years ago, 24-May-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Nah, not worth it. I think I misread your initial point anyway, and my question was imprecisely worded. (...) Heck, I've already been doing that. I'm glad to support the team! Haven't you read the thread? :-) Only the parts in OT.debate. You (...) (20 years ago, 24-May-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) On the legal definition of insider trading as it stands, today, in the US. That's the last I'll say about it in this thread, start a new thread if you want. (...) Don't buy from him, every chance you get. Haven't you read the thread? :-) (...) (...) (20 years ago, 24-May-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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