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(...) Sure it is. I don't know anyone to have been harmed by it. Chris (20 years ago, 23-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) For .admin.nntp: LUGNET has to abide by certain societal restrictions for the sake of liability. In that sense, John's perfectly right. For .o-t.debate: Screw them! Parents withholding what it means to be human by shielding their kids from (...) (20 years ago, 23-Sep-04, to lugnet.admin.nntp, lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Wait a minute--Kevin's gay?!? Oh no! I bought skeletons from him a few years ago--what does that make me? Dave! (20 years ago, 23-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Look Jason, I can't help it that you're wrong. I can't help it that you grew up in an abusive (if only mildly) environment. And I didn't say you were uneducated -- I said you were educated wrongly. We're not playing a game here. You're talking (...) (20 years ago, 23-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) How could he??? You homos are wicked and that's good enough. Trying to rationalize it will only get him into trouble. See John Neal's long history of debate for countless examples of the style. (...) Yeah, this is something that bothers me (...) (20 years ago, 23-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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"John" <John@TCLTC.org> wrote in message news:I473CK.1uzM@lugnet.com... (...) Maybe truth in your, as usual, twisted, bigotted, totally-intolerant-t...Y-like-you mind, but I'm strictly hetero, and I certainly don't find homo/bi repulsive. Just not (...) (20 years ago, 23-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Whichever hand was closer. Or whichever had a mitt on ;-) I catch with either hand equally well. But while "left-handed", I can only throw accurately right-handed. So I pretty much ended up catching LH, so that I wouldn't have to catch RH, (...) (20 years ago, 23-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) They tried, they REALLY tried with me in school. But I'm more stubborn than any teacher I've ever run into, and my left-handedness won out ;-) Then again, I can write semi-legibly with my right hand if given time. About the only things I can't (...) (20 years ago, 23-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) SNIP (...) SNIP (...) It's all useless. LGBT people can't seem to feel accepted in society unless they subdivide themselves into therapy groups. I'll still accept them, lavender bricks or not, and look upon their creations with the same eyes (...) (20 years ago, 23-Sep-04, to lugnet.admin.suggestions, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.people, lugnet.org)
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I've had time to read and reread and reread this post and I'd like to add a few comments further, if I may. "Teddy Welsh" <ewelsh@wsc.ma.edu> wrote in message news:I40H0H.1yKv@lugnet.com... (...) No one is unwelcome at Lugnet, not even Richard (...) (20 years ago, 22-Sep-04, to lugnet.admin.suggestions, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.people, lugnet.org)
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| | Re: Genetics and SF (was Re: New poll: sexuality and Lugnet
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(...) I've only read a couple of full-length novels that were originally published as short stories or novellas. Ender's Game (Orson Scott Card) comes immediately to mind (and I've recently discovered a copy of the original novella at the local (...) (20 years ago, 22-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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BUSH: "We will not negotiate with terrorists." Is (URL) this> a coincidence, or is it the start of a slippery slope? (URL) When> she was caught just over 1 year ago: "She is said to have carried out work on germs that cause botulism poisoning and (...) (20 years ago, 22-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) This admin (not moderator, we don't have moderators at LUGNET) appreciates your concern and thanks you for your flexibility and willingness to work within the system. However (1) the decision to request a cancel rests with *you*, not the (...) (20 years ago, 22-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) re-education? oh, i see...anyone who disagrees with the homosexual agenda is "uneducated". nice retort. i think i've heard that one before in elementary school: "if you don't play my game, then you're stupid!". perhaps you need more exposur to (...) (20 years ago, 22-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) If a moderator thinks that that message *was* too graphic, you hereby have my request to cancel it. Kevin (20 years ago, 22-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Interesting that you don't bother to address either of the two major points in my post, Lee (that heterosexuals frequently broadcast their sexual orientation by referring to the gender of their partners, and that sexual orientation is about (...) (20 years ago, 22-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Read them, liked them. The very notion of being Sleepless is a pretty amazing idea. Thought the third book got a bit weak compared to the first, though. (20 years ago, 22-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) If I recall correctly, Blood Music was indeed a short story first, and then was lengthened to a novel after the short story's success. I've only read the short version, but I wouldn't doubt that the second half of the novel was bland. ~Kevoh (20 years ago, 22-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) If it's genetic SF you want, give the Beggars trilogy (Beggars in Spain, Beggars and Choosers, and Beggars Ride) by Nancy Kress a read. Not only are they a very good read but they are also very pertinant to the issues that started this whole (...) (20 years ago, 22-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) I didn't say it would be logical for newcomers to assume that; just that they might (notice the word "could"). (20 years ago, 22-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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