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(...) How would you define decisiveness, then? The speed at which you make a decision? I guess I'd say that if you either admit you could be wrong, or actually do change your mind frequently enough, you're less decisive. But that's just the (...) (20 years ago, 26-Oct-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I'll put it this way-- I'd wish a "truly fair" God existed-- one that believed in relative morality, etc. Because, hey, it IS somewhat comforting to know that "everything's gonna be ok" or whatever. Would I want a Christian God to exist? (...) (20 years ago, 26-Oct-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Oops, you're right. They aren't scheduled to (URL) switch to tabloid format> until 2006. I stand corrected. Sorry, it seemed funny at the time. Heh, love that (URL) wikipedia>. Who knew George Soros was involved with the Guardian? Anyhow, do (...) (20 years ago, 26-Oct-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) This behavior has been described as "confirmation bias," though I don't know if that's a formal designation or just what (URL) calls it. Either way, it speaks of the tendency to exclude data that doesn't fit one's preconceptions, and it's an (...) (20 years ago, 26-Oct-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) junk to back your case. Scott A (...) (20 years ago, 26-Oct-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Even shades of grey is a severely limitied viewpoint. It's a full-colour, 3D, fully interactive world baby. Al (20 years ago, 26-Oct-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) I would say that it's definitely a sliding scale, because we're all guilty of that to some extent. I certainly note such tendencies in myself--I just try to keep them in check. (...) That's an interesting separate question: do atheists, by and (...) (20 years ago, 26-Oct-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) I've noticed that too. I've also noticed similar things with people who are just "decisive". They'll form an opinion early on, then focus on facts that support the opinion, rather than base the opinion on facts. Of course it's more like a (...) (20 years ago, 25-Oct-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Hi, Matthew. (...) Just to be clear, I did not mean to imply that you were necessarily providing *your* justification for the Canaanite genocide, just *a* justification, which is, I think what Stephane was asking for when he asked "How does your (...) (20 years ago, 25-Oct-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I wouldn't read too much into this sort of political endorsement. The same sort of thing happened four years ago, when Saddam was very much in support of Gore (because Bush's dad whupped him) while Pol Pot supported Bush because he'd been (...) (20 years ago, 25-Oct-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) And that is a very valid belief. Certainly many genocides have attempted to be justified by "what God wants" since the time of Joshua, including genocides in the name of Jesus by people who claim to be Christians. I can't think of any (...) (20 years ago, 25-Oct-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) confusing than funny. What is this Weekly (Daily?) Standard? Is it some sort of satire mag? It doesn't seem to get quoted much here. Don (20 years ago, 25-Oct-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Oops. my use of "license" was imprecise. It definitely *should* be a matter of contract recognition rather than a granting of permission. Dave! (20 years ago, 25-Oct-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Licenses? Or just recognition of contracts? The state ought not to be granting licenses of this sort, merely recognizing contracts. (or in the case of non consenting or non adult, NOT recognizing) This is an example of the more general (...) (20 years ago, 25-Oct-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Not that I am aware of, as fixing spacing or linewrapping is a kind of editing and LUGNET does not support editing. You can repost it and request a cancel of the original post if you like, but no one can change it, not even you, as far as I (...) (20 years ago, 25-Oct-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Inclined though you may be to dismiss the Guardian, perhaps you should factor the ramblings of the ultraliberal Weekly Standard into your "funny" calculations: (URL) (20 years ago, 25-Oct-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Yeah, the contents of supermarket tabloids are usually pretty funny, but maybe they should include a few more alien abduction stories in the Guardian so people don't forget what they're reading. I mean some people took them seriously the other (...) (20 years ago, 25-Oct-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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==+== So why does he think the US electorate punished him so badly over Iran - a crisis that wasn't his choice, and in which relatively few Americans died - while the polls are so split about Bush's arguably far worse, and certainly more deadly, (...) (20 years ago, 25-Oct-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) IMO, we should tell religion to shut the heck up re: matters of legislation, and we should recognize homosexual marriage on the same footing as heterosexual marriage. If religious groups want to endorse only a certain kind of marital union, (...) (20 years ago, 25-Oct-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) What about this: Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God. Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall (...) (20 years ago, 25-Oct-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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