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(...) English is an official language of India, has been for many, many years. That's 'native', as in 'native speaker' But, I aside from the minor nitpick, I agree 100%! Tim (Smith) (20 years ago, 26-Jan-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Hey, you're not one of those non-native speakers of English, are you? Jeez, I wish you guys would wear distinctive hats, or something, so that we can tell you from those of us lucky enough to live under the Annointed Rule of the His Mighty (...) (20 years ago, 25-Jan-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Hi Justin! Bruce has already given a good answer, but since your question stems from something that I wrote, I'll take a shot, too. Here's my original post, for those readers joining us late: (URL) there are several ways to look at it. For all (...) (20 years ago, 25-Jan-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Well, youre gonna have to choose another topic, I can't lie and say I'm from the US, because I'm Indian. I'd rather not comment on matters I have partial/incomplete knowledge of in the first place; that'd be asking for trouble. So I'll be (...) (20 years ago, 25-Jan-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Well, let's maintain some perspective, shall we? This is a campus newspaper, rather than a mainstream AP publication, right? And the article in question is an opinion column, as opposed to a work of research journalism. Honestly, I have a hard (...) (20 years ago, 25-Jan-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) That's "War Between the States", ya Yankee! And I'll send Boris and Natasha after you if you even think about swivel-hipping your way outta this. :-) Gray: 'Merican. Or maybe rebel. Wait, that implies "civil war". Dang, this gets (...) (20 years ago, 25-Jan-05, to lugnet.color, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) If you preach tolerance, it pretty much mean you are against intolerance. If you want to play a semantics games and call that intolerance of intolerance, I'm sure that one could make an interesting debate of it, but generally, the argument is (...) (20 years ago, 25-Jan-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Hi Dave, Long ago I gave up responding to off-topic debate as I simply don't have the time to respond to all the tangents, etc. However, I still ocassionally get sucked into reading some of the threads. Somehow I've found myself dragged into a (...) (20 years ago, 25-Jan-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Read all about it (URL) What the heck is a "culture of life?" Considering that Dubya judges himself qualified to speak in favor of it, I can only conclude that it endorses the deliberate slaughter of some 100,000+ innocent civilians (not to mention (...) (20 years ago, 24-Jan-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| | Re: Open letter to the CEO of the LEGO Company / Call for your signs! (no discussions here please)
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In lugnet.color, Richard Noeckel wrote: (...the stuff that Richard writes.) Richard, that post was HOT. With every word I read, I feel the passion growing in my loins. Please continue turning me on. Love, Iain (20 years ago, 21-Jan-05, to lugnet.color, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) OMG, that was so smart... Seriously too funny! Scala, Galidor, and ZNAp...you're a genius!!! ~See, war CAN be fun. --==Richard==-- (20 years ago, 20-Jan-05, to lugnet.color, lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.general)
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(...) :::Warning, this is a personal attack!::: No one will ever really love you Calum! (Except maybe for your parents) But aside from family, you will never be truly be loved. This is true, and we all know it. I don't care if i get banned, or if (...) (20 years ago, 21-Jan-05, to lugnet.color, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I believe the official TLC names for all the colors are in this list... (URL) #199 and #208 are suspected to be the correct entries for the 'new' shades of gray. Ray (20 years ago, 21-Jan-05, to lugnet.color, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(snip) My army of Scala and Galidor figures wielding pieces of ZNAP weaponry are poised for war.... BTW--has anybody actually bothered to find out what the "official" new gray colors are called? Perhaps that should be referenced instead of "old gray (...) (20 years ago, 20-Jan-05, to lugnet.color, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | the Law of Unitended Consequences strikes again
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(URL) course, some (who favored this act) might say that if you want protection from your abusive boyfriend that you're living with, too bad. You should be married if you want protection! (20 years ago, 20-Jan-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(URL) George Bush: the United States will not ignore your oppression, or excuse your oppressors. When you stand for your liberty, we will stand with you. Scott A (20 years ago, 20-Jan-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) (Did I mention the UN?) Did Bush not prove last week that the UN disarmed Iraq? (...) Do you mean Afghanistan; the country which is now ruled by warlords? (...) Do you mean Iraq; the country which is now ruled by err... NOBODY? Why no mention (...) (20 years ago, 20-Jan-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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In lugnet.color, Richard Noeckel wrote: [snip - just go back and read it] Alright! At last, some clear sense in this morasse! My legions of Bionicle mutant toa heroes stand ready for battle! They are through with being put down. Their patience is (...) (20 years ago, 20-Jan-05, to lugnet.color, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I wonder if we should all put away our toys (or dump them off at the local children's hospital, donate to the tsunami children) and go outside for a bicycle ride, or grab a book or something. -Patrick (20 years ago, 20-Jan-05, to lugnet.color, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) All right, Brickwars it is! We can have a massive battle at Brickfest, the color-fast against the color-less. um, are there any bley minifigs out yet? (20 years ago, 20-Jan-05, to lugnet.color, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Let's do this! I'm tired of this debate. I'm sick of the contention between individuals. Enough!!! Let's just 'throw down' and go to war. Let's just put the civility aside and flame the hell outta each other. C'mon, bring it... I like the old grey, (...) (20 years ago, 20-Jan-05, to lugnet.color, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.announce)
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| | Re: Open letter to the CEO of the LEGO Company / Call for your signs! (no discussions here please)
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(...) Ok that was TOTALLY uncalled for. And why the heck is your reply spotlighted?! -Bryan Changing newsgroups cuz this kinda crap doesn't belong in dear-lego or color. (20 years ago, 20-Jan-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Where is the justice?
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(...) Theocracy (20 years ago, 19-Jan-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Many folks would count death, starvation, those sorts of things, as worse than totalitarianism. It is only the fact that the vast majority of folks count other things as worse that lets totalitarianism survive, as it always has survived, and (...) (20 years ago, 19-Jan-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Well Bush's support for totalitarianism in places like Uzbekistan is one. Scott A (20 years ago, 19-Jan-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Richard Parsons wrote a lot, and I chose to pick on just one sentence, out of context: (...) Care to elaborate? I mean, in my view, the very WORST thing about the Bush admininstration is that it is facilitating the slide (...) (20 years ago, 19-Jan-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) No reason to suspect this. As I recall Scott has some serious reservations about some of the things the UN has done. I think he was talking about Bush Jr, the current US President and Leader of the Free World. (...) Perhaps you could watch (...) (20 years ago, 19-Jan-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) But (URL) don't stop there>. ROSCO (20 years ago, 19-Jan-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) The Justice? Justice? Are you one of those people that think the United Nations is the greatest thing since creamed cheese? Because I havent seen anything good from them in the last five years. Under the Dubya Administration, the United States (...) (20 years ago, 19-Jan-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Here's yer Justice raaaaght heeeere.... (URL) off-topic - on-topic bomb! (20 years ago, 19-Jan-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) You're looking for justice in a country that lives by the law of the gun? Took 'em over 200+ years, but with this administration, the US is truly showing its true colours--he who has the biggest gun makes the justice. There's a new sherrif in (...) (20 years ago, 18-Jan-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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Charles Graner gets 10 years for torture. George Bush gets "4 (more) years" for mass murder. Where is the justice? Scott A (20 years ago, 17-Jan-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| | Re: Mission Accomplished!!
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(...) Think back to Powel's presentation to the UN and all the people who bought it hook, line & sinker... it would be funny if so many people had not died. Some quotes from OTD: "As for the WMD's, for me the discovery of those mobile labs was (...) (20 years ago, 13-Jan-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) And what is it with governments not wanting (or feeling the need) to apologise for anything? Habib has lost 3 1/2 years on suspicion which has proved not indictable, yet he and his young family will receive compensation from neither his (...) (20 years ago, 13-Jan-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Three years without a trial, without even a charge, and now released: (URL) know we're supposed to be relieved that the detention is over, and thankful that the overlord has relented and freed our citizen, but I can't help wondering how the US (...) (20 years ago, 13-Jan-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(URL) Wait a minute, why did we invade Iraq again?> Dave! (20 years ago, 12-Jan-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) X-FUT! keep build.mecha for Mecha discussion please. e co-curator lugnet.build.mecha (20 years ago, 12-Jan-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Lay off, x-fut. That does not excuse your slander. Thanks a lot, I never said horrible things about you like that. Can't you see. Just leave me alone. e (20 years ago, 12-Jan-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| | Re: From Reason: "It's all bad news - Chaos in occupied Iraq"
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Scott Arthur wrote:> that is all well and good, but those quotes are from before Iraq launched the (...) I forgot that Everything Changed On September Eleventh. Dave! (20 years ago, 5-Jan-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Dave, that is all well and good, but those quotes are from before Iraq launched the 911(tm) attacks on the USA… please don’t over look that… er… fact. Bush (Jr): We have learned that terrorist attacks are not caused by the use of strength; (...) (20 years ago, 5-Jan-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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