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(...) That just may be my new favorite word. What the heck is its etymology? Heck, I still get a giggle from (URL) Dave! (20 years ago, 5-May-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Maybe, if it weren't for that whole pesky "faith" thing... (...) But that construction breaks from the "absolute" as soon as human faith comes into it. An actual revelation for you is just hearsay for me, so that's where "absolute" falls (...) (20 years ago, 5-May-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Cool. But I have my doubts. (...) Uh, don't be so sure. Theocratic dictatorships are nasty brutish places. I prefer some government to none, but I prefer none to overarching. (...) I prefer the least practically possible amount of (...) (20 years ago, 5-May-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Larry Pieniazek wrote: <snip> (...) YOu guys don't have 'socialized health care' but the last time I checked, there are seatbelt laws in the US. And not once during my (almost) 38 years has the gov't told mw what I can (...) (20 years ago, 5-May-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Huh? Which Dave are we talking about here? Dave! (20 years ago, 5-May-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Well, I like Macbeth quite a bit, so I guess that part affects me. But most of the sonnets don't affect me at all. Ditto Romeo & Juliet. Dave! (20 years ago, 5-May-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Geez, I don't know if I can delineate them concisely, but they entail non-aggression, a respect for fact, and an acceptance that, lacking evidence to the contrary, this is all we have so let's all make the best of it. (...) I believe you. (...) (20 years ago, 5-May-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Well, I will be by your side to see that it doesn't happen. (...) Uh, I don't think that you've fully considered the ramifications of such a silly statement. (...) What is that, exactly? (...) Touché! JOHN (20 years ago, 5-May-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) But the upside here is that Howard moved. He's now on Sirius and free of FCC "control" of what's appropriate. That's a good thing. It means the market will decide whether his speech is wanted or not, rather than some kloomonk in FCC (...) (20 years ago, 5-May-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) :-0 Not in the least! That understanding comes directly from Jesus Himself: "I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another." (...) Yeah, that you are closer to being a (...) (20 years ago, 5-May-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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