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| (...) I suspect that Jason Robards won't be starring in the film version of this one, though. (...) That's not always unreasonable, except when the necessary disproof is so burdensome that it becomes practically impossible. If I asserted that my (...) (19 years ago, 6-Jan-06, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| (...) Agreed. Kinda like the Scopes trial in reverse;-) (...) He sets up a classic error-- he has so-called proofs that he has written about that Jesus didn't exist-- he claims it is up to the other side to prove him wrong. (...) Even moreso the (...) (19 years ago, 6-Jan-06, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| (...) I'm surprised that this is going to court, honestly. How can you prove that someone didn't exist ~2000 years ago? The best you can do, IMO, is show that the evidence doesn't support the conclusion that he existed. AFAIC, the Gospels are (...) (19 years ago, 6-Jan-06, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| (URL) Finally we shall soon learn the Truth> JOHN (19 years ago, 6-Jan-06, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| (...) Really? We were so famous, they did a (URL) about us (the handsome one is me) JOHN (19 years ago, 6-Jan-06, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| (...) Wait, I don't remember you guys being at my wedding.... -->The Unbeheaded King<-- (19 years ago, 6-Jan-06, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| (...) Sounds to me like a praying mantis honeymoon. JOHN (19 years ago, 6-Jan-06, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| (...) I've been to weddings like that. Dave! (19 years ago, 6-Jan-06, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) See L. Sprague de Camp's "The Goblin Tower" (and the entire Novarian series): the king rules for some set period. After that time period, good king or bad, his head is chopped off, which becomes a grisly prize when it is tossed to the waiting (...) (19 years ago, 5-Jan-06, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| Why would you *possibly* limit it to politicians not in office? (...) (19 years ago, 5-Jan-06, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) I have it! None of this outcasts, psychotics, and losers nonsense - who cares about them? How about this: Politicians who are no longer in office get thrown in the execution pool and the lottery winner gets his/her pick to off! God, what a (...) (19 years ago, 5-Jan-06, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Only my deep sense of loss in not being able to live a full and normal life. We all have our crosses to bear, no? ;-) Richard Still baldly going... (19 years ago, 5-Jan-06, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Do I sense some kind of deep-seated resentment here???? ;) ROSCO (19 years ago, 5-Jan-06, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) I like this. Definite potential as a revenue raiser and a crowd pleaser. But I think you might be onto something much much bigger. Think of the money and time we'd all save if we skipped the admittedly only dubiously successful process of (...) (19 years ago, 5-Jan-06, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Full lottery, none of this "scratcher" nonsense. Now that would be putting money where your mouth is! :-) -->Bruce<-- (19 years ago, 4-Jan-06, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| (...) Well, I always knew you could noodle a drawing to death, but death by potassium overdose? And here I just got back from the store with bananas... -->Bruce<-- (19 years ago, 4-Jan-06, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| (...) I just envisioned a new cash source for the government! Selling a raffle to see who gets to execute someone! Or better yet, an auction! -Lenny (19 years ago, 4-Jan-06, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| (...) That may present a problem, but not because of a lack of volunteers. Didn't several hundred members of our civilized and Christian nation sign up to help execute Gary Gilmore? Dave! (19 years ago, 4-Jan-06, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| (...) Do I have to kill him with a sword? Cuz I always wanted to try whipping a person to death with a wet noodle. Or or or, maybe forcing him to eat bananas until he croaks. Now that would be an execution!! -Lenny (19 years ago, 4-Jan-06, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| (...) You've summed it up very nicely, except that you state it as an absolute rather than a condition for me to even consider the question. (...) Here's a sword - are you willing to personally execute him yourself? No, it's not a facetious (...) (19 years ago, 4-Jan-06, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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