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--snip-- (...) Pretty sure you called me Timmy first but it really is unimportant. (...) And I'm a Doctor if you want to be precise but I've never gone on about it like you have about your rank. (...) This is the main reason I wanted to respond. I (...) (17 years ago, 4-May-07, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) I think I understand your point, but, even so, I must say I don't think using that term is a good idea. (...) I would? I defer to your knowledge of the Israeli military - incidentally, I'm sure that's not the only thing about some of them that (...) (17 years ago, 2-May-07, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) But it does make a point. I read a lot of old messages and it seems that there are some people here that want the forums to be what they want. If something does not fit their point of view about subject or style they let everyone know. Nazi (...) (17 years ago, 2-May-07, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) While fora often have some people who are overzealous, and some who post "not nice" messages from time to time, in my experience, labelling them with a term that signifies hate and genocide is not likely to be productive. Richie Dulin FUT (...) (17 years ago, 2-May-07, to lugnet.off-topic.test, lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Ah, I see it now. Didn't pick it last night. I blame the drugs. Cheers. (17 years ago, 1-May-07, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I was saying that I was sorry for stealing almost all of Tim's words from his post seen here (and the joke being fairly lame now that I think of it - lol): (URL) (17 years ago, 1-May-07, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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--snip-- (...) He didn't apologise... he appologised. There was a reason I snipped ;) Tim (17 years ago, 1-May-07, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) The funny thing is, as far as I can tell, and fwiw, Word Spellcheck agrees, Bob didn't make any spelling errors in that post. And so the mystery remains as to what exactly Bob was apologising for... Allister - spring loaded to the baffled (...) (17 years ago, 1-May-07, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I think I do get it. (...) I appreciate Tim's contribution to the community here, few come close to his involvement and knowledge. His MOC production is, I think, unequalled in recent times. I do not think LUGNET is 'his forum', but I (...) (17 years ago, 1-May-07, to lugnet.off-topic.test, lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Rather, only one pair of original parents. ;o) Giving me a name appropriate for Jewish men born in the 1920's (and random bad-guy henchmen) was soo creative! -Lenny (17 years ago, 16-Apr-07, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Unoriginal parents? Tim (17 years ago, 16-Apr-07, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Wait a minute--I just realized that in this little discussion we have a Leonard, two Daves, and three Tims, one of whom qualifies as both a Tim and a David. What's going on here?!? Dave! (17 years ago, 16-Apr-07, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) SNIP (...) Hey, we don't want any mention of THAT place here! ;-) Tim (17 years ago, 13-Apr-07, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) What's the standard, then? Does censorship cover anything that doesn't include everything? That would define "censorship" so thinly that it would have no meaning at all. But if we insetad define "censorship" to be an action of government, then (...) (17 years ago, 13-Apr-07, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) So, you're arguing that censorship can only be effected by a government, or illegally? By illegally, I'm suggesting that a private citizen/organization violates an agreement such as public free speech or their own TOS. Essentially, I think (...) (17 years ago, 13-Apr-07, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Just because something is a legal restriction of free speech doesn't make it not censorship. Free speech is not a complimentary set of censorship and the two can in fact overlap, likewise the absence of one does not guarantee the presence of (...) (17 years ago, 13-Apr-07, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Then perhaps we are more closely in agreement than I had realized. (...) Well now you are assuming that I literally believe the Genesis account of creation, which would be a stretch. Given that Western cultures still believed that the Earth (...) (17 years ago, 13-Apr-07, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Nope. The child and parents can still read the book at the local library or at the bookstore or even online. The private school is choosing not to carry a particular book on private property, which isn't censorship. Suppose I write a book that (...) (17 years ago, 13-Apr-07, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) I definitely disagree. If a private school wants to exclude any and all books from its premisis talking about Darwin's evolutionary theory, that's censorship! Everyone involved might be totally fine with it, and they might have made you aware (...) (17 years ago, 13-Apr-07, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) In case anyone is interested, I assume you mean this thread: (URL) Of course, BL posts are purged every 6 months so don't bother clicking on any of those links. (17 years ago, 13-Apr-07, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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