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(...) Right, the bow's too long. No I don't. Some things can hurt them. The goal is to expose them (or allow exposure - rather than creating it) to the things which will help them to build their minds and character. (...) I don't think that (...) (25 years ago, 31-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) So it wasn't about sketching a clown's big floppy bowtie? Oh well ;-) Chris (25 years ago, 31-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) The managers that I've known were typically not forced into management at gunpoint. Maybe things work differently in NL, but I wouldn't have guess in that way. (...) But that doesn't make the company feel fear or pain. It might - if the sums (...) (25 years ago, 31-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Agreed, as someone who's often on the other side(1), you're both doing a good job (generally) of getting your points across. Where the communication breaks down is at base level assumptions, and the fact that the medium is slightly awkward for (...) (25 years ago, 31-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Pete Callaway (25 years ago, 31-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Heavily snipped for dramatic effect, because I'm grandstanding. (...) On the bright side, at least Libertopia will let you leave if you want to go, and aren't currently wanted for a crime or judgement, unlike those socialist worker paradises that (...) (25 years ago, 31-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) OK, I thought so. When you said "interesting usage" I thought you may have an alternative meaning (and possibly more correct) to mine. I also detected a hint of sarcasm, but that could just be me. The way I have used it is to indicate that I (...) (25 years ago, 31-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Jasper Janssen wrote in message <389abd55.92129852@l...et.com>... (...) Oh yeah, that really worries me. (...) But its easy to get away with not doing it. (...) Move to China for ten years, and come back to this then. Better yet, just unlearn (...) (25 years ago, 31-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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I think he meant he was going to be wordy in his (near) final post on the topic. -- Have fun! John The Legos you've been dreaming of... (URL) weird Lego site: (URL) Pieniazek wrote in message <38951578.D7CBB273@v...er.net>... (...) argument? (...) (25 years ago, 31-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) No you're not. There's just such a vast conceptual gulf between those that think that man is innately evil and those that think that he is innately good, that you may never be able to bridge it, distracting and disingenious accusations of (...) (25 years ago, 31-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I have no idea if you did or not, although I'd tend to doubt it. I'm asking what the phrase "to draw a longish bow" means, NOT trying to critique the overall argument. I snipped it all away except for the phrase because that's what I was (...) (25 years ago, 31-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Are you referring to the use of this phrase or the content of my argument? Have I used something incorrectly? Pete Callaway (25 years ago, 31-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) This is an interesting usage, can you tell me what it means? To make a farfetched argument by exaggeration? (25 years ago, 31-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Bruce Schlickbernd wrote in message ... (...) neighbor (...) because (...) Good for you. I am sure you found a much better place to go. I'm really glad you left. Where will you be when the people you are punishing decide to vote with their feet? (...) (25 years ago, 31-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Jasper Janssen wrote in message <389abd55.92129852@l...et.com>... (...) That sure isn't what I'm arguing. First off, the people making the mistakes are ALWAYS responsible. However, the CEO can be held responsible if there is some flaw in the way (...) (25 years ago, 31-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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I wonder if I stopped beating my head against the proverbial brick wall whether my ear problems would go away???? Oh, well, I'll keep beating, maybe I'll break through... Jasper Janssen wrote in message <3899b9ff.91276137@l...et.com>... (...) (...) (25 years ago, 31-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Ugh...too much work and not enough Lugnet makes Pete a dull boy. I'm actually enjoying this discussion so forgive me if it appears we're flogging a dead horse. (...) So to draw a longish bow do you believe we should expose kids to absolutely (...) (25 years ago, 31-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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FUT .market.shopping as this is a shopping-ish question (...) No, it's not a store. Rather, it's a way to get rebates. Many e-commerce websites have so called "affinity programs" where they pay a rebate/kickback (1) to the site that gave them the (...) (25 years ago, 31-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.market.shopping)
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(URL) Larry, Is this a new on-line store? & another questions. I it any good? Thanks -J.W.Hummer (25 years ago, 31-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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