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It's interesting to note that on AuctionWatch's own discussion forum, the vast majority of posters that I have read so far are taking eBay's side in this. (URL) is a great site for information and I highly recommend it for that. However I'm not sure (...) (25 years ago, 5-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.theory, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) meddling/jackbootedness. I am not sure they have a case. Material hosted on eBay servers isn't free for the taking, is it? Does eBay have an obligation to make information which it has spent money gathering (the auction listings themselves) (...) (25 years ago, 5-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.theory, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Rush: "Lego is a Tool for 4 year olds"
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(...) PURE BS there, Scott. Averaged across the board, women get paid less for the SAME work as men (less at the higher end all the way do to minimum wage, the only equalizer). You are so unbelievably wrong if you think it is the women's fault they (...) (25 years ago, 5-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) So if the ACT is discriminatory in favor of wealth or whiteness, then it's wrong? Fine. I agree. What about the more complex situation where it's a fairly good predictor of success for white males of middle class or greater, but not for (...) (25 years ago, 4-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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After looking at the article again my interpretation of what was said is different from yours. No students were selected for the program because they were black or Hispanic. It was an option given to students with average grade performance whose (...) (25 years ago, 4-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Who oversees the rec.toys.LEGO newsgroup?
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(...) implementation of the GST. It's enough to give you angina. You guys seem to have mastered a GST quite well. Why does Australia have to be so dumb? (...) LOL!! I loved that article!! Pete Callaway (25 years ago, 4-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Maybe, and maybe not. If they wanted not to be that would be OK. But in my paragraph above I was talking about things that we need to do right now, and that we need to do whether or not we are transitioning toward a libertopia or not... (...) (25 years ago, 4-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Cheap American shot (Was: NEW Mindstorms set shown (with picture!))
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(...) Actually, I would be willing to argue that the reason that WWII, the Korean War and the Vietnam War are not covered in US history classes, is that there are too many people to whom these conflicts are 'current events'. I remember just 10 years (...) (25 years ago, 4-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Larry Pieniazek wrote in message <389A0E53.92149830@v...er.net>... (...) Of course to some extent, private enterprise would probably end up involving itself if a another Hitler (oh well, we've lost the debate again) came along and a Libertopia (...) (25 years ago, 3-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Agreed. I expect Libertopia to be a GREAT place to start a commune, for example. No pesky laws about how many unmarried people can live in the same place to get in the way (although you may have to find a property not already encumbered with (...) (25 years ago, 3-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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