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(...) Doncha hate that? When MTV first started, I used to be a continual watcher. It was something new, they (mostly) played really cool music, whatever. The beginning of the end (for me) was when they first thought "heavy rotation" would be a good (...) (25 years ago, 17-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) My belief is that religion should not be emphasized in public schools, but nor should it be rooted out; it should be recognized as a profound emphasis in human cultures, and, as such, it should be discussed, but moderately, since parents have (...) (25 years ago, 17-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Lindsay, (...) Ann Arbor, MI? Which one? (...) It depends on the contractor, some are good, some are bad, just like anything else. I know some of the projects here at AEI, we ran into problems with contractors short cutting. The process of building (...) (25 years ago, 17-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) "Aaahh yes, the o l d cone of silence trick!" (...) I was in Amsterdam in 89 and they have two Hard Rock Cafes - one for smokes and one for drinks. My friends and I walked into the wrong one by mistake - which being on active duty at the time (...) (25 years ago, 17-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I've always wondered if this was something that was implemented in the design phase or after the fact--it's interesting to hear the reality. My uncle is an architect in A^2 and has built or remodeled private residences and public buildings (...) (25 years ago, 17-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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To All, I read a fascinating article in Design Systems about how restaurants handle smoking / non smoking areas. Since I work in the Architectural / Mechanical Engineering realm, most engineers design for certain CFM's for certain areas, the smoking (...) (25 years ago, 17-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Dave Schuler wrote in message ... (...) to (...) I agree BUT... The problem I have with smoking, and what leaves me with little sympathy for smokers is the continued disdain many smokers show for the rest of us. I have had smokers refuse my request (...) (25 years ago, 17-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Here is a great cartoon this reminded me of. (URL) S. (25 years ago, 17-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Let me guess my crisal ball tells me lime green-or was that the sandwhich i left in my pocket last week 8-) (25 years ago, 17-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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Folks, I know this is downgrading to another debate, so I renamed it, and see if we can clear this up. Anyway, if I remember my own school days, my world history class was my first real experiences with this stuff. I know I had some more earlier, (...) (25 years ago, 17-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Besides, (...) I'm not splitting hairs. Words mean things, and I choose mine carefully. Most of the time - don't talk to my wife though. It is not a lack of candor, it has to do with being misrepresented and having words put in my mouth. I (...) (25 years ago, 17-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) on (...) your (...) She said that they shouldn't be and your argued otherwise. You are just splitting hairs. This lack of candor is getting tiresome. (...) been (...) as (...) Shroud your argument how you will, you still want to supplant (...) (25 years ago, 17-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) My apologies--I wasn't attacking your taste, just expressing (a little sharply) my own. Perhaps the fact that the song was played 40 or 50 times an hour during its peak has soured me on it... (...) 'Nuff said! Dave! (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) actually (...) Prison society is more complex than you could ever imagine. If there's something to be known they can find it out - even about the officers. Usually, an inmate will be involved with some office staffer who tells the inmate, who (...) (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I did go back and I never used the word schools. (URL) responded to Patricia Schempp who mentioned schools. I have concictently been talking only about the concept of merely posting them, not legislating the posting of them. And I never said (...) (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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James, (...) I heard that the molesters come in and brag about it, for the most part. Not definite, but usually indicative of the group. Scott S. ___...___ Scott E. Sanburn-> ssanburn@cleanweb.net Systems Administrator-Affiliated Engineers -> (URL) (...) (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) It's interesting that the biggest union in the country is the Union of Federal Workers. It gives a good hint of why government never gets smaller. Scott S. ___...___ Scott E. Sanburn-> ssanburn@cleanweb.net Systems Administrator-Affiliated (...) (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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James, (...) Oh, I know it is the parents whose ultimate responsibility to teach the children, but I would rather have the NRA teach about guns to my children then any government agency. (...) Indeed. Schools should not be allowed to teach that (...) (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I guess I was out smelling the roses when the ground was plowed. :-) (...) Ouch! With that one sentence you hit a nerve. You have a point that I'll have to ponder some more. If I can come to a conclusion anytime soon, I'll get back to you. (...) (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) killed (...) Talk (...) for (...) inmates (...) I saw one guy burned alive. Some guy had smuggled a cup full of gasoline from his work assignment and poured it on another guy and lit him up. Brutal! Bill (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Bill Farkas writes: As one who has worked for the State of Florida DOC, the inmates (...) I've heard that child molestors get the works in prison, but I've always wondered how the general prison pop. knows what anyone in (...) (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Bill Farkas writes: : (...) Go back earlier in this string. You specifically said schools. As to the rest, splitting hairs, or do you deny that the 10 commanmants are part of your religion? (...) see (...) Why bother (...) (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Well plowed ground alert. (...) You do. Or you should. It's not my problem if you didn't manage your affairs correctly. Maybe I'll decide to help, but it should be my decision. Medical care is a good, that is, a form of property. There are no rights (...) (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Bill, (...) Wow, that is interesting. From what I heard, most prisoners give any child molesters murderers very bad treatment, that is even too bad for criminals. Scott S. ___...___ Scott E. Sanburn-> ssanburn@cleanweb.net Systems (...) (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) But this is not a socialist country. It's not right for the gov't to take my money and force me to make charitable contributions as it sees fit. This is mandatory benevolence and as such ceases to be so. Beides, the gov't is so inefficient (...) (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) So who picks up the tab? Would I as an uninsured person who walked into an emergency room, get the treatment that I needed if it weren't subsidized? I doubt it. I would get the amount of care where the hospital knew it would be able to recoup (...) (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) It's better when you're listening to it with small children. You just ignore the lyrics and dance around. Or is it the music you don't like? Whatever. I never *claimed* that my taste in music was well-aligned with anyone else. (...) They never (...) (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I mostly agree with you. A dominant political philosophy of the last 8 years has been that government can & should solve all social problems. There is an inordinate amount of faith in the power of legislation, and a belief that the ends (...) (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Right, but I just meant that people will be treated when needed. Besides, federal medical care makes HMO's look divine. Bill (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) a (...) I agree, but to nitpick, that service isn't done out of the goodness of the hospital's collective heart; it's subsidized. Dave! (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Ugh! Good heavens that "Friends" theme is an awful song! The Rainbow Connection, however, is pure brilliance, far in excess of the current Muppets tripe (in my view, at least!) Dave! (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Anyone see that story about the guy in Pakistan? Apparently some guy has killed over 100 children. His sentence is what is amazing. He's to be strangled in front of the survivors of his victims, cut into one hundred pieces and then thrown into an (...) (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) the (...) in (...) They are making the smoker responsible by hiking the prices to cover those costs. Think of it as medical payments in advance for procedures that you will need in the future because of the habit. (...) Now remember that the (...) (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Yeah, and they said that the lawsuit money was going to go toward repaying the states for medical costs. Guess what, it aint happenin'! The money's going to be spent where they (the feds) wish. It's all about the money, if they were really (...) (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Certainly, as a privately-owned entity it should be allowed to admit or refuse smokers as it sees fit, without being subject to federal heavy- handedness (any more than I as a private citizen should be legally required to lock my guns in my (...) (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) That's still not the business of the federal gov't. They are there to provide a framework which protects our liberties - not to dole out compassion. That argument doesn't hold water anyway, anyone can go to the emergency room regardless of (...) (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) What is the building used for now? Is it still owned by CBC, or is it serving a different master? (...) Was that song with the rooster crowing? It had a great mix of stuff. Sophie B. Hawkins, the Rembrandts, Yacko, Wakko and Dot. Something for (...) (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I agree with your points. Regarding the besmerching of reputations, I find the recent lawsuit ploys by city governments to sue gun manufacturers a farce. Gunmakers have a legal, constitutional right to exist, and they have a legal, (...) (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Duane, I have to nitpick here a little. (...) No, the government is going after money. The smokers are the reason why they have health costs, they should be responsible. They don't give a whit about the children, or people's health, or that money (...) (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Todd Lehman writes: [snip] (...) Ah, I can see it now, Todd blaring Kermit's the Rainbow Connection while sorting Auczilla for shipment. Or programming to it. I see new hues in the future for Lugnet. :') (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) seen (...) tell (...) So those without the means to pay the bills suffer? Not very humanitarian. (...) -Duane (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) part (...) Smug? I didn't see any of my liberties being threatened. That was why I was asking. (...) The increase in price of a gun with a trigger lock would more than likely go towards defraying the gun manufacturers added cost of making or (...) (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) where (...) me, (...) he (...) Hey,...isn't that from the Bible? :0) Sorry...couldn't help it. Bill (...) (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) As a non-smoker, I agree. Yet if a private property owner wants to have only smokers in his establishment, that should be up to him. (...) I think it was from the FDA, not an individual. I hear these things on the radio news while I'm driving (...) (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Bill Farkas writes: Look at tobacco. It started with (...) At the same time, though, the supposition of courtesy is inadequate against the average smoker in my experience--sufficiently so that "no smoking" areas in (...) (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) That really is the point. The government has no business subsidizing medical treatment. Everything the government gets involved in goes thru the roof price-wise. That's the same problem with insurance, if the consumer doesn't have to pay the (...) (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I live about a mile from where the studio used to be. (...) Yes, it was a fantastic radio station. We used to get up every morning to that song "G-Good Morning" (I wish I knew who sang that and how I could get a copy of it). My kids were at (...) (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Hmm. That sounds familiar. Had a 50's sound, recommended against playing with that dweeb, Bruno. It rings a bell, but I can't remember for sure. I'd be willing to bet the song was pro-tolerance. (...) Oops, my bad. I assumed Disney snarfed (...) (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) One reason the gov't is so rabid about seatbelts is because a lot of the medical treatment provided to accident victims (often greatly in excess of existing insurance coverage) comes from public funds. Likewise, the argument goes, since a (...) (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) these (...) it? (...) a (...) of (...) the (...) on (...) killed (...) No need to be so smug. For one, we lose the liberty of choosing what to do with the additional money we are required to shell out - regardless of how small the amount. (...) (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) fold (...) I was speaking about the posting of them in general, not necessarily in schools, and certainly not about the teaching or preaching of them. Besides, their from Judaism and I'm not Jewish. (...) founding (...) It doesn't remain, (...) (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Of course, the assailant would be likewise delayed in unlocking his own gun, unless he'd stolen the key, too! 8^) Dave! (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) We'd have four dead cops gunned down by a wallet! :-0 Bruce (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Oh, I can imagine what police officers would have to go through, I am sorry, sir, I need to get my target lock key out first, before we can have an exchange of gunfire, ok? Scott S. ___...___ Scott E. Sanburn-> ssanburn@cleanweb.net Systems (...) (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Ahh! Now I see what you're saying. That is a valid fear. I don't see that particular scenerio coming about though. It's too hard to enforce a law like that as a primary infraction. In order to enforce it, enforcement agencies would have to (...) (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I know, I was throwing in some liberal sentiments for diversity's sake, environmentalism and animal-rights. Scott S. ___...___ Scott E. Sanburn-> ssanburn@cleanweb.net Systems Administrator-Affiliated Engineers -> (URL) Page -> (URL) Page -> (...) (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I'm just wondering how the lab fees would be explained to the judge. :-, Cheers, - jsproat (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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On Thu, 16 Mar 2000 17:12:37 GMT "Scott E. Sanburn" <ssanburn@cleanweb.net> wrote concerning 'Re: Trying to understand': (...) just a side note - if nuclear weapons were used, I really am not going to worry about the pets and trees killed... :/ Dan (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Hey, I remember that station! About 5 years ago I heard a great song -- it sounded really really old, maybe from the 50's -- and the lyrics went something like, "Don't play with Bruno...Bruno is a dweeeeeb!" I never figured out whether it was (...) (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) And what about that place on the report card evaluating how well the child works "independently or in groups"? Dave! (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Not that I'm humor-impaired or anything; I'd just like to point out that you've been able to choose your own color for the BSOD since at least Winblows 3.x, assuming you knew the right system.ini entry to add. I used to have mine set to red at (...) (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) (the following is not intended to slight Bruce's child, or an 8 year old's taste in radio entertainment) Blech. We used to listen to Radio Aahs, which was a very cool station for kids, small and large. We even toured the Radio Aahs broadcast (...) (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) This is seriously colliding with my memories of being the last kid chosen for the baseball team. "Aw, mom! School really sucked today! We had Practicals in Health today, and I was the last one picked. I had to team up <insert hated name here>! (...) (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Todd Lehman wrote: [about 'the exception which proves the rule'] (...) Thinking about it, I can't remember the last time I've actually heard this expression used. So the 'primary use these days' doesn't really apply. (...) (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Another News Update on this horrendous issue: Bill C. is still going on about how these new laws will somehow save children, but the real kicker is Janet Reno, on how Bill Clinton has made the children safest of any presidents, he is the greatest (...) (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) faces. (...) the (...) That IS rather an amusing tableaux! Thanks. As to why you wait for the other guy, according to all the western lore I absorbed from all those movies, it's so that you are acting in self defense, he started it... seems (...) (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) to (...) I have this silly picture in my mind of a western showdown at high noon, where the two participants square off. Crowds gather. Sweat drips down their faces. Steely eyes glare unblinkingly. Fingers twitch, waiting for the other guy to (...) (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) oppressive? (...) which (...) You wanted the ten commandments in schools. That's forcing your religion on someone else. (...) have (...) not (...) My point remains: If we aren't teaching prayers and the 10 commandments in school, and we (USA) (...) (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) My issue there is the slippery slope. Just as with seatbelts. Note well that I support seat belt usage and I've even come to terms with mandatory seat belt usage. But once locks are required to be shipped, it's not much of a stretch to (...) (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I'll clarify my point if it was a little murky: Frank stated the purpose of the 2nd amendment was for the populace to keep the government in check (or words to that effect). That may have have been in part what the 2nd amendment is about, but (...) (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) gun (...) If the gun had a trigger lock when the thief found it, would he have stolen it? He probably would have. It sure would have taken a lot more effort on his part to remove the lock and get the gun into working condition. I'm also (...) (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) how (...) would (...) by (...) little (...) Thank you Larry. I'm glad that I know of at least one individual who has a relatively safe storage method. I understand the need for speed and the need for safety as well. It sounds like you have (...) (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) ...Windows is case insensitive, so a link to 'name.dat' will bring up 'name.DAT' just fine... but when u transfer it to a unix box, all the links to 'name.dat' fail :-/ ...It isn't that much a problem, except that occasionally when creating a (...) (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I do live on the other (north) side of town. I went high school on the north side too. I was just a teenage observation that I had while in school. No concubines there that *I* could find. Believe me, I was looking. :-) (...) -Duane (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Disagreed with, but not refuted. (...) Once again, an over emotional knee-jerk reaction to something I didn't say. You ignore my point that they are currently posted at the Supreme Court and have absolutely nothing to do with what happens (...) (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Gosh. Imagine the logistics of who goes with whom (and to do what). The possibilities for disaster boggle the mind... Kevin (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Today. Seat belts were once required equipment on cars but not required to be worn by passengers. Flawed analogy but the principle holds. It is not a large leap from "all A will be supplied with X under penalty of law" to "all citizens with A (...) (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) My gun is kept locked in a box with a combination lock I can silently work by feel. It's not loaded, but the bullets are in a speed loader in the box. Trigger locks increase the time it takes (me, anyway) to get my gun ready to use, when I am (...) (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) In what sense? I could name off a number of things but shan't. (...) Ouch. I've listened to that, it's mind rotting even in small doses. (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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This point has been debated here before. It turns on the intent of the authors. I can't cite the particular Paper, but the Federalist papers speak to this point. It also turns on the meaning of "well regulated" (and of Militia) which many hold not (...) (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) While I am convinced Janet Reno is a murderer, and I can easily and with a clear conscience condone firing back when I am fired upon first, by men hiding in a hiding place within my own compound, with no warning or prior notice (Waco and Ruby (...) (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) That explains a lot. But I thought you lived on the other side of Denver? What if sex education included a practical exam? Now there's an idea. (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Generally the more laws you have, the more selectively you can enforce them, if you so choose. 22,000 gun laws are about 21,853 (Plus or minus 12) too many. How about reducing to the following: - if you allow your gun to be misused, you're liable (...) (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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I would let this whole post of yours slide as it repeats the same refuted themes. But I can't let this one item go. (...) It is NOT AT ALL hard to say that this is government mandated religion, and the fact that you don't seem to see why shows that (...) (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Brad's first post probably takes the record for "widest fan" in that it had more posts from different people, although the average debate thread seems to have lots and lots of posts. But most of the posts are from the usual gang of suspects, (...) (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) locks, (...) has (...) seemed (...) Clinton was just on TV not 15 seconds ago (11:20PM EST) saying how we need these measures so that no more children need to die like that six year old girl. Look, I have a six year old son and a four year old (...) (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Sorry for apparently misquoting you, Steve. Are you sure you didn't actually say what I said you said? :-) I never make misteaks, you know... (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Mike, (...) I don't listen to music on the radio anymore. I have around 85 minidiscs full of the music I like, since I can't stand most secular music nowadays. (...) Well, with all the bashing I received lately, it isn't a big deal. I am tired of (...) (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Music. I like music on the radio. Or useful advice shows, like the Money Game. I can do without the pseudo-preaching Dave Ramsey does, but I respect that he has his beliefs and a hugely successful syndicated show, so he can do what he wants. I (...) (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) OK. What if a 'FILE' command is introduced? Personally, I don't want my variables to be the same word as the programming language's keywords. That's just asking for trouble. (...) Because many people like it to show mixed case. Steve (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) That one I'll give you. Then again, I use a development which supports case-insensitive text matching. Which is definitely a double-edged sword. (...) Nah. You only get to store one of those files in a single directory. And if you're looking (...) (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Well, I don't know who Lush Rimboy is, but some people here at Lugnet give me a laugh or two, at their interesting comments. Scott S. ___...___ Scott E. Sanburn-> ssanburn@cleanweb.net Systems Administrator-Affiliated Engineers -> (URL) Page (...) (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) seeing (...) Once again, these are knee-jerk reactions to things I haven't said. No one is talking about forcing anything on anyone. My point above is that even though they're posted at the Supreme Court they have no effect on what's done (...) (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) two. (...) Oh, I'm sorry, I was about to say that Lush Rimboy's evil cousin Rush Limbaugh is always good for a laugh or two. ;-) Bruce (admittedly, I have a low opinion of all talk radio, not just Rush) (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Rush Limbaugh's evil twin cousin Lush Rimboy is always good for a laugh or two. --Todd (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) currently (...) This has been addressed in this string already. If you don't want the 8 fold path forced on you, it is only reasonable that you shouldn't force the 10 commandments on someone else. It's that simple. (...) of (...) such (...) If (...) (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Mike, (...) OK, Mike, what do you think is non-trash? Just curious. Scott S. ___...___ Scott E. Sanburn-> ssanburn@cleanweb.net Systems Administrator-Affiliated Engineers -> (URL) Page -> (URL) Page -> (URL) (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Yahoo!'s service blows. I KNOW I have mikestanley@yahoo.com as an account from years ago, but even though I know I could answer the "secret question" you have to give them they won't go to that point of the verification process with me because (...) (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Yeah, well, all that really proves is that just like people will watch trash on television they'll listen to it on the radio. (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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My personal summation of the matter is as follows: (not that anyone should or will care) Ultimately, this matter started over the issue of posting of the ten commandments and teaching creation. Still, it's hard to say that the simple posting of the (...) (25 years ago, 15-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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