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(...) I can't speak towards the schools themselves, but I know that for the last 10 years or so, we've had groups like the Christian Coalition, Focus on the Family, etc. sponsoring not-so-stealthy "stealth" school board candidates with, shall we (...) (25 years ago, 17-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Certainly, but that sticker seemed like Judge, Jury, and Excecutioner all in one shot, and its effects lingered long after it was removed. I understand your analogy about the suspected murderer, in that imprisonment removes a potentially (...) (25 years ago, 17-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Steve, (...) Well, maybe what Bill is saying that this county wasn't started out socialistic, but it seems to be getting there. Socialism is a black and white definition, however. Any Political Science / Government class will tell you. Scott S. (...) (25 years ago, 17-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I think I started to lose interest when their programming day consisted of Yo! MTV Raps interspersed with episodes of Club MTV. Not my type of music, if such it may be called... Dave! (25 years ago, 17-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I think you need to recheck things a bit. The US has a number of Socialist features. 'Socialist' isn't a black-and-white, yes-or-no thing. Steve (25 years ago, 17-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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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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