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Eric, (...) Thank you for being the one to point this out--I thought about it but figured I'd be taken to task for being uptight or something, and after the day I had I didn't think it would be worth it. Unfortunately, you're absolutely right about (...) (25 years ago, 14-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Has the world gone mad?!?
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(...) not (...) The same thing happened at this fair. Someone built an tightly angled base for their X-Wing, which picked up 3rd place. These goobers didn't have the good sense to build alternate models. Right now I'm planning on a space station (...) (25 years ago, 13-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.loc.us.tn.mem, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.tn)
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| | Re: Yet Another Episode 1 Question
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(...) A lot of people aren't aware of this, but the phrase "to gyp" someone is actually a racist slur against gypsies, just as the term "to jew" someone is a slur against, well, jews. I know you probably weren't aware of this, because most people (...) (25 years ago, 13-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Wiccans (Was: Re: Ninja page update (mine :-))
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(...) offensive. (...) Well, I didn't mean to reference the current (peaceful, I guess) practices of people who call themselves Wiccans today. That said, there is a body of beliefs and practices about witches and warlocks that ranges from the (...) (25 years ago, 11-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Reagan... not exactly libertarian, but close
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(...) Ask 100 people and you'll get 100 different answers. I don't think you can boil it down to one convenient factor. (...) Civil liberties, racial equality, gun control, abortion, school prayer, censorship, business rights, unions, and on and on. (...) (25 years ago, 5-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Reagan... not exactly libertarian, but close
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(...) It looks like I failed to communicate. I understood your note. (...) Right. That's my perception too. (...) I know. Now what do real liberals believe? And more importantly, what is the single factor that most closely correlates with the (...) (25 years ago, 4-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Reagan... not exactly libertarian, but close
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(...) Ummmmm, you were supposed to laugh! Extreme right wingers excoriate Clinton for being this rabid liberal, but if you strung out all liberals in a line, you'd find him over on the right-hand side. The further south you go, the milder the (...) (25 years ago, 4-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Reagan... not exactly libertarian, but close
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(...) I wasn't whining at all. I could not care less. He's a republican. Blah. (...) Bush has to do something to pretend he is a centrist, I wouldn't be surprised. It would be the smart move. (...) No. Not at the price of having Dubya select any (...) (25 years ago, 4-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Reagan... not exactly libertarian, but close
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(...) What do 'real' liberals believe? As I think of it, at some point on the leftward scale you become a communist in favor of maximal wealth redistribution. Is wealth distribution the crucial factor in everyone else's mind, or is that just me? If (...) (25 years ago, 4-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Reagan... not exactly libertarian, but close
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(...) Clinton (...) Haha! And here I just said in another message that my wife views Clinton as a Republican! (okay, not really, but it's a measure of how much of a centrist he is). Bruce (...) (25 years ago, 4-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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