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(...) expect (...) I want to point out that liability, in a legal sense, and responsibility in a pseudo-philosophical sense are different things. I agree that for practical reasons parents can't be held liable for actions of their adult children. On (...) (25 years ago, 15-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Lindsay Frederick Braun writes: [snip] (...) even (...) slur. It was originally a slur, but it isn't now. Now it has just become a part of our language. It had never occurred to me that it was a slur before this came up. (...) (25 years ago, 15-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Wow, that's an interesting angle. I'm not sure I have any pat answer there. What liability do parents have for their children's actions? After they are adults, most would say not much. But while they are kids? I dunno. (...) All of the above, (...) (25 years ago, 15-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Actually, I did too. :) I'm a very un-uptight (downtight?) person, so it was surprising to see such a visceral indictment of a post I made in a completely neutral mood--I think (and correct me on this if I'm wrong) that Tom believed I was (...) (25 years ago, 15-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) For the record, I got a chuckle out of Tom's post. (...) Knowing how kids (adolescents, really) are, isn't raising kids in an environment where racisim is embraced really the same as advocating the initiation of force? I think that parents who (...) (25 years ago, 15-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Just because the world's going to hell in a handcart doesn't give you the right to push it faster. (...) Actually, the most of the world's population have more important things to worry about than being offended. Things like having enough (...) (25 years ago, 15-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Whoa there... Here's my take, not like anyone cares... :-) No one has a right not to be offended. If someone chooses to use language that is bigoted or demonstrates prejudice, as long as that person is not advocating the initiation of force, (...) (25 years ago, 15-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) of (...) From : (URL) I found: Gyp A college servant, whose office is that of a gentleman's valet, waiting on two or more collegians in the University of Cambridge. He differs from a bed-maker, inasmuch as he does not make beds; but he runs (...) (25 years ago, 14-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) a (...) you (...) I'd (...) didn't (...) clearly (...) People (...) used (...) Jewish (a (...) exploded (...) Apparently all too easily - Encarta's on-line dictionary only notes the word gyp "possibly" comes from gypsy (though it seems likely (...) (25 years ago, 14-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Well, I AM going to say it - you're too damned uptight. The world is going to hell in a handbasket, and part of it is everybody whining about something, and people having to watch every word they say. GYP GYP GYP. I say it all the time. I don't give (...) (25 years ago, 14-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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