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(...) You're both being silly. They should use Belville pink. ;) oink, LFB (24 years ago, 2-May-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Botched cleanups by the Superfund, cigarette smoking, improper arrests leading to injuries in prison, the War on Drugs reducing life expectancy of inner city residents, oh, I dunno, Heart disease, Cancer maybe? (...) quite (...) The Reason (...) (24 years ago, 2-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I think that's pretty insulting, actually. It'd be kinda like using a black head (with white inking? shades of the minstrel shows) for a black man. Or using LEGO yellow for Oriental people. (The only reason that's not insulting now is because (...) (24 years ago, 2-May-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) It definitely isn't an easy disease to transmit. You need it to enter the bloodstream directly either via needlestick injury or when bodily fluids enter thru an abrasion/cut/sore site. Maybe he meant that it's easy for others to be actually (...) (24 years ago, 2-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) First I am not blaming you Chris for using "race" in the manner which you did. Also I would never attempt to trivialize Dr. Martin Luthor King Jr.'s death. I simply can not understand why anyone cares what color skin I or anyone else has. I do (...) (24 years ago, 1-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) The same breed dog can have different sizes. Sickle cell anemia is a genetic defect not a SIGNIFICANT physical differnce. -Lord Insanity (24 years ago, 1-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) What you got to say now, Mike? -Chris (24 years ago, 1-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Oh?! (...) light (...) and (...) accept (...) I never recall thinking that lego people were 'white'. In a black and white photo the tones do make sense though. I guess because I can rember never making the association as a child myself, I was (...) (24 years ago, 1-May-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) skin (...) else (...) to (...) who (...) Glad to see that SOMEONE is on my side, Dave! -Chris (the one who started this entire posting thread, as well as who made the offhanded remark of race) (24 years ago, 1-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Hey, good call! And most people have noses and ears as well... Greg Majewski (URL) (24 years ago, 1-May-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) And no one suffers from sickle cell anemia. Dave! (24 years ago, 1-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) How about a chocolate lab vs. a black lab? Each is prized for certain "cosmetic" differences, yet each is a labrador, and each is a dog. (...) You ventured in another post that you're either more "mentally well" or "so naive it isn't funny." (...) (24 years ago, 1-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) So, (...) No physical differences? Ahh, so that's why we're all 6'2" and 200 lbs. Thanks for clearing that up. -Chris (24 years ago, 1-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) he (...) all-white (...) He doesn't watch the Simpsons. And this was before the current Butterfinger/Simpsons adds. (...) No, the ones to pity, as in the classic tale, are the adults. All my son has to do is look at me and then look at his (...) (24 years ago, 1-May-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) So could anoxia, or ingesting too much water. It's probably fair to say that auto accidents kill more per year in the U.S. than HIV. (...) And yet, HIV doesn't seem so easy to pass around. It doesn't survive very long outside a living host. It (...) (24 years ago, 1-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) the (...) I wonder if this has to do with The Simpson's. I belive that show totally ruined TLC's concept of neutrality. Unfortunatly they aren't old enough to know TLC was first. (...) Thanks. I find it very intriging and puzzeling. Who can (...) (24 years ago, 1-May-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) that (...) The color of the dog's fur has no more impact upon its breed than a man's skin has upon his speices. Different dog breeds have significant physical differences not merely cosmetic ones. As far as I know there are no significant (...) (24 years ago, 1-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Jeff Stembel wrote in message ... (...) yellow (...) don't (...) these (...) African-American, (...) position (...) slide (...) minifigs (...) rid (...) "proper (...) than (...) color? (...) do. (...) But minifigs are not human. Minifigs are little (...) (24 years ago, 1-May-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Why (...) Yes I would rather Lando was yellow because that is the precedence set by TLC. As for the "healthy" thing, yes that is my opinion based on TLC precedence of mini-fig already created. I would not be at all surprised if that was the (...) (24 years ago, 1-May-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) OK. Human. But, we do agree that humans are, in fact, animals, yes? We try to separate ourselves from the animals, but we are. So, I offer this comparison: A German Shepard is a dog. A Dalmatian is a dog. A German Shepard is not a Dalmatian, (...) (24 years ago, 1-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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