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(...) You are making the assumption that everyone knows that it is unsafe and that everyone knows how to have safe sex. Two major misconceptions. I'll give you an example: Catholic schools do not teach sex education. Yes you can make the arguement (...) (24 years ago, 2-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Let's review for a sec, here... when my uncle Gary got it back in 1984, there was a good argument that it wasn't his fault. People at that time didn't know how to go about preventing it. Now, they do. Haemopheliacs are at the mercy of a clean (...) (24 years ago, 2-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Ya, I'd say government fostered cable monopolies aren't serving the customer interest very well, are they? If Time Warner had some competition in their markets other than rabbit ears perhaps they wouldn't have the chutzpah to point fingers at (...) (24 years ago, 2-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) The reason is because Canada is really a US Territory; you all just don't realise it yet. ;D Jeff (for the humor impaired, this is a joke, therfore follow-ups to off.topic.fun) (24 years ago, 2-May-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Never summon up what you cannot put down... 8^) Dave! (24 years ago, 2-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) did. (...) Seeing as how I started this in the first place, I should end it. I feel that the conversation took a bad turn quite a while ago. I was a tad bit upset with Mike, and ir he was with me, that's OK. So, I think it's time to just drop (...) (24 years ago, 2-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I know you don't blame me, Mike. I apologize for going off the handle like I did. I imagine you MUST have noticed, but I'm a rather stubborn person, and will fight to the death and drive an issue into the ground. And I've been brought up to (...) (24 years ago, 2-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) the (...) Related article on Reuters: (URL) (24 years ago, 2-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Time Warner Cable was unable to get Disney to sign a contract to allow the cable broadcasting of ABC local channesl. Not a smart move for Disney during sweeps month, especially in a market as large as NYC. So, for now, I have no ABC on cable (not a (...) (24 years ago, 2-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Whether you blame him or not, you jumped all over him, both when he made the statement in the first place as well as when he tried to correct himself. I'm sure you have nothing against Chris personally, but it seemed to me (and, apparently, to (...) (24 years ago, 2-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Hi everyone - I'm new. I've been reading through a lot of the comments about the Lando figure, and my feelings are that surely it's all getting a bit deep. As far as I'm concerned, one important point is that we may well get a Lando figure in the (...) (24 years ago, 2-May-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Pure bread or pure breed? In the latter case, because you have a fair idea of the size, purpose, and temperment of the dog. How much excercise and attention they need, how much space they require, are they good watchdogs, companion dogs, (...) (24 years ago, 2-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) AIDS (...) research (...) Reagan (...) amount (...) things (...) Well said Ed. AIDS is an entity which has changed they way we all live, that is why it was an issue. Here in the UK it was used as a stick to club gay men too a few years ago. (...) (24 years ago, 2-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Geez Larry, instead of answering the question, your first thought is to relish the debate. (...) it (...) Special Interest groups huh. Need I remind anyone reading this that until "certain special interest groups" fought, protested, and (...) (24 years ago, 2-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Mike Petrucelli <lordinsanity@usa.net> wrote in message news:FtwLHM.HK4@lugnet.com... (...) man's (...) physical (...) lbs. (...) differnce. (...) Actually, by some measures it is. The inhabitants of central Africa (and elsewhere) must contend with (...) (24 years ago, 2-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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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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