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(...) I agree. (...) One should respect the law, rather than avoid breaking it. I suppose it is a subtle difference. I choose not to take drugs not only because it is against the law, but because I don't think it is not a good thing to do anyway. (...) (24 years ago, 13-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Ummmmm, he won the popular vote and the electoral college is not yet decided, so I can't really answer that. (...) He gets to have a recount. I don't care if they recount every county by hand - it's okay with me. I'd rather they decide to do (...) (24 years ago, 13-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I in fact do believe that certain moral truths operate independently of the mind. Because something is objectively true, it does not follow that the moral truth is imminently and transparently obvious to an observer. You may be right - my (...) (24 years ago, 13-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Chris: You and I could get back into our whole "meat-is-murder?" debate, if you think it would help clarify this point... 8^) Dave! (24 years ago, 13-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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All of the following is written from the assumption that "drugs are Bad, and if you take drugs, you've done a Bad Thing." Debating that assumption should be an entirely different thread. Preferably, one that is threaded over a few beers. Steve (...) (...) (24 years ago, 13-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I was talking about just this over the weekend. I this the ballot may well have been OK if it was expected. However, if it was not expected to be in that form it could have jarred some voters a little. We had the same problem in our 1st PR (...) (24 years ago, 13-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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"Selçuk Göre" <ssgore@superonline.com> wrote in message news:3A0FF811.1D604F...ine.com... (...) There are known methods of having sex and not having it result in pregnancy which can be used. If you don't want to have a child, I would say don't allow (...) (24 years ago, 13-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) <snip? (...) Well thats a good point. While I don't think that Gore will file a lawsuit in say Palm Beach over the validity of the ballot I would expect people from his campaign are probably encouraging private citizens to file suit and giving (...) (24 years ago, 13-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Hey, it passed the spell checker - so it must be right :-\ (...) Yes. But is the point of doing it by hand is to find the votes not puched out right. I suppose one could argue they are spoiled. (...) Fair enough. Is there not also rumours of (...) (24 years ago, 13-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I've heard Gore called a tree before, but never a pole. Or maybe you mean Pole as in Polish? I see a few of those right now! At least, I think they're Polish. Could be Hungarians. (...) Nah--there's a moment when even his allies will desert (...) (24 years ago, 13-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Well, that's not exactly what I meant. I was talking about something that women would be against too. (...) Privately Produced Law. Chris (24 years ago, 13-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I have do agree. Bush should sit back and try to look cool. (...) Yes, but is he not inciting other to take action as individuals? I'm sure I heard that. (...) That's fair comment. I agree with you about Clinton. As an outsider looking in, I (...) (24 years ago, 13-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Anyone with a dictionary and a botany text. Chris (24 years ago, 13-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) just (...) I would search for a way to help them remedy the harm that they caused. If they are mentally broken, I would therapise them (I suppose, by force, even though I'm uncomfortable with that), and if they were too broken, I would (...) (24 years ago, 13-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Maggie Cambron writes: [big snip] (...) your (...) I believe the same logic can be applied to any act that we consider crimes. e.g. If someone inconvenienced me, I suspect I would choose to kill them. "I hope never to be (...) (24 years ago, 13-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Got it. (...) Yes. Okay. (...) How about the thinking that "if I don't go to my room when my parents ask, they will be displeased with me and I want them to love me, not be unhappy with me, so I will do it". This is the usual motivation IMO, (...) (24 years ago, 13-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) If you think you have valuable points to contribute, I'd sure be interested in your participation. I for one am NOT decided. If I'm the person whose reasoning you see vast holes in, I would welcome your input, if I'm not, I'd still welcome (...) (24 years ago, 13-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Good idea; I think I'll try that. (...) I consider it a small step in my journey toward omniscience. Dave! (24 years ago, 13-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I read via the web too, and to my knowledge, no, there isn't. I just skip anything that is in a thread I don't want to read. I tend to use the "compact" method of viewing, so all I see are the posts' subject lines. (...) Ah. I gave that up a (...) (24 years ago, 13-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) This is a good point, but I'm prevented from taking your advice because I access LUGNET via the web rather than as a newsgroup. As such, I see all the posts in .debate. Is there a way to filter out a specific thread? In any case, I generally (...) (24 years ago, 13-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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