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(...) Ok, I admit I haven't read Friedman since grad school. But I remember thinking then that he ignores the vast motive to cheat the system. And the huge benefits to one who cheats well. (Hitler is a case in point) However, to say that there is an (...) (24 years ago, 29-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: The god debate again... sigh (Re: Will Libertopia cause the needy to get less?
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(...) It's ok if you don't know of any. Consider this... The funny thing about Biblical Prophecies is that they tend to be centered around *major* events. As such, there haven't been any really *major* Biblical / Spiritual events in the past (...) (24 years ago, 29-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Do market based societies select for virtue? (was Re: Will Libertopia cause the needy to get less?
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Scott's going to regret turning me on to Friedman! (...) Agreed. I've said it before and I'll say it again, I just can't buy this "people are basically bad, and societies that depend on honesty are doomed to fail" argument that comes from so many (...) (24 years ago, 29-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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With all due apologies to the good Doctor Seuss (who, I believe, was a socialist, but I digress) Also, let it be noted that I'm probably actually more in favor of finishing the recounts than suppressing them. But then I don't care if we get Gush or (...) (24 years ago, 29-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) I'm not sure I agree. Please conduct the following (thought?) experiment, then... post a SBA/OBO (for the same thing) to both groups, and in buy-sell-trade, label it SBA, fully delineating the definition Todd posted so there can be no doubt (...) (24 years ago, 29-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I always liked "Bat Blinds", but I don't think it runs on post-Win3x systems. Too bad--it was a lot of fun. Steve (24 years ago, 29-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) They are two names for the same concept, i.e. "thing". Therefore, they *are* the same thing. If one person calls you Lar and another Mr. P, that doesn't make Lar and Mr. P different people. Also, the groups do not form a partition. SBA/OBO is (...) (24 years ago, 29-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Current evolutionary theory identifies benefits in altruism, both among members of the same species and even accross species lines. Such altruism isn't necessarily conscious or deliberate, but it's altruism all the same. The idea is that, (...) (24 years ago, 29-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: The god debate again... sigh (Re: Will Libertopia cause the needy to get less?
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(...) I came up with a similiar kind of conclusion (well, question) when I was going to parochial school in second grade. Was it good because God says so, or is there something inherently good independent of God? (...) And this is the same question (...) (24 years ago, 29-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) composed in the heat of the moment, and my frustration got the better of me. Of course, if I were truly uncivil, I would have actually *used* swear words and directed them *at* the people, rather than as some sort of lazy adjective. Actually, (...) (24 years ago, 29-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: One for the road sir? (Re: US supreme court strikes down...)
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(...) Let's just say it was mutually voluntary transaction and leave it at that, without going into whether I had an obligation not to take advantage of her state of mind given that she voluntarily put herself into that state and initiated the (...) (24 years ago, 29-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: The god debate again... sigh (Re: Will Libertopia cause the needy to get less?
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(...) Well, depends on what Christian you ask, probably... some might say that because they weren't derived from God, they *couldn't* be absoloutely pure, and therefore are wrong. Another might argue that yes, the ideals are good, but because that (...) (24 years ago, 29-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: One for the road sir? (Re: US supreme court strikes down...)
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(...) It all depends on who you live with I suppose. (...) What! She randomly stopped you and demanded a kiss! How unconstitutional. The supreme court must pass a judgement on this! (The fact the we have neither a constitution or a supreme court (...) (24 years ago, 29-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: The god debate again... sigh (Re: Will Libertopia cause the needy to get less?
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(...) Rarely, on the above list, which is why I dispute your claim. (...) Kind of a eurocentric viewpoint to claim nearly every major event. See below. (...) Defining Egypt as solely a place that the Jews passed through is belittling its (...) (24 years ago, 29-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: The god debate again... sigh (Re: Will Libertopia cause the needy to get less?
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(...) That's an interesting point, and quite similar to the "is libertarianism on the rise?" discussion. If someone adheres to good ideals which are in step with Christianity, but that person doesn't believe in God, are his ideals still good? I (...) (24 years ago, 29-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: The god debate again... sigh (Re: Will Libertopia cause the needy to get less?
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(...) The same logic would also apply, however, if I asserted that I have supreme power and choose absolutely not to act on it; does someone's inability to disprove my power make it so? The bottom line, for me, is that if logic could prove the (...) (24 years ago, 29-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Gafla (was: Re: LP POINT 1)
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(...) It is not in my dictionary either. However, a web search suggests it is a Scandinavian potato dish. :/ Scott A (...) (24 years ago, 29-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) (I think you omitted "and then driving" as I have seen no evidence that there is any stigma attached to being drunk, per se, in the UK. :-) Indeed I have been the beneficiary(?) of public drunkenness, having been soundly kissed (in the West (...) (24 years ago, 29-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: FS-Pirate & Town Sets Mint In Sealed Boxes/Pack
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(...) No they're not! Not in the LUGNET namespace they aren't... They're named differently, and thus are not in the same equivalence class when partitioned by the partitioning function "allowed in market.buy-sell-trade?". The fact that this is their (...) (24 years ago, 29-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Gafla (was: Re: LP POINT 1)
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(...) I can't find "lefsa" in anywhere, too..:-) Selçuk (24 years ago, 29-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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