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(...) The only problem I see with a gun license is the creation of a list of gun owners, which would make the job of the out of control government cracking down on the population easier (recall that this is one of the major reasons for the 2nd (...) (25 years ago, 13-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) In that I think it leads people to want a solution to some problem NOW! This makes violence as a means to solve a problem more likely. It also creates higher stress which makes it more likely that someone will crack. (25 years ago, 13-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I agree with this statement. I think a 'gun license', similar to a 'driving license', is a reasonable and rational requirement for gun ownership. Anyone who wants to legally obtain a gun should be willing to go through a period of training and (...) (25 years ago, 13-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) For instance, they could be on a treadmill...not getting from point A to B at all. (25 years ago, 13-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Maybe (...) How so? This is the only one that I don't 'get' right off. (...) I really think these last two bullets are right on. Everything else stems from these, and I really think that the second to last is derivative of the last. Parents (...) (25 years ago, 13-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) For the record, I think that my beliefs are subject to change, but others have tried to convince me and it hasn't happened on this issue. (...) This is the key practical point, as far as I see it. (...) And this is the key ethical point which (...) (25 years ago, 13-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I would have to agree with Mike. The biggest problem with gun legislation, is that it's in the second amendment of the US Constitution. Spelled out specifically. If the government deems is necessary to take away that amendement, what's to stop (...) (25 years ago, 13-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) How would that change anything? (...) OK, I'll bite :-) (...) Absolutely. 100% (...) I don't want to call them insignificant, but I think that due to the way you've phrased the question, the only answer I can give is Yes. I think that the RKBA (...) (25 years ago, 13-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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I should probably stay out of this but... Note that I don't personally own a gun. (...) The availability of guns is a factor in the recent school tragedies, but most of the tragedies would probably still have happened in some way (though probably (...) (25 years ago, 13-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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I just want to put my two cents on this one, whereas I will just keep my big mouth shut about the other threads... For what its worth, Mike Stanly seems to absolutely right! (again) Mike Stanley wrote in message ... (...) Good point, I think I will (...) (25 years ago, 13-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Why? People are usually as polarized on this issue as the abortion issue. (...) It is my contention that the only thing more disgusting than bringing up a tragedy like this in such a "if you support the right to own a gun you think those (...) (25 years ago, 12-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Richard Dee writes: <snipped several pointed questions about gun control> (...) How about: People react to a dangerous situation depending on a number of factors, one of which is their knowledge of their capabilities. If (...) (25 years ago, 12-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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On Wed, 12 May 1999 00:32:49 GMT, Larry Pieniazek uttered the following profundities... (...) No comments on education. I am not of schooling age, nor have children, or likely to in the near future. (When considering flameage in your replies, (...) (25 years ago, 12-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Simon Denscombe writes: "The whole natural point of having sex is reproduction or the possibility of it (contraception isn't 100% safe) - with homosexuals this is impossible." --> Copied from your post. Please stop (...) (25 years ago, 12-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Glad I don't live in the US then. Virtually all schools in the UK are public schools - it is 'different' to go to a private school. We have OFSTEAD inspectors and league tables based on exam results to keep standards up and give parents a good (...) (25 years ago, 12-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Nope that is not what I typed was it? Sex and walking are different things and there is no reason why they should behave in the same way. The whole point of walking is to get from A to B - whether A and B are the same place and the person has (...) (25 years ago, 12-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Don't have that problem in the UK no matter what Stonewall do. Calling someone gay is a regular namecall in some places. Lesbianism is more accepted however because two girls to a male is appealing... (...) Hmm. Ronnie O'Sullivan - snooker (...) (25 years ago, 12-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Read it again. (...) The bit 'or discrimination against homosexuality or homosexuals' was the main bit of focus and the meaning I use. The word 'or' in this case showing an alternaive meaning to 'Irrational fear of, aversion to' (25 years ago, 12-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Christopher L. Weeks <c576653@cclabs.missouri.edu> wrote in message news:3739A6C9.4D7137...uri.edu... (...) the (...) Hardly. The original hypothesis floated here was that animals engage in homosexual behavior, thus humans have some sort of natural (...) (25 years ago, 12-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) This _may_ be, and I understand the style and its purpose, but since the conversation is about personal motivation for animals to engage in homosexual behavior, that frame of reference is inappropriate. (...) Are you asserting this, or are you (...) (25 years ago, 12-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Maybe you should be careful of what you hear? Would it be better if Larry had said "only one in ten thousand public schools would allow that level..." ? Nothing you said suggested that Weird Richard's operation would fly in your school (...) (25 years ago, 12-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I'm just finishing up being a grad student in education and in a class I was taking this past semester -- where many of the other students were teachers -- I suggested during discussion that measures should be taken in school to address the (...) (25 years ago, 12-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Christopher L. Weeks <c576653@cclabs.missouri.edu> wrote in message news:37384BDE.5D9568...uri.edu... (...) females (...) of most (...) "heat". (...) I think that Ed is writing in a style that is used when discussing evolutionary life strategy. An (...) (25 years ago, 12-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Larry: (...) This seems very US specific. In DK public schools are generally slightly better and more experimenting than private schools (but the difference is smaller than the variance). Jacob ---...--- -- E-mail: sparre@cats.nbi.dk -- -- Web...: (...) (25 years ago, 12-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) HEY! Watch your mouth. <rant> I go to a public school (district: (URL) ), and although LEGO was rarely used in the education I received, I have received, for the most part, a good education. There are different levels for each class offered, (...) (25 years ago, 12-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Larry, I know he teaches at a private school. I'm frustrated as hell that I live in such a small town that there is no private school :-) By the way, I've still got those 60's town parts here and I've just plain forgotten about sending them. (...) (25 years ago, 12-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Moving this topic to the debate board. (25 years ago, 12-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Richard is a good teacher BECAUSE he teaches at a private school. No public school would ever allow that level of innovation and excellence. Might interfere with training antisocial shooters. Followups set to .debate (25 years ago, 12-May-99, to lugnet.build, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Computer. (...) Wereworlf. Dunno how much it will resemble the RPG, but there is a game that is in the advanced stages of development. (25 years ago, 12-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) The pastor at my wife's parents' church used to be an avid AD&D player. He still likes the game but says he bowed to silent pressure from his congregation years ago and stopped hosting sessions and playing. He did come to my defense, though, (...) (25 years ago, 12-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Role-playing B@@Ks!! That's the ultimate babe turn away judging by my friends reactions: Rachel: What are you reading Phil? Phil: It's Bens... Ben: What? Ben is a role-playing friend : slander@fored.freeserve.co.uk - he mostly does Vampire: (...) (25 years ago, 11-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) My dad said he read an article that said they played Final Fantasy VII, and seemed to use it as an example of what is bad about video games and RPGs. My (extended) family in Indiana think I am really disturbed for playing AD&D. One of my Aunts (...) (25 years ago, 11-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Several of the early news articles cited White Wolf's Vampire RPG as a cause, because the two guys played it. I'm too lazy right now to hunt down any URL's and my sources all came hard copy, but I saw 3 articles that all either outright blamed (...) (25 years ago, 11-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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On Tue, 11 May 1999 16:07:59 GMT, "James Brown" <galliard@shades-of-night.com> wrote: BTW, what's the scoop about Littleton and RPG? I haven't heard any links... (...) I don't know that anything is being blown out of proportion. Violence in the US, (...) (25 years ago, 11-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Oh, we are beyond two decades indeed - I was refering to me, specifically - I've only been gaming for...(quick mental math)17 years(1), so I haven't hit my 2 decade mark yet. (...) Guns don't kill people. Trenchcoats kill people.(2) James (...) (25 years ago, 11-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Politiaclly Correct, or Personal Computer? Werewolf, or the Massacre at Littleton(1)? 1. Some may be offended by this, but one of the first things I thought of after the Littleton episode was programming a Doom game using the school floorplan. (...) (25 years ago, 11-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) The way I read this, it sounds like you think the critters know that reproduction is the outcome of their sex act. I don't think that's so. I agree that it's instinctually and hormonally driven, but I think the female allows and the male (...) (25 years ago, 11-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Of course, but it's also all the animal is concerned with. (25 years ago, 11-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I believe we're at more than 2 decades now. Most people (around here, anyway) first heard of RPGs (D&D, probably) when a kid disappeared while playing a re-enactment type game. (...) I heard someone was calling for school dress codes banning (...) (25 years ago, 11-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) How does one make a politically correct RPG? Steve (25 years ago, 11-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Similiar to other made-up terms, such as "homosexual"? Steve (25 years ago, 11-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I disagree - the majority of mammals have sex only to procreate. The females of most species will only allow sex when they are "furtile". The males of most species still have the ability to determine when the female is in "heat". Only the (...) (25 years ago, 11-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) You know they're going to release a PC version of this, right? (25 years ago, 10-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I just reread what you wrote and think I understand it better now. I still don't like the word homophobe - it not only sounds silly it's just plain wrong, imo. I'm also not sure I think that in order to hate something (which is what I would (...) (25 years ago, 10-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I don't quite agree with that. That's why I prefer bigot to homophobe, usually. I hate bugs. I have no fear of them, just a deep loathing. You might even call it irrational. Doesn't make me a bugophobe. Not equating homosexuals with bugs, btw. (...) (25 years ago, 10-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I assist in running a Werewolf: The Apocalypse(1) chronicle, and someone mentioned it to me in passing, and my curiousity was roused. I investigated on the net, and at my local University library. In a nutshell, there are numerous observed (...) (25 years ago, 10-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) So? The whole "natural" point of walking is to move effeciently across land. Does that make people who walk around the block because they happen to enjoy walking "ill"? (...) ill people want to get well they just don't know it" OK. Here's the (...) (25 years ago, 10-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) various (...) Yes, but as I stated above, it mimics scientific (medical) terminology, without actually having that scientific basis behind it. By doing so, it masquarades as a legitimate term for a condition, when in fact, it is a coined (...) (25 years ago, 10-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Christopher L. Weeks <c576653@cclabs.missouri.edu> wrote in message news:3737225B.8E1F1D...uri.edu... (...) good. (...) for (...) them (...) It's not backwards, it's instinct. If there is any pleasure, it's an evolutionary motivator to encourage (...) (25 years ago, 10-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Well, I think he disagrees with it too. Unless you mean that that's not the PC definition, and then I'd disagree with you. I am a little uncomfortable with public displays of affection - I think it's crass, ill mannered, and impolite. I once (...) (25 years ago, 10-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I disagree. Complex animals (people included) use sex for feeling good. I would say that people may be the only animal to actually use sex for procreation. I really don't know what animals engage in homosexual behavior, aside from humans of (...) (25 years ago, 10-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) There are special newsgroups devoted to this, ah...subject. ;-) (25 years ago, 10-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Is irrational necessary as a modifier here? I guess I'm having a hard time coming up with a reason to have a *rational* fear of a person based solely on their sexual preference. But then, I can tolerate just about anything except intolerance. (25 years ago, 10-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Well, you don't expect the liberals to throw it around conservatively, do you? :) (25 years ago, 10-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I would disagree with your "PC definition". The terms homophobic, homophobia and homophobe are used to describe those who have (as your quoted definition stated) an irrational fear.... that is, they feel threatened by the presence or even (...) (25 years ago, 10-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Carbon 60 <carbon60@bigfoot.com> wrote in message news:37360D55.36235A...oot.com... (...) internet (...) too (...) define (...) You asked-- Merriam Webster's Deluxe Dictionary, 10th collegiate edition), 1998: 1Slang: (n., origin unknown, first (...) (25 years ago, 10-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Carbon 60 <carbon60@bigfoot.com> wrote in message news:37360AF0.C529D8...oot.com... (...) I think the reference is to wolves pecking order. When the alpha male (or any other male) is challenged for rank, the fight is rarely deadly. When one wolf (...) (25 years ago, 10-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Well it is isn't it? If a word has a different meaning than you said that's a mis-meaning, surely... If you thought professeur (French) means professor you'll be wrong as it means teacher a mis-meaning. (...) Slang is good among people you (...) (25 years ago, 9-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Please elaborate on this. How do you know this? (25 years ago, 9-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) OK. (...) I'll have to check the particular Terms and Conditions for off-topic.debate but I thought they were the same. Some people therefore will be breaking LUGNET rules. (...) Acknowledged but some law somewhere won't like it. (...) Well I (...) (25 years ago, 9-May-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Oh dear... (...) Well they are words too but not in this case. (...) Well homophobia is in regular use everywhere - I wouldn't call that slang. (...) I know that - homo also means man according to Mr Stanley - so it could be fear of men. This (...) (25 years ago, 9-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Well, my hip factor is a little low, so I may have misinterpreted it, but from the context it seemed to mean they were being well compensated for the work they were doing. (25 years ago, 7-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Isn't "making bank" usually planning on, predicting, betting on? Steve (25 years ago, 7-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Well, imo, since "homophobic" is a slang term, and one intended primarily to demonize another group of people (ones who, in many cases, deserve to be demonized, to be sure), I don't think that a mostly literal interpretation of the (...) (25 years ago, 7-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Rats, under the right conditions (overcrowding). Baboons, sometimes (but it's more a dominance/pecking-order thing, IIRC). Steve (25 years ago, 7-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I don't think I did. (...) That was certainly very nice of you. (...) huh? I've never heard of a PC using a two-character suffix for *any* file. Not even after win95 introduced "variable lenght" filenames. eric (25 years ago, 7-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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On Wed, 5 May 1999 20:55:17 GMT, Jeff Stembel uttered the following profundities... (...) I would have at first suggested the possibility that I had received the spam while on AOL was due to being on the UK version of AOL. Not likely, though, as it (...) (25 years ago, 6-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Wolves, as well as most other varieties of canine. James (URL) (25 years ago, 6-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) One species Chimpanzees comes to mind first(1). I know there are others, I just can't think of them at the moment. :) Jeff 1 - Besides humans, of course. (25 years ago, 6-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Good. (...) You mean like humans? (25 years ago, 6-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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[moved to off-topic.debate] (...) What treatment areare you talking about? Is it medical, i.e. involving only drugs and procedures(surgery, etc.)? If it involves cultural (therapy, religion) treatments, it is not a medical illness. If it involves (...) (25 years ago, 5-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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I've been using AOL since '94, and I only recently started getting spam, and it is no more than once a week. Of course, all I use it for now is e-mail. ;) Jeff (...) (25 years ago, 5-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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<cross-posted to .off-topic.debate, follow-up set there, too> (...) The dictionary isn't alway the safest bet - given that dictionaries will often include slang words and phrases. (...) Homophobic is a slang term, which derives from another slang (...) (25 years ago, 5-May-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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<cross-posted to off-topic.debate> (...) Yup, they do. (...) encouraging (...) Laws don't affect our right to say things. Laws enforce the consequences of our having said them. (...) By using the term 'ill', you are implying that there is something (...) (25 years ago, 5-May-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Aha! An argument I can carry. Unfortunately, it's hard for me to find anyone who would rationally argue the other side. :-P (...) There is absolutely no reason for AOL to be against spamming, for several reasons: 1: The income they get from selling (...) (25 years ago, 5-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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The evil spammers have found ICQ. I have received two spam messages over the last two days, offering cheap phone service and something else less savoury. Don't respond, and add the individuals to your ignore list straight away, so that you receive (...) (25 years ago, 5-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Ack. I went to the bookstore I _thought_ I saw it at. No luck. I might be getting senile....... But not giving up yet. -- Terry K -- (26 years ago, 15-Apr-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) You overrate plumbing, my friend. Cheers, - jsproat (26 years ago, 14-Apr-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Well, you have to admit, that it sounds good to begin with ... I know OF it, though I'm not IN it ... After listening more and more to politicians and others, I'm starting to think more and more Libertarian and Constitutionalist ... Anyway ... -Lee. (...) (26 years ago, 14-Apr-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I really don't think so. I read all the books, and I distinctly remember seeing the book, glancing quickly at it, and saying to myself "bout time" and to try to remember to check the library to see if it is in or on order. I am going that way (...) (26 years ago, 14-Apr-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) It's not at barnesandnoble.com - sure you didn't see one of the earlier books in the series? Jasper (26 years ago, 14-Apr-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Apparently. If one goews by the mathematical formula, the gaps seem to increase quadratically, and the next book should be out in ~6 years... Jasper (26 years ago, 14-Apr-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Naturally. I mean, well, _duh_. Of course chocolate is among the prime necessities, right along with plumbing. Jasper (26 years ago, 14-Apr-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Jeff Stembel wrote in message ... (...) Libertarian. (...) Thank you, yes. Jesse ___...___ Jesse The Jolly Jingoist Looking for answers? Read the rec.toys.lego FAQ! (URL) in Deja News! (URL) (26 years ago, 14-Apr-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I first looked into the JBS when I was 12. It starts off fairly reasonable, but goes nutty pretty fast. There are significant similarities in position, which have come about for wildly varying reasons, but I would not say congruence by any (...) (26 years ago, 14-Apr-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Is. Although he won election(1) as a Republican (he was one before he converted) I wouldn't read too much into that. But I fail to see the connection. Libertarians are pro freedom. That doesn't mean being anti crime, but it does mean valuing (...) (26 years ago, 13-Apr-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I think Jesse was refering to the fact the Ron Paul was (is?) a Libertarian. At least that's what it looked like to me. Jeff (26 years ago, 13-Apr-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I tried getting into the John Birch Society, but they kept getting in the way of my plans sell the good ol' U.S. of A. to Russia and implement my own communist New World Order run by bankers, Jews, and whatever gnomes of Zurich I happened to (...) (26 years ago, 13-Apr-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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For more information on privacy and the fight to protect it, go to ... (URL) John Birch Society -- Lee Jorgensen, Programmer/Analyst - Bankoe Systems, Inc. mailto:jorgensen@bankoe.moc <-- reverse moc mailto:ljorgensen@uswest.ten <-- reverse ten (26 years ago, 13-Apr-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Spot on, Mike. Jesse, you might want to do some research on what this Know Your Customer rule actually required the banks to do, before you come out in favor of it. The constitution does guarantee us to be safe from unreasonable search and (...) (26 years ago, 13-Apr-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Let the police deal with the criminals. My bank and the government can keep their noses out of my damned business. (26 years ago, 13-Apr-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Larry Pieniazek wrote in message <371274B4.E66CE6CE@v...er.net>... (...) God help us if we put some controls in place to deter criminal activity... Jesse ___...___ Jesse The Jolly Jingoist Looking for answers? Read the rec.toys.lego FAQ! (URL) in (...) (26 years ago, 13-Apr-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Hrmmm, not being into the political scene much anymore, I gave www.congress.gov a shot. It brought me to (URL) I've never seen before but seems pretty darn cool. Anyway, from there I decided to look at Legislation in the 106th Congress, and (...) (26 years ago, 12-Apr-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I am surprised, but pleasantly so. I had assumed that an e-mail petition would not be taken seriously due to several technical issues. Wow. :-, (...) Do you have a URL pointing to more info on Ron Paul's bill? Cheers, - jsproat (26 years ago, 12-Apr-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) See my sig. 170K of the comments (out of 250K or so, 99+% against) were originated at the site I reference. But the battle is not over, there are plans afoot to do it anyway, rebadged and repackaged. Support Ron Paul's (R-TX) bill preventing (...) (26 years ago, 12-Apr-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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