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I have seen ET, and we is he! ;-) Actually, considering the vast #s of chemicals/compounds available in the Soup of Space, it would not surprise me at all to find out that life here originated from Seed Matter from space. After all, the universe had (...) (24 years ago, 30-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) (URL) Dave! (24 years ago, 30-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) and what little does is some 40 years old--the palaeontological equivalent of considering an IBM PC-XT "cutting edge" in 2001, just because it's only a dozen or so years old. It's selective misinformation--Kitts's work is even older, mostly in (...) (24 years ago, 30-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Hmm... actually I'm not sure anymore what parts voice it best... I think I tried to sum it up at the bottomish part of: (URL) a lot of that was expounded upon in the (vastly long) thread that followed... so I don't think it goes into as much (...) (24 years ago, 30-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I see no contradiction in what I am saying. I/you/we are mixing school/higher education. The UK system provides education up to the 16. It is required that parents provide their children with education - the default is the state system. Within (...) (24 years ago, 30-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Ah-- then we shall certainly have differences. My own moral theory arrives at the conclusion that there are no absolutes in morality. (...) And I'd argue that it CAN be. Not necessarily that it's EVER actually BEEN ok, but that the possibility (...) (24 years ago, 30-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Ack! In the past you have repeatedly advocated that education should be doled out in quantities proportional to the ability to learn. Now you are saying that it should be equal. Just for clarity, which of these stances do you actually agree (...) (24 years ago, 30-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I noted that you had expressed this moral theory in another thread but I didn't backtrack far enough to find it. Can you point me to the post? (...) Does it come down to behavior x is only immoral when those doing the behaving think that it (...) (24 years ago, 30-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Snip most, hope to come back later... address a tiny fraction. (...) We differ strongly. I suspect this is moral relativism. I reject that... I go even farther than rejection. I think there are moral absolutes and no government, even with the (...) (24 years ago, 30-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) At the risk of being accused of jury tampering by making you aware of your rights and duties as a juror(1), check this out: (URL) discusses "jury nullification". This is a unique power that American jurors have... to find a defendent innocent (...) (24 years ago, 30-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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