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<37421ED7.8F4BB887@voyager.net> <FBzGnp.L04@lugnet.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit (...) Ya, me too. A debate is different than an argument! In formal debating the goal is to convince the bystanders, (...) (25 years ago, 20-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Can someone summarise what this debate is about? I confess I have no idea at this point. If no one can summarize, stopping may be a good idea. (25 years ago, 20-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) He's a fellow traveler. A clarification, though... Libertarians support defense too, just not the bloated inefficent overpriced pork laden one we have now. Really. Libertarians are against taxes too. Taxation is slavery (1). We just recognise (...) (25 years ago, 20-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Ah, so there we have it. Canada. Now I understand. You guys have what, 2, maybe 3 people per square mile up there? Not enough people in one area to stir up the kind of trouble we have to deal with down here. :) (25 years ago, 20-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Really? I will have to look that up now. If for no other reason than curiosity. I'm not sure I'm ready to accept that I can only exercise my 2nd ammendment rights within the confines of my own state. (25 years ago, 20-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Christopher L. Weeks wrote in message <3742C448.E0830844@c...ri.edu>... (...) cousins, (...) he (...) the (...) in (...) This is an extreme example, and I certainly hope it never happens. I would pay the debt because I would see it as my own. A (...) (25 years ago, 20-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Sproaticus wrote in message <3742D2BB.99927A6E@g...es.com>... (...) different (...) to (...) it (...) everyone! (...) If semantics means understanding the correct definition of the words we use, I guess. I am glad you figured out what I meant. (...) (...) (25 years ago, 20-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) number (...) I feel happy to know another (1) american that is not "gun crazy". Some time poeple realy realy want to do or own wathever they want that they will find any excuse possible to validate their choice even if they now that they are (...) (25 years ago, 19-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Bigot: (n) : a person obstinately or intolerantly devoted to his or her own opinions and prejudices silly me, I used a "forbidden" word, simply because it seemed appropriate. Guess I'll have to stay away from those hot-button words. Next thing (...) (25 years ago, 19-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Oh dear you've decided to use the word bigot, now the debate gets stupid. You are bigoted because you are intolerant of the opinion I have expressed here. (...) You suggested terminating this discussion, I did a concluding statement and you (...) (25 years ago, 19-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Gosh, my college marketing class didn't teach that jargon. (25 years ago, 19-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Try to fix, then disengage if the (implied) contract becomes null and void. I help my relatives out of respect, admiration, and love. Why do you love someone? Philosophical question... but if I stop respecting my relatives I don't have that (...) (25 years ago, 19-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) In a sense, yes, in a sense, no. While I am certainly more inclined to sacrifice to help members of my family, I am not their keeper. If my little brother were to fall on hard times and need a place to stay I'd let him stay with me for a (...) (25 years ago, 19-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) A california educator (aka, my mother-in-law) recently said, "[public school teachers] are all there to train drones." Steve (25 years ago, 19-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) And if you did this in TN, you could have turkey for dinner. Steve (25 years ago, 19-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Ah, semantics. I get your meaning now, thanks. I still feel that the government *owes* us something -- wouldn't that entitle us to what we are owed? For example, I feel that the government owes us protection from invasion, protection from (...) (25 years ago, 19-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Larry Pieniazek writes: <Snipped a bunch of stuff> Larry, you are correct in saying that very few opinions will be changed as a result of the debating that is currently raging withing this group. The reason that I debate (...) (25 years ago, 19-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) What if your child got in over his head gambling and owed a wad to the mob. You could pay his debt and keep him alive, but you didn't really believe that he'd learn. What if it could incurr significant hardship for you? What if it would be (...) (25 years ago, 19-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Right, sorry. If you committ to be a keeper in some form, and then the assumed ward reveals moral shortcomings, what's is your behavioral response? (...) I do mean US government business. What if it is as a soldier? -- Sincerely, Christopher (...) (25 years ago, 19-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) What can change the opinions? I know that in discussions, I have changed my mind on stances, but I can't isolate the essential element of what convinced me - beyond inarguable logic. But why is it that with pretty similar backgrounds, we see (...) (25 years ago, 19-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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