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On Tue, 22 Jun 1999 16:43:26 GMT, Scott Edward Sanburn uttered the following profundities... (...) Pearl Harbour was a military target. Hiroshima and Nagasaki were civilian cities. There were sufficient industrial and military targets available that (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jun-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I'm not convinced. I think we basically had to really drive home that we don't view the world the way they did, and that we were willing to do anything possible to destroy them. I think we managed that with as little loss of value as possible. (...) (25 years ago, 23-Jun-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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On Wed, 23 Jun 1999 03:52:06 GMT, Christopher L. Weeks uttered the following profundities... (...) The only positive thing was the quick and rapid end to the war. I still think that it could have been brought to just as rapid a close had the (...) (25 years ago, 23-Jun-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Richard Dee wrote in message ... (...) following (...) Well, the US has had the good fortune of not having many wars at home lately. It makes it difficult for the opponents to bomb our civilian targets. However, had they the good chance to do so, I (...) (25 years ago, 23-Jun-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) <rant> Civilians have *always* been killed in war. Just because we have more powerful weapons doesn't mean we are "less humane". Ever heard of some small events from before the twentieth century including: The Inquisition, the Crusades, and (...) (25 years ago, 24-Jun-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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You said it, Jeff. Scott (...) (25 years ago, 24-Jun-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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On Wed, 23 Jun 1999 23:32:58 GMT, John DiRienzo uttered the following profundities... (...) Poor or not, it is actually a common argument, certainly amongst pacifists. (Me, I am a proponent of the MIC). Sure, the Japanese would have bombed US (...) (25 years ago, 25-Jun-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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On Thu, 24 Jun 1999 14:03:27 GMT, Jeff Stembel uttered the following profundities... (...) Never said they weren't. Never mentioned, though did not ignore events in the past. Didn't know about corpse-lobbing, though. Did know about the use of lime, (...) (25 years ago, 25-Jun-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) By not giving examples of how previous centuries where "more humane", you are ignoring, to a certain extent, past events. Also, I may've exagerated slightly on the corpse lobbing thing. I'm not sure if spreading disease was a purpose or a (...) (25 years ago, 25-Jun-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) the (...) 90's. "Armenian's in Turkey" ?... In 90's?...I really couldn't understand what are you talking about. Selçuk (25 years ago, 1-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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On Thu, 1 Jul 1999 09:20:32 GMT, Selçuk <teyyareci> uttered the following profundities... (...) Maybe it was the 80's, I don't remember specifically. I just vaguely remember a story from someone who had visited who had described some persecution (...) (25 years ago, 3-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Richard Dee <richard.dee@virgin.net> wrote in message news:MPG.11e724efed7...net.com... (...) Burundi, (...) to a (...) are (...) I think this was not specific to any Armenian being. I can't remember anything about any minority living in Turkey (...) (25 years ago, 3-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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On Sat, 3 Jul 1999 23:31:15 GMT, Selçuk <teyyareci> uttered the following profundities... <snipped, but only for repost brevity> I am British. A lot of your post seemed to be written assuming I was American. Being British, though, am well aware of (...) (25 years ago, 4-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) <snippage> I'm a little lost, Richard, for what you are apologizing regarding the State of Israel. The Partition Plan had GB occupying Palestine for a set amount of time (30 years), so the withdrawal was very much a planned one. Further, GB (...) (25 years ago, 7-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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On Wed, 7 Jul 1999 06:37:48 GMT, John Neal uttered the following profundities... (...) Wasn't apologising! Was unaware it was a set period. Strike 58. My understanding was to get rid of it, as it was nothing but trouble, terrorism from all sides, (...) (25 years ago, 9-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) And Muslim (sp?), and Christian... That wasn't just the English though. The majority of crusaders, IIRC, were continental. Jasper (25 years ago, 22-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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