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| | | (...) Make sure you have it first. Period. (25 years ago, 15-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | Re: What happened? —Christopher L. Weeks
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| | | | | (...) What about children? Congenital birth defect? Irresponsible parents? (Aint it always the hard questions that are so hard?) (25 years ago, 15-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | Re: What happened? —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | | (...) I agree that the hard questions (and the fringe effects) are hard. Libertopia isn't perfect. But I'd submit that we're better off with some fringe unfortunate outcomes instead of every single person in the US getting 1/2 their income on (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | Re: What happened? —Frank Filz
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| | | | | | I'll again add my "in Liberatopia, life won't suck because someone will step in and help the needy" comment to Larry's comments below: (...) I would assume that religions which feel that all potential humans should be given their chance will pool (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | Re: What happened? —Christopher L. Weeks
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| | | | | | (...) Those aren't going to be the people who are most attracted to Libertopia. (25 years ago, 16-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | Re: What happened? —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | | (...) It HAS the resources, if you're referring to the one I think you are. But it spends them on grand cathedrals and imposing monasteries rather than on helping the poor. (...) Right, far easier to be self righteously charitable with other (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | The Ozarks (was: Re: What happened?) —Christopher L. Weeks
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| | | | | | (...) What? I've never been to Springfield (though they do have the region's best wine shop, so I keep meaning to go) but I've looked at maps and I'd think it was inside the range of Ozarks near the Western edge. What do you mean? Most of Southern (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | Re: The Ozarks (was: Re: What happened?) —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | | (...) Based on what else I saw, there's a scary thought. :-) (...) It's the Ozark MOUNTAINS, right? I didn't see anything higher than a slight hill while I was in Springfield. Hence my gibe. (25 years ago, 20-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | Re: The Ozarks (was: Re: What happened?) —Christopher L. Weeks
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| | | | | | (...) Gotcha. Sorry for my density. They were once mountains...biguns too...at least that's what they tell us. (25 years ago, 20-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | Re: What happened? —Jasper Janssen
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| | | | (...) Yeah, right. "Hello, this is .. oh, I don't have a name yet, but call me Charles, calling from the womb. I need health insurance just in case I get a birth defect". Jasper (25 years ago, 26-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | Re: What happened? —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | (...) Your example is spurious. My kids were covered before they were born... under as private an insurance system as I could find at the time. And if they had had birth defects that prebirth testing could have discovered, we would not have had (...) (25 years ago, 26-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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