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| | | | | Re: One nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. —Scott Arthur
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| | | | | (...) The past two UK general elections have produced MPs who got to power with virtually no funding. That is freedom. In the UK we limit MP’s political advertising budgets to allow open access to power. The average winning candidate spends about (...) (22 years ago, 4-Jul-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | Re: One nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. —David Koudys
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| | | | | | | In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Scott Arthur writes: <snip> (...) Oh My Goodness!!! I'm sounding like Scott!! AAAAAUUU...UUUGGGGGG...H!!!...!!! That's it--I bow out of this debate! ;) Dave (22 years ago, 4-Jul-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | (...) Gosh, that's great! I thought I was starting to sound like you. ;) Scott A (22 years ago, 4-Jul-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | Re: One nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. —John Neal
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| | | | | | (...) You said it. You "limit" the budgets. That's *not* freedom. The average winning candidate spends about $40,000.00. Think (...) So the liberal, career-politician incumbants can remain in power. No thanks. (...) One big reason is because they (...) (22 years ago, 5-Jul-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | <snip> (...) If you mean rich guys don't have the "freedom" (aka power) to buy a seat in power - I agree. Protecting democracy is far more important. (...) lol. Was Thatcher a liberal? <snip> (...) have (...) billions (...) Think bigger John. (...) (...) (22 years ago, 5-Jul-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | Re: One nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. —Christopher L. Weeks
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| | | | | | | (...) Here in the US, we limit your hunting quota, your speed of travel, you ability to shout "fire," the percentage of your income that you get to keep, your ability to discriminate based on skin tone, and a million other things. So I guess we (...) (22 years ago, 5-Jul-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | Re: One nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. —Thomas Stangl
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| | | | | | | (...) It may not be freedom in *your* mind, John, but it is in mine. Freedom to run for office whether you have friends with millions in the bank or not. (...) Explain to me how no new people would run for office if the most they'd spend would be (...) (22 years ago, 5-Jul-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: One nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. —John Neal
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| | | | | | | | (...) would (...) I didn't say more wouldn't run. It's just that they wouldn't *win*. (...) Displacing an incumbent is statistically difficult. They already have the advantage in a reelection attempt. Limiting $$$ hurts the challengers. And BTW, (...) (22 years ago, 5-Jul-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: One nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. —Christopher L. Weeks
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| | | | | | | | (...) This claim got me interested. I decided that a thorough analysis of the past fifty years of US politics was beyond my level of interest. So I narrowed my exploration to the current US Senate. I sifted and sorted some stats and came up with: 50 (...) (22 years ago, 5-Jul-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | Re: One nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. —Richard Marchetti
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| | | | | | (...) Xtians? Jews? Muslims? Etc.? Funny the things that get justified for THE MOST HOLY reasons... -- Hop-Frog (22 years ago, 7-Jul-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | Re: One nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. —John Neal
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| | | | | | (...) Cite please (let's see if you can keep it to within 100 years of today) (...) butchers of all-time... Ah, we're *all* guilty of butchering innocent women and children, so how could we condemn any one else who does? Welcome to Moral Relativism (...) (22 years ago, 8-Jul-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | Re: One nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. —Dave Schuler
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| | | | | | (...) Andrea Yates. Those fun fellows who murder physicians who perform abortions. Any number of Xtian Scientists or similar denominations forbidding medical care for children. Anyone, frankly, instructed by George W Bush to kill during the current (...) (22 years ago, 8-Jul-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | Re: One nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | | | (...) It does HERE, Dave! We do things differently around here, and you'd be well served to keep that in mind, Dave! :-) (22 years ago, 8-Jul-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | (...) Darn your rules! America is the Greatest Nation in the Country! I shouldn't have to be constrained by the conventions of polite discourse! Dave! (22 years ago, 8-Jul-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | Re: One nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. —David Koudys
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| | | | | | | (...) <snip> K, this has been alluded to, and I personally have no personal stake in it for I have no problem getting my appendix ripped out if it has to be... But we know-better-than-you...your-kids' who say you 'religious-fanatics' should do as we (...) (22 years ago, 8-Jul-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: One nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. —Dave Schuler
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| | | | | | | | | (...) **snip of some stuff** That's all well and good, but the point is that John asked for an example of a Xtian (or group thereof) in the past 100 years who killed innocent women or children, and I provided several examples. At any rate, I don't (...) (22 years ago, 8-Jul-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | | | | Re: One nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. —David Koudys
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| | | | | | | | | | In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Dave Schuler writes: <snip> (...) If I backed the wrong horse and/or he doesn't exist (as proven in HHGTTG btw) then I have lived my life to the best of my ability for no other reason than it was the right thing to do. (...) (22 years ago, 8-Jul-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: One nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. —Christopher L. Weeks
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| | | | | | | | | | | (...) Herbs have complex chemicals that are as yet poorly understood. Some of them are certainly medicinal. And "real doctors" have been practicing quackery through the ages. (...) Something being legal doesn't make it right. Slavery of negros was (...) (22 years ago, 8-Jul-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: One nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. —David Koudys
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| | | | | | | | | | | | A little terse, aren't we? (...) Yes, isn't it amazing how much better we know now than we did back then. And isn't it amazing how we can't possibly conceive that the future is going to be any better at making decisions than we do today. I always (...) (22 years ago, 8-Jul-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: One nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. —Dave Schuler
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| | | | | | | | | | (...) Right to whom? To yourself? That's mighty solipsistic of a professed Xtian. Regardless, Pascal's wager is no validation of faith whatsoever, unless one already believes and feels like he needs a reason to continue. (...) Well, quacks are (...) (22 years ago, 8-Jul-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: One nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. —David Koudys
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| | | | | | | | | | | (...) K, I was replying to someone who mentinoed that perhaps there is no God and that I'm wasting my time being a Christian. My answer, slightly tongue-in-cheek, was stating that 'so what?' If I get to the end of my life, living as a Christian and (...) (22 years ago, 8-Jul-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: One nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | | | | | | (...) Correct. The "Big AMA Conspiracy" *actually* in effect is the one that restricts the supply of doctors in order to drive up the price of medical services. Classic cartel/union operation. (22 years ago, 8-Jul-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: One nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. —Christopher L. Weeks
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| | | | | | | | (...) Fine. I agree. But who are you to say that I *may not* have it? Even if you're my parent. (...) Not really. In one case, superstitious zealots are killing innocents. In the other, superstitious zealots are killing innocents. I don't see a (...) (22 years ago, 8-Jul-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: One nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. —David Koudys
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| | | | | | | | (...) You may have whatever you want for you and your child, as, if and when I have them, I should be the responsible guardian for my child. (...) No, in one case the superzealots are killing innocents, ending lives that they themselves are not (...) (22 years ago, 8-Jul-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: One nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. —Christopher L. Weeks
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| | | | | | | | (...) But what I'm asking, is: what if the child wants medical treatment and the parent forbids it? (...) So if I see that a piano is falling from the seventh floor window right above you and I choose to say nothing -- letting you squash, that's OK? (...) (22 years ago, 8-Jul-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: One nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. —David Koudys
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| | | | | | | | (...) Ooooh, now that's the real question--is the kid denying his or her faith? Then we have a situation--the kid wants the treatment. If the child understands the implications of forsaking her or his religion... if we believe that the child is (...) (22 years ago, 8-Jul-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | Re: One nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. —John Neal
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| | | | | | (...) It's not baloney. What gets my undies in a bunch is when ignorant people group *all* Christians together. Because one sorely misguided wacko such as Andrea Yates, who claims to be a Christian offs all of her kids, that must mean that *ALL* (...) (22 years ago, 8-Jul-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | Re: One nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. —Dave Schuler
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| | | | | | | (...) Can you not see the contradiction you're broadcasting? You are constantly sputtering about "athiests" and "leftists" as if either group can be painted with a single brush, but then you get your undies in a bunch when people applie your own (...) (22 years ago, 8-Jul-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: One nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. —John Neal
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| | | | | | | | (...) Back up there, schoolboy. Atheists *can* be categorized insofar as that they all have one thing in common that binds them-- no belief in God. But you would be hard pressed to find a single common belief among *all* Christians, short of their (...) (22 years ago, 8-Jul-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: One nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. —Dave Schuler
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| | | | | | | | | (...) Easy there, zealot. (...) How about an alleged belief in Christ? That seems like a binding factor that unites Andrea Yates, Torquemada, Emperor Constantine, David Koresh, Mother Theresa, and Padre Pio, regardless of the different (...) (22 years ago, 8-Jul-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | | | | Re: One nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. —John Neal
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| | | | | | | | | | (...) :-) Mine was a wordplay on "Schuler". The dirty dealer meant no harm... (...) Belief in *what exactly* about Christ? This is an extremely contentious issue among Christians. (...) Dave!! That is what *RM* did to Christianity, Jews, and (...) (22 years ago, 9-Jul-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: One nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. —Dave Schuler
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| | | | | | | | | | (...) Okay, I withdraw my sharp rejoinder. But I hasten to add that it may be unwise to engage in name-based wordplay if one's name is John. (...) Well, it would seem to me that a professed Xtian would have to believe, at least nominally, in the (...) (22 years ago, 9-Jul-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: One nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. —John Neal
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| | | | | | | | | | (...) In loo of that point I see if I can refrain. (...) You are wrong. Maybe more on that later. (...) At this point it wouldn't matter. The resurrection is a faith-based event. (...) *I* am the one who ironically brought the atheists into the (...) (22 years ago, 9-Jul-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: One nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. —Dave Schuler
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| | | | | | | | | | (...) Please do clarify. In the absence of a unifying belief, we're back to the point of saying "Xtians are those who say they're Xtians." Are you comfortable with that categorization? You and Mr. Koresh and Ms. Yates and Mr. Buchannan and Mr. (...) (22 years ago, 9-Jul-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: One nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. —John Neal
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| | | | | | | | | | (...) The nature of Jesus: God or man? Man or God? The early church struggled with this question and came up with a seemingly impossible conclusion: fully man AND fully God. The meaning or understanding of this is impossible and has led to many (...) (22 years ago, 9-Jul-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: One nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. —Richard Marchetti
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| | | | | | | | | | | Dave! and all: I ask that you stop responding to John Neal's posts. I can't see that there is any good in it. I just hope that the members of other countries that may see Neal's excretory texts realize that his is only one kind of minority view in (...) (22 years ago, 9-Jul-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: One nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. —Maggie Cambron
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | (...) No, of course not. Not for a country whose citizens voted George W. Bush into office. Maggie C. (22 years ago, 10-Jul-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: One nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. —Bruce Schlickbernd
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | (...) What country would that be? Bruce (pointing out that the citizens of the U.S.A. rejected George Bush....) (22 years ago, 10-Jul-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: One nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. —Dave Schuler
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | (...) No way, Bruce! One man, one vote, and Scalia was that one man. Dave! (22 years ago, 10-Jul-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: One nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. —Bruce Schlickbernd
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | (...) Actually, I'd say that one man was George the Elder's selection providing payback: Clarence "Uncle Tom" Thomas. :-) Bruce (22 years ago, 10-Jul-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: One nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. —Richard Marchetti
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | (...) Are you pointing out the fact that there is considerable evidence that the Florida election was fixed, Bruce? Cuz, I tend to believe this is true -- although most people have lost interest in the subject. I guess it's good to have family in (...) (22 years ago, 10-Jul-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: One nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. —Bruce Schlickbernd
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | (...) No, I'm saying the *people* of the United States voted for The Other Guy. Dubya lost by that measure. He's President because the people don't actually get to vote directly for the President, though it is expressed that way. That Dubya couldn't (...) (22 years ago, 10-Jul-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: One nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. —John Neal
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | (...) This is all a joke, right? You people have gotten over the election and have moved on, right? I only ask because there are those who *still* fume about it... (Not that there's anything *wrong* with that!) [1] -John [1] My new (borrowed), (...) (22 years ago, 10-Jul-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: One nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. —Bruce Schlickbernd
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | (...) There's a joke in there, alright, trouble is, it's in the White House! :-) Do you mean was I joking? No, of course not. Are you saying Uncle Tom Thomas isn't an unthinking bag man for the conservatives? Are you saying that there weren't (...) (22 years ago, 10-Jul-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: One nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. —David Koudys
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | (...) And yet, he's the prez... Don't ever say that the US *upholds* democracy above all else--a piece of paper trumped the will of the people. And, from my vague recollections of poli-sci 101, the US isn't even a democracy, in its purest form--not (...) (22 years ago, 10-Jul-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: One nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. —Bruce Schlickbernd
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | (...) And yet, my comment to Maggie still stands. :-) (...) To switch devil advocate sides: the piece of paper is the will of the people. We can change it if we don't like it (political inertia may make it difficult, but if we perceive it to be that (...) (22 years ago, 10-Jul-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: One nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. —Dave Schuler
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | (...) Let's see... Chiarascurro is a dog-sized rodent native to South America, and Trompe L'oiel is that crazy circus with the uber-limber Thai contortionists, right? Dave! (22 years ago, 10-Jul-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: One nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. —James Brown
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | (...) No, that's a Chihuahua. Or is that the rodent-sized dog? I always get those mixed up. James (22 years ago, 10-Jul-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: One nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. —John Neal
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | (...) no, no, no. You two are talking about the *Chupacabra*: (URL) (22 years ago, 10-Jul-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | (...) Chris ;-) (22 years ago, 10-Jul-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | (...) D'oh, I left myself open because I forgot my parenthetical disclaimer! (Not that there's anything *wrong* with people who forget things) ;-) John (22 years ago, 11-Jul-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | (...) I'm throwing pearls before Capybara, I tell ya! I'll render hue to pieces. Aintchya got any value? Ya tone deaf? Are you art critics or impastos? Your oily opinions are water-based. I gotta give you cheap impressionists the brush-off. I (...) (22 years ago, 11-Jul-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: One nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. —Maggie Cambron
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | (...) Gee Bruce, don't you know by now that pointillism belongs in another group? I really don't have time to be canvassing groups looking for those who paint with too broad a brush. Maggie FUT ot.pun (22 years ago, 11-Jul-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.pun)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | (...) <a la Mike as Wayne> Good one! -John (22 years ago, 11-Jul-02, to lugnet.off-topic.pun)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: One nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. —Pedro Silva
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | (...) If you meant a dog-sized rodent, then it's a Capivara (to be found in Brazilian Pantanal). Pedro (22 years ago, 10-Jul-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: One nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. —Lindsay Frederick Braun
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | (...) In English, we call it a capybara, but I like the Iberian spelling better. The really nasty ones are apparently nutrias--they're smaller but meaner by far. Sort of like little seals swimming around in the swamp, except they're ratty. LFB (22 years ago, 10-Jul-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: One nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. —Pedro Silva
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | (...) I did not know these ones. The capivara I knew because of a brazilian soap, which was set in the Pantanal region and became famous for showing the fantastic wildlife to be found there (much more spectacular than in Amazonia, IMHO). They look (...) (22 years ago, 11-Jul-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: One nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. —Maggie Cambron
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | (...) Okay, okay, I admit I got a bit sloppy there. Let's say we are a nation that tolerates having Dubya as president. Isn't there some saying about the people getting the governement they deserve? Maggie (who will mind her own p's and q's if only (...) (22 years ago, 11-Jul-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: One nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. —Bruce Schlickbernd
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | (...) Dang, I think ya got me there, finally. Bruce :-) (Dubya only hurts when I smile....and frown...and grimmace...and....) (22 years ago, 11-Jul-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: One nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. —John Neal
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| | | | | | | | | | | | (...) Of course if the great intellect Richard Marchetti doesn't see any good in something, then there *isn't* any good in it and you all should obey his request. Do not, I repeat, do not try and think for yourselves. A greater intellect is at work (...) (22 years ago, 10-Jul-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: One nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. —Richard Marchetti
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| | | | | | | | | | | | I have been asked by several people to stop debating with you. Some have asked privately others publically. Some have defended you in part, in the main they have condemned you as being pointedly unreasonable -- which I think is true. I am merely (...) (22 years ago, 10-Jul-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: One nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. —Thomas Stangl
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Richard, John, It's real simple - Kill Filter each other. I kill filtered ScottA in this group only, and my life is much less stressful ;-) I have no problem reading his posts outside of .debate, but in here, he's as thick-headed (or moreso) than (...) (22 years ago, 10-Jul-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: One nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. —Scott Arthur
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | (...) I have to say I have enjoyed comparing the content of this thread with the "indivisible" theme of the subject line. ;) Any Americans who are not happy with life in the USA are welcome to come back to the UK (leave you guns, SUVs etc behind). (...) (22 years ago, 10-Jul-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: One nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. —John Neal
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | (...) Are you kidding?-- that's how we're getting there (guns in the car rack). But first, please build another chunnel to us, and while you are preparing for our arrival, please lose those silly Monty Python accents;^D Mmmmm Four-wheeling in the (...) (22 years ago, 10-Jul-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: One nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. —Bruce Schlickbernd
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | (...) Oooooo, british sports cars (have you fixed the darn oil leaks yet?), but have to put up with a queen? Tough choice. How about if I go to Scotland and foment rebellion? But then again, I could stay in SoCal, have my non-leaky Japanese but (...) (22 years ago, 10-Jul-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: One nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. —David Koudys
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | (...) Or you could become Canadian, which, as *everyone* knows, is a happy balance between the British system and Americanism, and we're pretty nice people to boot! We have the best sense of humour, combining the satirical Monty Python with the (...) (22 years ago, 10-Jul-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: One nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. —Bruce Schlickbernd
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | (...) Oooo...ooo! I'm a lumberjack and I'm okay, I sleep all night and I work all day! Canada is a great place. I like Canada. But then again, I drove through Massachusetts and loved the place. Why the heck would people leave there for ugly sage (...) (22 years ago, 10-Jul-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: One nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. —John Neal
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | (...) I chop down trees, I wear high heels, Suspenders and a bra. I wish I'd been a girlie Just like my dear papa. -John (22 years ago, 10-Jul-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: One nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | (...) The SUVs are doing that??? Whoa. Auto automation (and auto armament, where's my Car Wars rule book!?!) in silly valley has gotten farther than I thought. Here I thought it was the *drivers* that were doing that, using their SUV (or gun, as the (...) (22 years ago, 10-Jul-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: One nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. —John Neal
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | (...) And here *I* thought those kind of cars were only available to British 00 agents! -John (22 years ago, 10-Jul-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: One nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. —John Neal
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| | | | | | | | | | | | In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Thomas Stangl writes: Luckily, the times I've seen you (...) Perhaps you are correct. FWIW, I find you very different IRL as well:-) I'm prone to say that it is the nature of this medium. It is always very interesting to (...) (22 years ago, 10-Jul-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: One nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | | | | | | | | (...) Please fix your quoting. You have omitted the leading ">" from the first line of your quoted material again.... If you can't take care to do this, maybe you're not taking care in your thinking either? (22 years ago, 10-Jul-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: One nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. —John Neal
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| | | | | | | | | | | | (...) This is some wrapping problem-- something else one needs not worry about f2f:-p -John (22 years ago, 10-Jul-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: One nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. —Bruce Schlickbernd
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| | | | | | | | | | (...) Ahhhh. Interesting. Then it is irrelevant whether you accept Christ as God (avatar of God?) in relation to whether you are a Christian or not? That's my own opinion, but I suspect the majority of those that describe themselves as Christians (...) (22 years ago, 9-Jul-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: One nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. —John Neal
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| | | | | | | | | | (...) Uh, I wouldn't put it quite that way. Jesus was from God as no other had been before or since. Only One from God who would know God's nature would be able to reveal God to us (now this "us" could be interpreted as "the Jews" and then to the (...) (22 years ago, 10-Jul-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: One nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. —Dan Boger
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| | | | | | | | | Something just struck me wrong when I read this... (...) Back up there, schoolboy. Christians *can* be categorized insofar as that they all have one thing in common that binds them-- belief in God. But you would be hard pressed to find a single (...) (22 years ago, 8-Jul-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | | | | Re: One nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. —John Neal
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| | | | | | | | | | (...) But then you wouldn't be talking about *only* Christians. If belief in God is your sole criteria, then you would have only a small portion of the group if you were speaking of Christians-- Muslims, Jews, Deists, etc would be a part of that (...) (22 years ago, 8-Jul-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: One nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. —Pedro Silva
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| | | | | | | | | | | (...) Replace "Christians" with any "Religious" and the sentence still makes sense - much sense. (...) See "Buddhist" (sp?) (...) The mere fact that you don't hear them does not mean they are not there... these are the ones that do not attend (...) (22 years ago, 8-Jul-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: One nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | | | | | | (...) I got his point. I think it's a valid restatement of your words to show that they can be applied to many groups. you DO paint atheists with an excessively broad brush, you know. More importantly.... I have a favor to ask though... please do a (...) (22 years ago, 8-Jul-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: One nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. —Richard Marchetti
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| | | | | | | | | (...) I just wanted to see what it felt like to make bald assertions like the troll, John. Plus, I didn't want to go all "scoolboy" on you since I know you value your ignorance so much. DOG forbid you should learn anything, including the error of (...) (22 years ago, 8-Jul-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | | | | Re: One nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. —John Neal
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| | | | | | | | | | (...) This wasn't even your baldest assertion-- it was your characterization of Christianity as a group of homicidal innocent butcherers. Plus, I didn't want to go all "scoolboy" "Schoolboy" was a word play on Dave's last name-- I'm not sure what (...) (22 years ago, 9-Jul-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | messes —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | | | | | | John... Please, PLEASE fix your line wrapping messes when you post. Either fix them by hand or get a better posting tool. Here is an example - start - that I think (...) - end - See that first line? It should have a ">" in front of it just like the (...) (22 years ago, 9-Jul-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: One nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. —Lindsay Frederick Braun
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| | | | | | | | (...) Wait a second. I thought the unifying belief of "Christians" was in the divinity of Jesus Christ--unless something has changed, and groups like the Unitarians are now "acceptable" to the bulk of Christianity as Christian faiths (not that (...) (22 years ago, 10-Jul-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | Re: One nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. —Christopher L. Weeks
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| | | | | | (...) In fairness, John was looking for groups, not individuals. Any bigish group is going to have some fruitcakes. And in her case, you can hardly blame her Christianity (unless there's something I don't know about her). (...) This, OTOH, is a (...) (22 years ago, 8-Jul-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | Re: One nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. —David Koudys
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| | | | | | | In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Christopher L. Weeks writes: <snip> (...) Again, fruitcakes who have no idea what God's word is about--they are not Christians, they are religious fanatics--just 'cause they call themselves Christians doesn't mean they (...) (22 years ago, 8-Jul-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: One nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. —Christopher L. Weeks
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| | | | | | | | (...) It's not really my job to assign guilt to you. That's up to you. I feel vaguely uneasy about sitting by and paying taxes when my government(s) do wrong. And I feel like guilt is virtually always shared by the people involved in some mishap. (...) (22 years ago, 8-Jul-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | Re: One nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. —John Neal
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| | | | | | (...) That's bull, Chris. Look at RM's reply to my question that *started* this whole thing: Me: What term would *you* use for a homicidal, innocent-butchering group who believes that they are acting on behalf of God? RM: Xtians? Richard was (...) (...) (22 years ago, 9-Jul-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | Re: One nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. —David Koudys
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| | | | In lugnet.off-topic.debate, John Neal writes: <snip> (...) Oh I'm so glad that I'm Canadian with our health care system. Yes there are those union bosses who say otherwise, and people can line up a whole bunch of people whining about the woes of (...) (22 years ago, 4-Jul-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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