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Subject:	Re: Are some of you guys making it too easy on the rest of us?
Newsgroups:	lugnet.off-topic.debate
Date:	Fri, 5 Jul 2002 21:31:05 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Tom Stangl writes: > More often than not, I find myself not replying to many points in a > discussion, because I just KNOW that by the time I start doing any decent > research, one of you will have completed their research and posted the > results by then (e.g., Chris' research on term lengths in the Senate - I > KNEW John's 5:1 was preposterous, but why waste time disproving it? By the > time I had read John's post, Chris had already refuted it). Refuted it? Hardly. First off, choosing the senate as a basis for investigation is flawed from the start because their terms are so long. Second, he calls a senator who has merely won his third term (but not served 1 day of the third term) a "long-timer". Even he admitted that his exercise was inconclusive. Your preconceived notions have clouded your judgment. -John

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		Re: Are some of you guys making it too easy on the rest of us?
I think he refuted your 5:1 quite well within the short time constraints he had. He certainly did a good job as far as I was concerned in showing there was nowhere near a 5:1 ratio. I'm sure he could do the same for HoR, but if you think he did (...) (22 years ago, 5-Jul-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

		Re: Are some of you guys making it too easy on the rest of us?
And how is the below any different than completing a third term? In either case, the INTENT was to work a third term, whether it was completed or not. (...) -- \| Tom Stangl, Sun ONE Internet Technical Support, Sun Microsystems \| iPlanet Support - (...) (22 years ago, 5-Jul-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

		Re: Are some of you guys making it too easy on the rest of us?
(...) I'm not defending my post as a refutation of your claim, but I'm curious about this. How is long term limit a flaw? I was thinking of it as an asset because it supplies a venue in which long periods of public service are reasonably possible. (...) (22 years ago, 5-Jul-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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		Are some of you guys making it too easy on the rest of us?
More often than not, I find myself not replying to many points in a discussion, because I just KNOW that by the time I start doing any decent research, one of you will have completed their research and posted the results by then (e.g., Chris' (...) (22 years ago, 5-Jul-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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