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Re: Conversation w/ a LEGO Rep
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Fri, 27 Aug 1999 15:24:35 GMT
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Sproaticus wrote <37C57D80.330C3CEB@io.com>...
<snip>
> <SARCASM>
> They were pre-schoolers, actually. And it's funny how the news in Europe
> always neglects to mention the ice-picks, chain-saws, and vials of anthrax.
> </SARCASM>
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> How about the recent mass-murderer loose in Germany? How about the guy who
> freaked out a couple of weeks back in England, stabbing an elderly man
> (fatally) and a father and child (grievously) in a random fashion? How
> about the recent shooting war in Kosovo? It's my understanding that these
> phenomenon are not restricted to the U.S.
My point was the really young age. Nowhere (alltough I don't have any hard
facts) is the number of murders done by young ones so high than in U.S. You
should really ask yourself what's going on!
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> > How many years it has passed when all U.S. citizens got equal rights?
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> (again I must exclaim) huh? • So U.S. citizens do have equal rights?
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> How many years since? Well, it's a process, you see. By some peoples'
> definition, we started the ball rolling around 1776-ish, gave it a good • kick
> around the 1860s, nudged it again in the 1960s, and in general have been
> facing a series of achievements and setbacks ever since. Now, for folks on
> the other side of the puddle, I can think back to more recent events in
> Europe where basic human rights were fairly expensive...
What's the speed of the rate of the change? (It seems to me that the great
mid/ shout area is at least one century behind the east/ west coast). Europe
is no homogenous region and neither is U.S. In anywhere it's sad that people
are fighting with each other just cause the neighbour happends to have
different ethnic/ racial background.
<snip>
-et
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| (...) Who says I don't ask myself what's going on? It's true, the young age of these killers is tragic. How much more tragic do you want it to be? Would you prefer the killers who go uncaptured for years? Give me one kid who blows up and burns out (...) (25 years ago, 27-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
| | | Re: Conversation w/ a LEGO Rep
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| (...) Okay, I've read this several times over, and I'm afraid that your elusive language, while obviously passionate and not without a hint of poetry, has gotten the best of me. In other words, huh? Cheers, - jsproat (25 years ago, 27-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
| | | Re: Conversation w/ a LEGO Rep
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| (...) How many Serbs under the age of 15 have shot people? My guess is that you'll find a higher percent than in the US. We have petty little school yard violence and you act like it's a major rash. We're mostly not arming our youth to go kill (...) (25 years ago, 28-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| Maybe I'm just having a bad day... (...) huh? What, growing wheat? It's a disgrace, I know, but SOMEONE has to rake in the big bucks... (...) Such a shame. The world is much more flavorful when you mix in a good dosage of religion with secularism. (...) (25 years ago, 26-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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