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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Larry Pieniazek writes:
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> > Great. Glad to hear it. I'm not the only person who thinks you lot (and a
> > number of other ingrates out there in the rest of the world too, for that
> > matter) should be left to fend for yourselves ...
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> http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=ingrate gives "an ungrateful
> person", or "a person who shows no gratitude"... none of the meanings it
> lists have any negative connotation beyond that.
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> Ya, that's namecalling all right. (1) But of course, words like "airhead",
> "poodle", "lapdog", "cowboy" et. al. are not.
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> 1 - sarcasm alert
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> ++Lar
Well spotted on the hypocrisy - he's just grinding his usual axe. And I
wish to note that I have great respect for the way Frank expresses his
opinions (we could all learn a lesson by emulating him). But, ummmmm,
errrrr, I'd agree with most of the actual name-calling you note above. :-O
Airhead and Blairhead (TM). I gotta learn the way to get the actual symbol
to come up.
-->Bruce<--
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| (...) Which was partly (if not all) the result of quotes from the press. (...) Put a Warhead in the middle, and you'll have Cerberus (ya know, the dog that guarded the Styx...) ;-) Pedro (22 years ago, 31-Jan-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) So we're going on our merry way of having a pretty good debate about world issues, politics, and the threat of war--I was pretty content to sit back after I started this thread, and read all the well written replies and appreciating the (...) (22 years ago, 31-Jan-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Oh, ya... me too. But that's not the point of my post. (...) On Wintel machines, Launch MSWord and type "(tm)" and it turns into the superscript TM symbol. Then paste the symbol in to your post. That works for many (but not all) browsers. I (...) (22 years ago, 31-Jan-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) I agree with this comment 99%. Part of the 1% is the post I refereed to where he called Duq a "another America hater". I think these sort of comments are very weak. I don't agree with 100% of Duq's post, but he does make a lot of very valid (...) (22 years ago, 2-Feb-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) (URL) gives "an ungrateful person", or "a person who shows no gratitude"... none of the meanings it lists have any negative connotation beyond that. Ya, that's namecalling all right. (1) But of course, words like "airhead", "poodle", "lapdog", (...) (22 years ago, 31-Jan-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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