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Re: Outrageous Iraqi Geneva Convention Violation
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Date: 
Tue, 25 Mar 2003 18:18:59 GMT
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Don't drag the gun debate into this or you'll get responses like the
following, which will derail the thread.

In lugnet.off-topic.debate, David Koudys writes:

What good are ideals if we throw them away because they're too inconvenient?
My not wanting a gun in my house is *my* ideal.  "Oh, but I'll run out and
git a gun if I live in a bad neighbourhood!"  Well, no, because then, imho,
I will be *contributing* to the reason why the neighbourhood is bad.

No, actually, assuming you're a law abiding citizen otherwise, with a
healthy respect for the rights of others, and you've been suitably trained
in the use of your new gun, you'll be *contributing* to making the
neighborhood *better*.

Thanks for playing.



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  Re: Outrageous Iraqi Geneva Convention Violation
 
(...) ***snipped*** Heh. I just don't want Mike throwing down on me when I call him on a fit of post hoc reasoning. Dave! (With very sparing use of the !) (22 years ago, 25-Mar-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
  Re: Outrageous Iraqi Geneva Convention Violation
 
(...) How's that again?? Not to go 'round and round with you about the specific *gun* issue, 'cause both you and I are unmoveable on that one, and we both know it... If one of *my* ideals is that guns are bad, but I go get a gun because now my (...) (22 years ago, 25-Mar-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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  Re: Outrageous Iraqi Geneva Convention Violation
 
(...) Yes, for the love of everything sacred and holy!! Stop being!!! Oh wait... i forgot to finish that tho...(pause) What's this on the back of my hand? ;) I believe the word I was going to use was something along the lines of "Obtuse" or (...) (22 years ago, 25-Mar-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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