 | | Re: Iran: For peace in the region? No! For a piece *of* the region... —Leonard Hoffman
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| | | (...) the most basic element of democracy is that the people decide how they want their government to work. in 1981, when US backed Saddam invaded their country, people signed up en masse to give their lives for their country. Of course, it is easy (...) (22 years ago, 7-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | Re: Iran: For peace in the region? No! For a piece *of* the region... —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | (...) Which of course has no bias... (...) But NPR is not biased toward the US, if anything, it's biased against, and has the same information, so what IF the Economist is biased in favor of economic systems that actually work and against ones that (...) (22 years ago, 7-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | Re: Iran: For peace in the region? No! For a piece *of* the region... —Dave Schuler
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| | | | | (...) **snip** (...) A careful distinction must be drawn here, because "bias" is a label thrown around here somewhat indiscriminately lately. Is The Economist biased against economic systems that don't work, or is The Economist biased against (...) (22 years ago, 7-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | Re: Iran: For peace in the region? No! For a piece *of* the region... —Leonard Hoffman
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| | | | | | What a great post! A reminder about the debating definition of bias. Personally, I don't believe that any source of information should ever be disqualified or ignored (philosophically/historically - i have neither the time nor wish to read every (...) (22 years ago, 7-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | Re: Iran: For peace in the region? No! For a piece *of* the region... —Leonard Hoffman
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| | | | (...) this isn't a discussion about economic systems.. but if i recall correctly, Iran is feeding, clothing, and housing most its people.. any other economic information is arguable at best. the Economist, i assume.. i don't nor plan to read it (...) (22 years ago, 7-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | Re: Iran: For peace in the region? No! For a piece *of* the region... —Selçuk Göre
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| | | | (...) Actually I just learned from a previous post that you are a "booklet historian(1)" but I strongly agree on that one, and I wonder why an average American cannot see that one as obviously as any other non-American can see. US always declaring (...) (22 years ago, 8-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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