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Swift was Right! (He just named the wrong people...) —Richard Marchetti

Famine-struck N Koreans 'eating children' (URL) "Pieces of 'special' meat are displayed on straw mats for sale. People know where they came from, but they don't talk about it." Sad beyond words to encompass. -- Hop-Frog (21 years ago, 10-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)

Re: Swift was Right! (He just named the wrong people...) —Spencer Nowak

In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Richard Marchetti wrote: (URL) (...) Dam right! what makes it even sadder is that the ruler lives in opulence while his people suffer and die. (21 years ago, 11-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)

Re: Swift was Right! (He just named the wrong people...) —David Koudys

(...) Kinda like Dubya... Oops, did I infer that Dubya's a despotic ruler ignoring the plight of his people? Oh wait, that's exactly what I meant--no inference necessary. (21 years ago, 11-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)

Re: Swift was Right! (He just named the wrong people...) —Larry Pieniazek

(...) He's not exactly a despot on the level of KIS. Not yet, anyway. The trend points in that direction, though. Live in the US? Vote Libertarian, because the demopublicans ain't stoppin' the trend, not neither of 'em. Or, if you don't like semi (...) (21 years ago, 11-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)

Re: Swift was Right! (He just named the wrong people...) —David Koudys

In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Larry Pieniazek wrote: <snip> (...) Ummmm, Canada, but you saw that one coming a mile away... (...) All too true. (...) (21 years ago, 11-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)

Re: Swift was Right! (He just named the wrong people...) —Larry Pieniazek

(...) Um, no. Saying so ain't making it so. Canada has economic issues, and too much gun control. QED. (21 years ago, 11-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

Re: Swift was Right! (He just named the wrong people...) —David Koudys

(...) Canada has economic issues? And the US doesn't? And the gun control thing? That's what makes us a better country. Oh, and we're not beholden to a piece of paper written generations ago. So, your QED?--not so much. Me thinks you're buying your (...) (21 years ago, 11-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

Re: Swift was Right! (He just named the wrong people...) —Spencer Nowak

Hey. Maybe you think canada is a great place. Ive been there, and it aint much different than the US. Maybe you should just get off the US's case, eh? Dubya may be a moron, he may not. That's not the point. He's our moron. You have a problem with (...) (21 years ago, 12-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

Re: Swift was Right! (He just named the wrong people...) —David Koudys

(...) The problem with "your" moron is that he's taking his moronic policies and telling other countries what they have to do to keep him happy. If Dubya was content being an idiot in his own back yard, I would have no issue, really. Heck, the (...) (21 years ago, 12-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

Re: Swift was Right! (He just named the wrong people...) —Bruce Schlickbernd

(...) I don't know why you keep piping up with that line. You're beholden to a piece of paper that was written recently, and had to ask some foreign royalty to even get that far. And you wouldn't have gotten that far except for us setting the (...) (21 years ago, 12-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

Re: Swift was Right! (He just named the wrong people...) —David Koudys

(...) Funny that--and if a group of men were to write up a list of, say, laws that I would like to follow, when would I want those laws to be written? Say, 200+ years ago before there were street lights, law enforcement, cars, and the like, or say, (...) (21 years ago, 12-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

Re: Swift was Right! (He just named the wrong people...) —John Neal

(...) No problem, Dave. When you find an idea that improves upon the ideas of liberty and freedom, let us know. We haven't one yet. JOHN (21 years ago, 12-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

Re: Swift was Right! (He just named the wrong people...) —Terry Prosper

(...) How about peace and love instead of bombing other countries? Last time I checked, freedom diodn't mean you're free to bomb Irak if you please and liberty didn't mean you have the liberty meant something more than limiting individual rights to (...) (21 years ago, 12-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

Re: Swift was Right! (He just named the wrong people...) —Bruce Schlickbernd

(...) So, you are saying that Canadians will completely trash by 2182 what was written in 1982? That the Canadians of 1982 were incompetent? Sounds like the problem is in Canada, not America. :-) (...) We have methods of change built in. By your (...) (21 years ago, 12-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)

Re: Swift was Right! (He just named the wrong people...) —David Koudys

(...) Oh I love it when people say that others don't understand... throw the argeuement into question by alluding to ignorance or incompotence... nicely done. I'm well aware of the evolution of the laws. I'm also aware of the ability to strike and (...) (21 years ago, 12-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)

Re: Swift was Right! (He just named the wrong people...) —Bruce Schlickbernd

(...) What can I say? You set yourself up for the obvious. It needed to be said to draw you off your high horse, but you if you wish to remount... :-) (...) If we continue to pass judgment on it, then the document remains living, not simply a 200 (...) (21 years ago, 12-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)

Re: Swift was Right! (He just named the wrong people...) —Terry Prosper

(...) Too much gun control? What are you, a member of the NRA??? That's so stupid!!! I can't believe I just read that! What's the use of citizens having weapons??? Shooting each other? Well, if that's the reason why criminality is MUCH lower in (...) (21 years ago, 12-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

Re: Swift was Right! (He just named the wrong people...) —Mike Petrucelli

(...) Actually the crime rate differnce has nothing to do with gun control. Most of the studies I have seen actually suggest the crime rate went up after the main gun control laws were put into effect in Canada. The crime rate in Canada has always (...) (21 years ago, 12-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

Re: Swift was Right! (He just named the wrong people...) —Pedro Silva

(...) À la Unabomber? Or McVeigh? Or that guy in Ruby Ridge? Or David Khoresh? Or 'Michigan Militia'? Or?... (...) What do you base this assertion on? (Really, I'm curious about it) (...) "Most". Is that comparison valid towards Canada? :-) (...) (...) (21 years ago, 12-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

Re: Swift was Right! (He just named the wrong people...) —Mike Petrucelli

(...) Considering no one knows why these people did what they did (aside from what the government tells us,) I can not say. (...) 10-12 years ago Canadian medical services and eqipment was equal or greater than that of the US. Today they are a (...) (21 years ago, 13-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

Re: Swift was Right! (He just named the wrong people...) —James Powell

(...) gee, that'd be strange. Statistics from pre CHA: In 1951 the average life expectancy for a male was 66.5 years and 71 years for a female. From relatively recently: (1991). Life Expectancy at Birth; 74.0 years male, 80.6 years female So, by use (...) (21 years ago, 13-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

Re: Swift was Right! (He just named the wrong people...) —Pedro Silva

(...) *Ahem* They did what they did because they had the means to do it. Read, guns. I failed to present in the previous examples a doubt that remains in my mind: if the purpose of gun ownership is protection agains the abuses of the government, how (...) (21 years ago, 13-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

Re: Swift was Right! (He just named the wrong people...) —Mike Petrucelli

(...) But what was the motivation? All we know is what the Government tells us. (...) So what is your recourse if the Government breaks the law? Besides so long as a single manufacturer of guns exists on the planet, criminals will always have them. (...) (21 years ago, 13-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

Re: Swift was Right! (He just named the wrong people...) —Pedro Silva

(...) Does it matter? (If you think so, why?) If all they had were motivation, they'd still be looking after the means to kill. Endlessly, or at least with a high chance they'd never actually "act". (...) I don't know if I can provide an answer to (...) (21 years ago, 13-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

Re: Swift was Right! (He just named the wrong people...) —Mike Petrucelli

[snip] (...) You can make a bomb with common household cleaners, not to mention you can pretty much buy anything on the black market. What I want to know is why they did it. I don't buy the governments story that they were just crazy. [snip] (...) (...) (21 years ago, 14-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

Re: Swift was Right! (He just named the wrong people...) —Pedro Silva

(...) I know that I can. I also can make my own smoothbore rifle in much the same way it's not great, but it can still kill. However, it takes time and work to do such a thing; luckily, the majority of people with an issue are just too lazy. (...) (...) (21 years ago, 15-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)

Re: Swift was Right! (He just named the wrong people...) —Mike Petrucelli

snip (...) The constitution was meant to be a document describing the specific powers and limits of the government. How does that involve "trusting it blindly"? snip (...) Well actually most of the crimes that actually are prevented in the US are (...) (21 years ago, 16-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)

Re: Swift was Right! (He just named the wrong people...) —Pedro Silva

(...) Partly, that it may require periodical updates, which can contradict the previous text; as such, what today is off-limits for the government can become one of its tasks tomorrow, in a perfectly legal fashion. It's not eternal or unchangeable (...) (21 years ago, 16-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)

Re: Swift was Right! (He just named the wrong people...) —Larry Pieniazek

Snipped for dramatic effect. (...) What an interesting juxtaposition. (21 years ago, 16-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)

Re: Swift was Right! (He just named the wrong people...) —Pedro Silva

(...) I don't have a chip in my brain telling me I must stop. Ergo, I run my life. Then again, and very conveniently, I don't have a problem with the concepts of Law nor Law making: my perception is that the society I'm part of writes a code of (...) (21 years ago, 16-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)

Re: Swift was Right! (He just named the wrong people...) —Richard Marchetti

(...) I guess when it gets to the details, there's the rub: "socially acceptable." There's a lot of stuff that gets wrap up with that that itself has nothing to do with whether one obeys the laws or not. In the U.S., it used to be thought that one (...) (21 years ago, 17-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)

Re: Swift was Right! (He just named the wrong people...) —Pedro Silva

(...) Could you clarify what "common law" is? Especially if it is a deliberately vague concept or not. (...) Well, it could be the case that the government is actually regulating with the intent of saving your money. They can argue that you'll (...) (21 years ago, 17-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)

Re: Swift was Right! (He just named the wrong people...) —Richard Marchetti

(...) The term is perhaps a little "overloaded" with history, but in a criminal law context it basically means laws against theft, rape, and murder (and all of the usual lesser versions of those kinds of crimes). (...) True, but that has nothing to (...) (21 years ago, 17-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)

Re: Swift was Right! (He just named the wrong people...) —Richard Marchetti

Just adding in this reference for new(er)comers to debate (yup, it's me referencing me, again): Re: Legal Education? (was: real conspiracies?) (URL) -- Hop-Frog (21 years ago, 17-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)

Re: Swift was Right! (He just named the wrong people...) —Pedro Silva

(...) I see. Well... Taking on Larry's sentence some while ago, if all rights are property rights, can't you reduce common law to law against theft, and then extend it to all conflicts of interests where one party gets harmed? (I'm not saying it is (...) (21 years ago, 17-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)

Re: Swift was Right! (He just named the wrong people...) —John Neal

(...) Assuming that you don't infringe on other's rights (as I gather from your last comment). (...) Do you assert the right to have society pay to put you back together again, humpty dumpty? Just wondering. JOHN (...) (21 years ago, 17-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)

Re: Swift was Right! (He just named the wrong people...) —Richard Marchetti

(...) For what we are paying for government, yes. In a more perfect world, no. Reality v. Wishful Thinking. -- Hop-Frog (21 years ago, 17-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)

Re: Swift was Right! (He just named the wrong people...) —Bruce Schlickbernd

(...) Just sign here that you waive all rights to any public health aid, and agree to reimburse the state for scrapping your remains off the road. Of course, this also points out the "parental government role" you complain about. :-) (...) As long (...) (21 years ago, 17-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)

Re: Swift was Right! (He just named the wrong people...) —Richard Marchetti

(...) Probably because "'An it harm none, do what thou will" is too pagan for y'all. Besides, the former is part of French jurisprudence. -- Hop-Frog (21 years ago, 17-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)

Re: Swift was Right! (He just named the wrong people...) —Mike Petrucelli

(...) OK, I have to ask because I really don't get this reply at all: (URL) do you apply that principle to the issue of Abortion. Obviously my opinion is that the freedom of choice is whether or not to have sex and that abortion is a euphemism for (...) (21 years ago, 17-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)

Re: Swift was Right! (He just named the wrong people...) —Richard Marchetti

(...) I'm okay with idea of abortion as the killing of a living thing, but not as murder. Murder can be defined as "the unlawful killing of another person." I deny that a foetus is a person with rights under the law. The foetus is not independent, (...) (21 years ago, 17-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)

Re: Swift was Right! (He just named the wrong people...) —Mike Petrucelli

(...) Interesting, personally I figure after the first month when the cell mass has a discernable heartbeat and human form it should be protected as a baby. (...) It was regarding gun ownership and freedom going hand in hand. It was along the lines (...) (21 years ago, 17-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)

Re: Swift was Right! (He just named the wrong people...) —Bruce Schlickbernd

(...) Here I am a closet animist and you think I don't know the source of that quote and you think that it is too pagan for me? :-) In any case, it's not the harm, but the immediate impending action that will cause harm that is so specific one can't (...) (21 years ago, 17-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)

Re: Swift was Right! (He just named the wrong people...) —Thomas Stangl

(...) That would be all fine and good if we had laws that forced you to take responsibility. Our justice system seems to do the opposite. Even if you didn't sue after cracking your head open, your family might. And they'd probably sue everyone in (...) (21 years ago, 18-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

Re: Swift was Right! (He just named the wrong people...) —Frank Filz

(...) I'm inclined to say "at least until proper laws are put in place to keep anyone at all from suing over your injuries" should be replaced with "at least until proper laws are put in place to appropriately distribute liability" Why? Well, by (...) (21 years ago, 18-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

Re: Swift was Right! (He just named the wrong people...) —Richard Marchetti

This is a kind of digression, I think...this thread seems to be going all over the place. =) (...) Which provides support for the idea of socialized medicine, because if the health services needed to recover from an injury are free they cannot be (...) (21 years ago, 19-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)

Re: Swift was Right! (He just named the wrong people...) —Richard Marchetti

(...) More on defining the term "common law," see: (URL) Hours of reading would result from following the various links. Probably worth it too! -- Hop-Frog (21 years ago, 20-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)

Re: Swift was Right! (He just named the wrong people...) —Pedro Silva

(...) A very interesting link - thank you, Richard. I shall use it for future reference. After some really superficial reading, I can now at least pretend to know why the term "common law" is so... uncommon to me: according to one of the earlier (...) (21 years ago, 20-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)

Re: Swift was Right! (He just named the wrong people...) —Dave Schuler

(...) Could you provide a few sources for that statistic? I would guess that many crimes are prevented by security cameras and by barred storefront windows--how do these figure into your calculation? Dave! (21 years ago, 16-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

Re: Swift was Right! (He just named the wrong people...) —James Powell

(...) I don't think you can prove a negative. I could be wrong here, but my guess is that many crimes are prevented by locking doors too. That, and having a dog. And a green martian to defend your house when you are away :) (yes, I am being a bit (...) (21 years ago, 16-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

Re: Swift was Right! (He just named the wrong people...) —David Koudys

In lugnet.off-topic.debate, James Powell wrote: <snip> (...) Hey, don't mention capitas or statistics, or comparisons b/w countries, (unless these stats conform to the predetermined answers of the party in charge) unless you want to be branded a (...) (21 years ago, 16-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

Re: Swift was Right! (He just named the wrong people...) —Dave Schuler

(...) Thanks--that's exactly my point! Dave! (21 years ago, 16-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

Re: Swift was Right! (He just named the wrong people...) —Mike Petrucelli

(...) OK, how about this; Almost all crimes that are prevented by armed people, rather than something else, are not police but rather armed citizens. Is that better? Seriously though we need to keep this whole "high crime rate in the US" thing is (...) (21 years ago, 17-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

Re: Swift was Right! (He just named the wrong people...) —Dave Schuler

(...) If you're being facetious, that's fine, but the issue is that you can't reasonably assume that X number of crimes are prevented by any particular factor, without additional evidence or criteria. (...) That may be so, but so what? The fact (...) (21 years ago, 17-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

Re: Swift was Right! (He just named the wrong people...) —Mike Petrucelli

(...) That has always been the case regardless of the other countries Gun Control laws. (...) Gun Control does not help prevent crime, it only makes it safer for criminals to commit them. Besides, Gun Control is not about crime it is about (...) (21 years ago, 17-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

Re: Swift was Right! (He just named the wrong people...) —Dave Schuler

(...) Then you need to pick a side to stand on. Are you saying that increased gun control *does* lead to an increased crimerate, or are you saying that increased gun control is irrelevant to an increased crimerate? If the former, then your statement (...) (21 years ago, 17-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

Re: Swift was Right! (He just named the wrong people...) —Richard Marchetti

(...) But again, this is just anecdotal. What of the lessons taught by the Warsaw Ghetto? One gun against many. The purpose of keeping arms is hopefully cumulative amongst many partipants, not just a few lone nutters. In quantity, many rifles make a (...) (21 years ago, 17-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

Re: Swift was Right! (He just named the wrong people...) —Dave Schuler

(...) Heh. Our last gun control exchange ended with us becoming pals. Who knows what would happen next? You're 100% correct that my examples were anecdotal, which was kind of my point, too. You're also right that a quantity of rifles makes a (...) (21 years ago, 17-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

Re: Swift was Right! (He just named the wrong people...) —Richard Marchetti

(...) But, see -- I don't agree with him either. And the gun, operating as an equalizer, puts at least some political power back into the hands of the meek and peace-loving. Now, I am not advocating revolution -- we are yet far from that I hope (and (...) (21 years ago, 18-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)

Re: Swift was Right! (He just named the wrong people...) —Mike Petrucelli

(...) You are absolutely right Dave! The statistics do not show any positive or negative one way or the other for or against gun control. The funny thing is that only further increases my belief that gun control is all about Government control over (...) (21 years ago, 17-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

Re: Swift was Right! (He just named the wrong people...) —David Koudys

In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Mike Petrucelli wrote: <snip> (...) Oh here that is again-- And I will point out that, again, the Constitution wasn't written yesterday, it was written before paved roads, street lights, and Hostess Twinkies(tm)! So if we (...) (21 years ago, 17-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

Re: Swift was Right! (He just named the wrong people...) —Mike Petrucelli

(...) Right now, it is easier for someone to break the law and purchase a Russian made machinegun than it is for someone to follow the law and purchase a US made handgun. (...) Now why would anyone want a cupcake if they couldn't eat it? Maybe it (...) (21 years ago, 17-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

Re: Swift was Right! (He just named the wrong people...) —Dave Schuler

(...) Well, okay. But in that case you need to jettison your argument that increased gun control leads to (or causes) increased crime. (...) I'm not sure that I recall a sustained conflict between the full might of the military and either of those (...) (21 years ago, 17-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

Re: Swift was Right! (He just named the wrong people...) —Mike Petrucelli

(...) That is pretty much what I just said. (...) Well the Israelis are using tanks and helicopters. (...) No, the constitution allows the government to call on the people when neccessary. (...) So? (...) Nukes are overrated. One of those defense (...) (21 years ago, 17-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

Re: Swift was Right! (He just named the wrong people...) —Dave Schuler

(...) Well, okay. Are you hereby abandoning your previous arguments, in which you've asserted that increased gun control breeds increased crime? I just want to be clear on this. (...) Right, but is it a sustained military action (a la Desert Storm (...) (21 years ago, 17-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

Re: Swift was Right! (He just named the wrong people...) —Mike Petrucelli

(...) Yes, but gun control does not reduce crime either. (...) If they could stop it through sustained military action, why didn't they? (...) Then the Government must have done something really stupid (...) Make a choice? (...) Yeah I would say (...) (21 years ago, 17-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

Re: Swift was Right! (He just named the wrong people...) —David Koudys

(...) <snip> (...) What it does do is reduce the number of fatalities/injuries from bullets. Dave K (21 years ago, 18-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

Re: Swift was Right! (He just named the wrong people...) —Richard Marchetti

(...) Lots of things can kill you -- like automobiles for example. We keep dangerous things around because they are useful -- like automobiles for example. People can be taught to use dangerous yet useful things without harm to anyone, or at least (...) (21 years ago, 18-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)

Re: Swift was Right! (He just named the wrong people...) —James Powell

(...) Thank You. So, you should have to register your gun, and you should have to pass a test to be able to use it before you are allowed to do so. That is NO DIFFERENT than with your car. Gun Control. If you are found to be "responsible" then the (...) (21 years ago, 18-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)

Re: Swift was Right! (He just named the wrong people...) —Richard Marchetti

(...) At least some disagreement here... I don't want to ever register the weapon. I should have to show at least some proficiency, but not to an excessive degree. Societal interest is such that I should show that I am not a danger when using a gun, (...) (21 years ago, 18-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)

Re: Swift was Right! (He just named the wrong people...) —James Powell

(...) Ah, yes. But you are in the minority, at least as far as some countries go. (example being Canada). You do follow the law with regards to your car right? I assume (if you drive, not sure that you do, since I don't), that you have a license, (...) (21 years ago, 18-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)

Re: Swift was Right! (He just named the wrong people...) —Mike Petrucelli

(...) Do you honestly beleive that a criminal is using a registered gun in the first place? By the way, just a little history for you: Registered gun oweners were the first group of Jews rounded up by the Nazis. By the time they realized what was (...) (21 years ago, 18-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)

Re: Swift was Right! (He just named the wrong people...) —David Koudys

(...) You ask *any* politician--"Hey Mr. 'We voted you in', do you worry that when you make bad decisions in office you will probably get shot *because of* your bad decisions?" I think Mr Politician is more worried about his walking around in (...) (21 years ago, 19-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)

Re: Swift was Right! (He just named the wrong people...) —Richard Marchetti

(...) Maybe I just haven't seen the right studies or something, but you have no real proof or data to support that statement, do you? It's just fuzzy anti-gun speak that doesn't deal with actual issues but with imagined public safety protections. I (...) (21 years ago, 19-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)

Re: Swift was Right! (He just named the wrong people...) —David Koudys

(...) Well, besides being logical and such, there would be less deaths by hammers if there were less hammers. Just as, as John points out, there would be less deaths by cars if there were less cars. Do I need a study to show me the infallible logic (...) (21 years ago, 19-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)

Re: Swift was Right! (He just named the wrong people...) —Richard Marchetti

Okay, fine -- if your point is that the purpose of a gun is to kill or destroy a thing, then that's basically an undisputed fact. That it is the only utility of the gun is a separate matter. I still think that the gun's power for destruction is the (...) (21 years ago, 19-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)

Re: Swift was Right! (He just named the wrong people...) —David Koudys

(...) Again with the "Jeffersonian" speak. I would point out that Jefferson livd 200+ years ago and some of the ideas from that time may not be valid today. Again (and again and again) it is your national forces that's protecting your 'freedom and (...) (21 years ago, 19-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)

Re: Swift was Right! (He just named the wrong people...) —Scott Costello

(...) I was looking for a spot to jump in to this debate too, and I don't know if this is it, but what the heck I will butt in anyway. I know and understand the Jeffersonian arguement that citizens need to be armed against an oppressive government, (...) (21 years ago, 19-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)

Re: Swift was Right! (He just named the wrong people...) —Dave Schuler

In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Scott Costello wrote: I don't have a real problem with your overall assertion, but you attempt a few points that really don't benefit your argument: (...) You're suggesting that your wife should have brandished her (...) (21 years ago, 19-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

Re: Swift was Right! (He just named the wrong people...) —Scott Costello

(...) You are very correct that my anecedotal examples might not always be the best. You are also correct that this bum was not a threat, he actually was pretty nice, giving me directions after I tossed him some coins (although with my ignorance of (...) (21 years ago, 19-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

Re: Swift was Right! (He just named the wrong people...) —Mike Petrucelli

(...) Now come on. Pay attention. (URL) (...) Please get your facts straight. In tin-pot dictator type countries only the government and police have guns. That is why they can oppress and enslave their people. (...) Exactly we have guns too. (...) (...) (21 years ago, 19-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)

Re: Swift was Right! (He just named the wrong people...) —David Koudys

(...) I don't live "without freedom" or in a "tinpot dictatorship". Get over yourself. Face the facts--there are *democracies* that work without the citizens being armed. And yet you can't deal with that one. You;re doing an end-run around the (...) (21 years ago, 19-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)

Re: Swift was Right! (He just named the wrong people...) —Mike Petrucelli

(...) No there aren't. Canada, Britian, and Austrailia all have civilians with "hunting" guns. While those are not as effective for combat, they are still useable in that fashion. Throughout history there is no such thing as a democracy where only (...) (21 years ago, 20-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

Re: Swift was Right! (He just named the wrong people...) —Larry Pieniazek

(...) We're not? Are you sure about that? I'm not. (21 years ago, 19-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)

Re: Swift was Right! (He just named the wrong people...) —Richard Marchetti

(...) You know, appealing to ideas in a Jeffersonian mold is an appeal to authority, and as perhaps "THEE" central philosophical figure of the foundations of my country, I consider Jefferson an authority whose wisdom is not easily overcome -- and (...) (21 years ago, 19-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)

Re: Swift was Right! (He just named the wrong people...) —David Koudys

In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Richard Marchetti wrote: <snip> (...) There it is. Koresh wannabe. We're done. Dave K (21 years ago, 19-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)

Re: Swift was Right! (He just named the wrong people...) —Larry Pieniazek

(...) "Koresh wannabe" ??? Oh, get over yourself. Koresh was innocent of anything except bad judgement in thinking that he and his followers could peaceably coexist in the local community, and bad judgement in thinking that because he had good (...) (21 years ago, 19-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)

Re: Swift was Right! (He just named the wrong people...) —Richard Marchetti

(...) Hmmm, in the main I hope to raise questions -- not assert "truths" that I admittedly don't have real evidence of from my particular vantage point. I don't have truths, I have anecdotes -- but I do think it's closer to truth than what is (...) (21 years ago, 19-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)

Re: Swift was Right! (He just named the wrong people...) —David Koudys

(...) And yet I'm the one attributed to the guy with the beard with the sign 'the end is near'. I'm not the one that has to get over myself. I'm not the one who doesn't understand society at large. Narrow minded people who justify their irrational (...) (21 years ago, 19-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)

Re: Swift was Right! (He just named the wrong people...) —Richard Marchetti

(...) So do I, as whole. I'm talking about Shrub -- a guy that has the whole world on the edge of it's collective seat. Who'll be next in our drive towards empire? Who's going to be preemptively nuked? I'm supposed to think that world is a great (...) (21 years ago, 19-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)

Re: Swift was Right! (He just named the wrong people...) —David Koudys

(...) My doubts are on record--the guys policies are morinic at best and he should be booted out of office. Once all the 'facts' are exposed, you will see "Iraqi-gate" for what it is--a fiasco right from the start--botched intelligence, (...) (21 years ago, 19-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)

Re: Swift was Right! (He just named the wrong people...) —Richard Marchetti

(...) Okay, let me get this straight -- you are angry that I have patience that these things will work themselves out peacefully and without the need for violence and revolution? So what you are arguing is that I can only be pro-gun if I happen to (...) (21 years ago, 19-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)

Re: Swift was Right! (He just named the wrong people...) —John Neal

In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Richard Marchetti wrote: <snip for comedic effect> (...) lol, I quickly scanned that first sentence and came up with something entirely different;-) JOHN (21 years ago, 19-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)

Re: Swift was Right! (He just named the wrong people...) —Larry Pieniazek

(...) Humanity, yes. Most people are good and kind and honest and want only to live their lives unmolested, living by the golden rule or by the wiccan rule or by libertarian principles (even if they can't articulate any of them clearly, that's still (...) (21 years ago, 19-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)

Secret Vices (was Re: Swift was Right!) —Richard Marchetti

(...) In an attempt to take this thread about Koreans eating their own kind into an even weirder direction, I present y'all with some of my secret vices and guilty pleasures: 00. Anything choreographed by Bob Fosse -- The Aloof! 01. Almost anything (...) (21 years ago, 19-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)

Not so secret vices Was Re: Secret Vices (was Re: Swift was Right!) —David Koudys

In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Richard Marchetti wrote: <snip> (...) For me -Commodore products, 'specially the 64 -Sailor Moon and Utena -Babylon 5 -Karen McDougall -watching Clooney in "Oh Brother..." -pre "ILM" sci fi movies like "The Day the Earth (...) (21 years ago, 20-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)

Not so secret vices Was Re: Secret Vices (was Re: Swift was Right!) —David Koudys

In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Richard Marchetti wrote: <snip> (...) Ooops, ftx fomratted! For me -Commodore products, 'specially the 64 -Sailor Moon and Utena -Babylon 5 -Karen McDougall -watching Clooney in "Oh Brother..." -pre "ILM" sci fi movies (...) (21 years ago, 20-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

Re: Swift was Right! (He just named the wrong people...) —James Powell

(...) I think I will agree with Lar+ here. -but, I don't think we (Dave and myself) are going to convert any of you...you percive a need to have a security blanket, that we feel is unneeded, and unwarrented. As long as we are free to talk about it, (...) (21 years ago, 20-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)

Re: Swift was Right! (He just named the wrong people...) —David Koudys

In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Larry Pieniazek wrote: <snip> (...) Sorry Larry, I 'm calling you on this one. All points thrown at me, acknowledged and refuted, as far as I can see, and went beyond. And yet the points I made were ignored, dismissed (...) (21 years ago, 20-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)

Re: Swift was Right! (He just named the wrong people...) —Larry Pieniazek

(...) Sorry, you haven't refuted much of anything in this debate, you can't just dismiss Jefferson as irrelevant and consider that a refutation. In essence, that's what you're doing. (21 years ago, 20-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)

Re: Swift was Right! (He just named the wrong people...) —Dave Schuler

(...) Sure, it's been discussed, but what hasn't been discussed? And it's not like the entire argument is stagnant, either; my opinion has evolved somewhat through several revisitings of the gun control debate, just as others have come to understand (...) (21 years ago, 19-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

Re: Swift was Right! (He just named the wrong people...) —Larry Pieniazek

(...) How many virtual Timmies can dance on the head of a pin... (since you asked) (snip the rest because... well, because you're right, darn it, Dave!) (21 years ago, 19-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

Re: Swift was Right! (He just named the wrong people...) —Dave Schuler

(...) Point ceded. (...) Hey, it had to happen eventually. Nice use of Dave! with the parentheses, by the way. Dave! (21 years ago, 19-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

Re: Swift was Right! (He just named the wrong people...) —Larry Pieniazek

(...) Who's the very best???? I ask you, who? You know I am! There is no one better than I am at ending a sentence with Dave! No one! (21 years ago, 19-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

Re: Swift was Right! (He just named the wrong people...) —David Koudys

(...) You da man!!! (21 years ago, 20-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

Re: Swift was Right! (He just named the wrong people...) —Dave Schuler

(...) And who would have thought that the very next Attorney General would be so much worse than either of them? Dave! (17 years ago, 26-Jul-07, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)

Re: Swift was Right! (He just named the wrong people...) —Leonard Hoffman

(...) "Let the eagle soar, like he's never soared before." (17 years ago, 26-Jul-07, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)

Re: Swift was Right! (He just named the wrong people...) —Richard Marchetti

(...) Gee -- that's pretty offensive to me. Run out of ideas for arguments or something, Kooties? Too bad we can't propel ourselves 100 years into the future and see how the U.S. is turning out under the rule of near despots with the collective (...) (21 years ago, 19-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)

Re: Swift was Right! (He just named the wrong people...) —David Koudys

(...) Not really--you can't debate with someone who is not willing to listen, or at worst, delusional. So on this particular debate, we're done. (...) And your gun in your house will prevent that how? But brought up again and not dealt with. (...) (21 years ago, 19-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)

Re: Swift was Right! (He just named the wrong people...) —Richard Marchetti

(...) Okay, and I am "delusional" because I trust in the wisdom of Thomas Jefferson and the whole of the Founding Fathers of my country? Who knew?! Do you know what the word "delusional means? It can be defined as: a false belief strongly held in (...) (21 years ago, 19-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)

Re: Swift was Right! (He just named the wrong people...) —Dave Schuler

(...) That reasoning isn't entirely sound, and it omits relevant factors. If there are fifty deaths-by-hammer, then we need to ascertain how many hammers were involved. If one guy went on a hammering spree with one ball-peen, then the elimination of (...) (21 years ago, 19-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

Re: Swift was Right! (He just named the wrong people...) —Mike Petrucelli

(...) Peace without freedom is oppression and/or slavery for "the good of society." (...) Except that most of the Black Market guns come from overseas smuggling, not domestic theft. It is cheaper, easier, and safer on a large scale. -Mike Petrucelli (21 years ago, 19-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)

Re: Swift was Right! (He just named the wrong people...) —James Powell

(...) No, by definition a criminal is exactly that. However, see the hammer argument, and the fact that the majority of murders are committed by people who KNOW each other. And Alcohol is often a factor...it's harder to kill someone with a set of (...) (21 years ago, 19-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)

Re: Swift was Right! (He just named the wrong people...) —Mike Petrucelli

(...) Did you even read my post? The gun owners were the first group of Jews rounded up for precisely that reason. (...) Words on paper (laws) protect me less than the police do. Police do not stop crime over 99 percent of the time. They simply (...) (21 years ago, 19-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)

Re: Swift was Right! (He just named the wrong people...) —James Powell

(...) Did those "right to bear arms" people decide to do what you think you would, and use those arms? no, they didn't. Therefore, the arms were irrelevant at best. (...) You take them to court. You take them to the highest court you can. There have (...) (21 years ago, 19-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)

Re: Swift was Right! (He just named the wrong people...) —Richard Marchetti

(...) Wonderful solution, and I can tell you have no idea what you are talking about. Do you know how hard it is to fight the power? I have done it, and won some and lost most. Not fun, not at all. I'd provide more details but actually it's my own (...) (21 years ago, 19-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)

Re: Swift was Right! (He just named the wrong people...) —Richard Marchetti

(...) Gee, condescend much? I have no problem if you want to stick your head out and place it neatly on the chopping block of history, just don't ask me to do the same thing. That's really the crux of the problem: you have your opinion and I have my (...) (21 years ago, 19-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)

Re: Swift was Right! (He just named the wrong people...) —David Koudys

(...) What's the purpose of a car--to get me to my job, to get me home, to wash on Saturday and watch it rained upon on Sunday. What's the purpose of a knife? To open boxes, cut my food, chop the cabbage I threw into my crock pot yesterday. What's (...) (21 years ago, 18-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)

Re: Swift was Right! (He just named the wrong people...) —John Neal

(...) Yes. Protection. Why do you give an example of an unintended use of a gun? By that reasoning we should ban driving due to all of the auto related fatalities (far more BTW than deaths by handguns...) (...) By the same token, gun manufacturers (...) (21 years ago, 18-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)

Re: Swift was Right! (He just named the wrong people...) —James Powell

(...) Yes, autos do cause far more deaths than guns. However, they seem to have far more use too. (...) "just mind your own business". Please do so...and stop insiuating that you can stop something that you are unlikely to ever be a part of. (armed (...) (21 years ago, 18-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)

Re: Swift was Right! (He just named the wrong people...) —Mike Petrucelli

(...) You might want to double check that number, because it would mean that the murder rate increased since the UK imposed tight gun control laws. Not exactly supportive of your argument. Basiclly all of the data I have seen shows there is no (...) (21 years ago, 19-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)

Re: Swift was Right! (He just named the wrong people...) —David Koudys

(...) Lets look at homicides due to guns in each situation, shall we? Because you saw something somewhere and the 'whole arguement is completely invalid'? Mike, you're better than that. Dave K (21 years ago, 19-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)

Re: Swift was Right! (He just named the wrong people...) —Mike Petrucelli

(...) You're right, I should know to phrase things better. All of the data I have seen everywhere (save the occasional pro-gun loony website that shows a positive benefit to greater availability of guns) shows there is no correlation between the (...) (21 years ago, 19-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)

Re: Swift was Right! (He just named the wrong people...) —David Koudys

(...) Reading comprehension 101--the purpose of a car is not to cause any harm. The purpose of a gun is. If you want to weigh in on *accidental* deaths of automobiles, then we're off on a differnt topic. Shooting someone with a gun is not an (...) (21 years ago, 19-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)

Re: Swift was Right! (He just named the wrong people...) —John Neal

(...) Protection through deterrence. Ask any criminal whom they would rather robb-- an armed person or an unarmed person. Of course it's true that guns can be lethal-- that is precisely why they are effective deterrents. (...) You are assuming that (...) (21 years ago, 19-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)

Re: Swift was Right! (He just named the wrong people...) —James Powell

(...) Oh, the Israeli army could stop it using military action. Just line every one up and murder them. That'd stop the problem using "military" action. They are acting restrained. They are not using Napalm on the entire west bank, or suchlike...or (...) (21 years ago, 18-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

Re: Swift was Right! (He just named the wrong people...) —Richard Marchetti

(...) I agree entirely. That's why I never get into the statistics of it with people. The point is: gun control would only control the law abiding. Criminals are by definition scofflaws, and they don't care about your stinking gun control laws. Who (...) (21 years ago, 17-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)

Re: Swift was Right! (He just named the wrong people...) —James Powell

(...) Well, I DON'T know too many who have suffered at the hands of the Canadian Government. Perhaps a change in country? It comes down to trust in your government. If you honestly believe that a group of civvies can stand up to any reasonable army, (...) (21 years ago, 18-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)

Re: Swift was Right! (He just named the wrong people...) —David Koudys

In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Mike Petrucelli wrote: <snip> (...) I would hazard a guess that most of the homicides are also due to 'armed' people. Imposing gun control on law abiding citizens will prevent and slow down the number of guns getting into (...) (21 years ago, 16-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)

Re: Swift was Right! (He just named the wrong people...) —Mike Petrucelli

(...) No it doesn't. Take Austraila for example. Here are some "pro-gun wacko" sites with statistics (URL) enough I can not find any "anit-gun wacko" sites with contradictiong claims. (...) Do you think we can succesfully invade every country with a (...) (21 years ago, 17-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

Re: Swift was Right! (He just named the wrong people...) —Dave Schuler

(...) Here's one web reference that might be familiar to you: (URL) in that post I link to a site that specifically addresses the Australia problem. In particular, your citations (which in essence simply parrot the same statistics and might as well (...) (21 years ago, 17-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

Re: Swift was Right! (He just named the wrong people...) —Mike Petrucelli

(...) Exactly why I called them "pro-gun wacko" sites. However I still can not find any "anit-gun wacko" sites to refute them. Somewhere in the middle lies the truth. (...) No it isn't, I simply made the mistake of assuming we all knew that as long (...) (21 years ago, 17-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

Re: Swift was Right! (He just named the wrong people...) —Terry Prosper

(...) So children living there are responsible for their parents choice of having a job there? If a little girl gets a fractured leg and her parents are poor, does this mean she is responsible and that she deserves not to be treated for her injuries (...) (21 years ago, 20-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

Re: Swift was Right! (He just named the wrong people...) —John Neal

(...) lol So what if he is? (...) How about hunting? (...) Are you sure it's "free"? [JOHN] (21 years ago, 12-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

Re: Swift was Right! (He just named the wrong people...) —Bruce Schlickbernd

(...) Oh dang, and here I agree, but in the meantime with all those wild-eyed Libertarians out there, should I get the Springfield XD-9, or the Glock 19? (...) No wait, it wasn't about WoMD, it was about the Al Qeada terroist link! We can't prove (...) (21 years ago, 12-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

Re: Swift was Right! (He just named the wrong people...) —Larry Pieniazek

(...) You say that like it's a bad thing. But no, I am not, the NRA are misguided, they miss the point when they talk about hunting and home defense. The point is right there in the 2nd amendment. (...) Funny, I often think the same thing when (...) (21 years ago, 12-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

Re: Swift was Right! (He just named the wrong people...) —James Powell

control. QED. (...) That's fine. We don't have a right to arm bears. :). It isn't in our constitution that "A well regulated militia...". Or, perhaps we take that to mean that the army should guard the country. Oh, wait. They do. Our army doesn't (...) (21 years ago, 13-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

Re: Swift was Right! (He just named the wrong people...) —Terry Prosper

(...) Well yes it did. Look at the thread going on. Added something to the debate? You bet ! As for your comments, I won't even answer them. I guess you are better suited than me to know what is a cheap shot. I stand by what I said : your comment (...) (21 years ago, 20-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

Re: Swift was Right! (He just named the wrong people...) —Thomas Stangl

Why would we say that? At least a few, if not many, US states have SHALL issue laws for CCW permits. Including my new home state, FL. File for a permit, pass a test, and they can't deny you the permit if you are not a felon or mentally unbalanced. (...) (21 years ago, 21-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

Re: Swift was Right! (He just named the wrong people...) —Bruce Schlickbernd

(...) Hmmmmm, is it morbid just to like a big kaboom? I like the kaboom of fireworks. Admittedly, .22 are a simple crack, a 9mil is more of a bang, and you have to get into something bigger than that to even rate a boom much less a kaboom! But yes, (...) (21 years ago, 21-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)

Re: Swift was Right! (He just named the wrong people...) —Lindsay Frederick Braun

(...) Well, of course he's not--Kim Il Sung, after all, is dead and buried; Bush has not been so accommodating hitherto. (BTW: if I hear another TV newscaster refer to "Kim Jong the Second" I think I shall scream.) best LFB (21 years ago, 14-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

Re: Swift was Right! (He just named the wrong people...) —Larry Pieniazek

(...) Sorry, getting my dictators confused. Doesn't detract from the main point, though. (21 years ago, 14-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

Re: Swift was Right! (He just named the wrong people...) —John Neal

(...) See, it's dumb comments like that that contribute nothing. Your equation of KIS and Bush is just moronic, bigotted blather. JOHN (21 years ago, 11-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)

Re: Swift was Right! (He just named the wrong people...) —David Koudys

(...) Oh really. A ruler that lives in luxury, making questionable edicts for his country--a country in turmoil right now? I'm not 'equalling' Dubya with the leader of N Korea, I'm saying there are similarities. Moronic is not realizing that the (...) (21 years ago, 11-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)

Re: Swift was Right! (He just named the wrong people...) —John Neal

(...) So there are similarities to George W Bush and Kim Jong? With all due respect, you don't know what the hell you are talking about. (...) I'm sorry, Dave, but it is moronic to compare the two. It is such a stupid idea that it requires no (...) (21 years ago, 12-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)

Re: Swift was Right! (He just named the wrong people...) —David Koudys

(...) Not that I'm equalling myself (and those who are trying for the turth in this matter) with the following people, But I wonder how Bernstein and Woodward felt whilst they were digging into Watergate before that brought down the president? I'm (...) (21 years ago, 12-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)

Re: Swift was Right! (He just named the wrong people...) —Terry Prosper

(...) 1. You are a racist, you've proved it many times in the past. Maybe you don't realize that judging other cultures by ignorance is a form of racism, in that case, instead of spending your time here, you should go visit the world and meet (...) (21 years ago, 12-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)

Re: Swift was Right! (He just named the wrong people...) —Scott Costello

(...) Hang on just a second, having met John on two occasions I can tell you that he is not only definately not racist, but one of the nicest guys I have ever met. I would bank money on the fact that statements he has made in the past were (...) (21 years ago, 12-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)

Re: Swift was Right! (He just named the wrong people...) —Bruce Schlickbernd

(...) Actually, the Republicans are to blame, and on two counts. Instead of putting up Richard Riodan, who could have beat Grey, the right wingers decided he didn't pass the far right litmus test, and put up a total loser that even the incompetent (...) (21 years ago, 12-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)

Re: Swift was Right! (He just named the wrong people...) —Scott Costello

(...) Totally agree with you Bruce, Riordan didn't excite a single conservative, but he would have run a much better campaign. Simon ran against one of the weakest candidates ever, and he was horrible. I don't think he is personally stupid, just a (...) (21 years ago, 12-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)

Re: Swift was Right! (He just named the wrong people...) —John Neal

(...) I'm not sure you understand the definition of "racism", but to find an example of it, look below: (...) FYI some of the richest Americans happen to be black-- Ask Oprah, or Michael or Tiger, or the 1,000s of other black millionaires. I think (...) (21 years ago, 12-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)

Re: Swift was Right! (He just named the wrong people...) —Bruce Schlickbernd

(...) I take it what you meant to write and what you actually wrote are two different things. If you are completely specious, then that means you denial of being a racist is specious, therefore... Teases about unintended sentence structure aside, I (...) (21 years ago, 12-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)

Re: Swift was Right! (He just named the wrong people...) —John Neal

(...) lol what I meant was that his question was completely specious to the topic:-) (...) I don't like statistics based on race because I think that they generalize in a way that is unhealthy. We are all Americans. What purpose is there to (...) (21 years ago, 12-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)

Re: Swift was Right! (He just named the wrong people...) —Thomas Stangl

John, if this is true, I definitely do NOT want you as President when you hit your 50s - you already spout such narrow-minded ideas here, I'd hate to see you get even more conservative. (Luckily I know that in person you seem to be a completely (...) (21 years ago, 12-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

Re: Swift was Right! (He just named the wrong people...) —Larry Pieniazek

(...) How so? I don't happen to agree with the conclusion being drawn, or at least implied, (that we are either as bad or almost as bad as DPRK... as if!) but the large number of incarcerations among the underclass strikes me as a sign of oppression (...) (21 years ago, 12-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)

Re: Swift was Right! (He just named the wrong people...) —David Koudys

(...) The comparison was between leaders, not countries. (...) I think it's bothersome, and hence I pointed it out. (...) I've heard that, but don't know from whom it came. (...) (21 years ago, 12-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)

Re: Swift was Right! (He just named the wrong people...) —Larry Pieniazek

(...) Then John's right, it IS specious, used in this context. You can't lay 70 years of building up an underclass via income transfer, 50 years of futile drug warfare and increased loss of liberties, 40 years of failed social engineering, 30 years (...) (21 years ago, 12-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)

Re: Swift was Right! (He just named the wrong people...) —Thomas Stangl

Hm, I was going to post something to John on this subthread, but Bruce pretty much summed up everything I was getting ready to type. Nicely said, Bruce. (...) -- Tom Stangl ***(URL) Visual FAQ home ***(URL) Bay Area DSMs (21 years ago, 12-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

Re: Swift was Right! (He just named the wrong people...) —Terry Prosper

This looks like another piece of crap coming straight from people who want to show us that the N. Coreans are evil and that they should be the next target... Lame article. No journalistic value whatsoever. Terry (21 years ago, 11-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)

Re: Swift was Right! (He just named the wrong people...) —Pedro Silva

(...) I disagree. It wouldn't surprise me if it were true. Especially after knowing what hapenned in Macau during WW2. And let's face it, 20 million people have to eat - if they don't produce enough and can't get the rest in the market, they will (...) (21 years ago, 11-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)

Re: Swift was Right! (He just named the wrong people...) —Larry Pieniazek

(...) Mebbe so. Would you deny that the lot of the people under the rule of DPRK is far worse than the lot of those under the rule of the ROK??? Whether it's as bad as this article alleges, who cares, exactly, it's still bad. I'll go out on a limb (...) (21 years ago, 11-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)