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(...) 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)
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(...) 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)
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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)
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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)
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(...) 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)
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(...) 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)
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(...) 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)
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