| | Re: Tony Martin case: You can't {make up} better criticism of Liberals! Richard Marchetti
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| | (...) So instead of legalizing something relatively benign like pharmaceutical grade cocaine or heroin, you have de facto readily available garbage like crack. Crack is cheap, powerfully addictive, and TRULY ruins people's lives quite quickly. What (...) (21 years ago, 29-Jul-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| | | | Re: Tony Martin case: You can't {make up} better criticism of Liberals! John Neal
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| | | | (...) I'm not sure I follow you. Would people prefer to use these pharmaceutical drugs, or would they opt for the more potent and insidious drugs like crack and ecstasy? (...) lol I hope you are being facetious, but I'd bet you're not! :-) (...) It (...) (21 years ago, 30-Jul-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| | | | | | Re: Tony Martin case: You can't {make up} better criticism of Liberals! Thomas Stangl
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| | | | Mandatory life sentences create very dangerous, panicked offenders. If you were DUI and killed someone, and you KNEW that you were guaranteed a life sentence, what exactly do you lose in trying to run, possibly killing more people (think a DUI (...) (21 years ago, 1-Aug-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | Re: Tony Martin case: You can't {make up} better criticism of Liberals! Frank Filz
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| | | | (...) This is an incredibly important consideration that the pro-Death Penalty and lock-em-up-and-throw...e-key-away people tend to totally ignore. There are a few things that do justify indefinite incarceration, but very few in my mind, for just (...) (21 years ago, 1-Aug-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | Re: Tony Martin case: You can't {make up} better criticism of Liberals! Richard Marchetti
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| | | | | (...) Brown Girl in the Ring? Anyway, William Burroughs wrote an essay on this very idea in the late 70s or early 80s -- it was carried in Heavy Metal magazine. It loosely relates to his novel as screenplay, "Blade Runner." -- Hop-Frog (21 years ago, 1-Aug-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| | | | | | | Re: Tony Martin case: You can't {make up} better criticism of Liberals! Frank Filz
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| | | | | | (...) Nope, I was thinking of another one. It's probably been done several times. Frank (21 years ago, 1-Aug-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | Re: Tony Martin case: You can't {make up} better criticism of Liberals! Dave Schuler
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| | | | | (...) One reference that would seem to fit your Libertarian philosophy is Michael G. Coney's "The Jaws That Bite, The Claws that Catch." But I don't think that's the one you're referring to. Dave! (21 years ago, 1-Aug-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | Re: Tony Martin case: You can't {make up} better criticism of Liberals! David Koudys
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| | | | In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Frank Filz wrote: <snip> (...) I say it's LEXX :) (21 years ago, 5-Aug-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | Re: Tony Martin case: You can't {make up} better criticism of Liberals! Frank Filz
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| | | | (...) Gee, lot's of similar references here I guess. I'm thinking of Larry Niven's "The Patchwork Man" (at least I think that's the short story I'm thinking of - Niven actually keeps refering to organ banks). Frank (21 years ago, 5-Aug-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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