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| | | Or, what do common sense and US government policy have in common? (URL) very little! (20 years ago, 17-Dec-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | Re: Just say no —Dave Schuler
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| | | | (...) Not sure what Buckley's driving at, honestly. Any article that cites anything "wonderful" about an Ann Coulter book surely qualifies as delusional from the get-go, but of course I'm not one to dismiss an argument simply because its proponent (...) (20 years ago, 17-Dec-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | Re: Just say no —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | (...) Seems pretty clear to me (1). He's asking why make things easier for the hordes of people that clearly are little no threat whatever in order to be a bit less PC to people that fit the threat profile more closely? Quoting from the part you (...) (20 years ago, 17-Dec-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | Re: Just say no —Dave Schuler
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| | | | (...) As long as the threat profile is reasonably specific and based on sound policy, rather than "I think that guy looks Arabish/let's frisk him," which is what Buckley's describing. Here's the part where he plays his hand: "The point is not (...) (20 years ago, 17-Dec-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | Re: Just say no —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | (...) Which is what I favor. And what I think Buckley favors too, although it would surely be harder to convince you of that than me. He's a knee jerk old school conservative but even stopped clocks are right twice a day (well, once a day if they're (...) (20 years ago, 17-Dec-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | Re: Just say no —Dave Schuler
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| | | | (...) Okay, now that *is* pretty ridiculous, and they're succumbing in real, large-scale terms to the false dichotomy you identified. Outside of your direct experience, most of what I've heard has defaulted to "we have rules that apply to everyone (...) (20 years ago, 17-Dec-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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