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Subject:	Re: Just a suggestion... (Was: Re: Mormon bashing again)
Newsgroups:	lugnet.off-topic.debate
Date:	Tue, 7 Mar 2000 05:17:54 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Selçuk Göre writes: > I agree completely. Debates are not for getting results. As long as it's still civil, I see no problem continuing the debate. Besides, this time around there are some of us (me for example) that haven't been involved in a huge threaded debate on Lugnet yet. Lots of this has come up before (including the "please stop messages", I consider them a predictable part of any debate) but each time some new people get a little more involved in the community feel of Lugnet. Thanks .debate posters and readers, Ben Roller

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		Re: Just a suggestion... (Was: Re: Mormon bashing again)
(...) I stopped participating in debates like this in 1987, back when the venue was still BBSes with regular callers. Usenet is so caustic--any random loser can walk in and spew flames without a care or second thought. Here, everybody is on notice (...) (25 years ago, 7-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

		Re: Just a suggestion... (Was: Re: Mormon bashing again)
(...) If I had known this thread would have gotten so big, I would've used a subject other than "Mormon bashing again". Maybe something more directly-advocating-...rmons-ish. :-, Cheers, - jsproat (25 years ago, 8-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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		Re: Just a suggestion... (Was: Re: Mormon bashing again)
(...) I agree completely. Debates are not for getting results. Actually when the first of religious debates appeared here (at the very early days of Lugnet) I was against it because I thought it might have introduced unnecessary cold feelings (...) (25 years ago, 5-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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