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| Frank said it, better than I've had time to say. Very nicely done. What a great running dog lackey I've created here... (go back to very early in the history of this group and read some of Frank's stuff and you'll find he wasn't nearly as right as (...) (25 years ago, 6-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) The choice is to accept God or not. I'm sure that dwelling with God is as wonderful as dwelling without God is miserable. (...) Freedom of religion doesn't mean "freedom from religion". But let me ask you: do we have an obligation to assist (...) (21 years ago, 20-Apr-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| (...) I would never presume such :) Here's an analogy--there are those who notice that the emperor has no clothes and think to themselves, "Well, that emperor is pretty dense to be walking around without any clothes--look at how much better I am (...) (21 years ago, 20-Apr-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) But do you see how that's an unsatisfactory answer? If Larry's life turns non-peachy, then you would claim that your point is proven. But if Larry's life does not turn non-peachy, then you would claim that your point is not disproven. Your (...) (21 years ago, 22-Apr-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| (...) I'm not getting the joke. :-) I use government services reluctantly but if I *paid* for them already (willingly or not) and there aren't any alternatives (usually because bad money drives out good, or because the government forces a monopoly) (...) (21 years ago, 22-Apr-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| (...) That ditty sounds good, but it does not correlate well with the reality of Washington’s foreign policy “interventions” over the past 50 years. All too often democracy has been quashed and oppression supported. Scott A (21 years ago, 20-Apr-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| (...) <chuckle> That's cute. Its offensive but you're not personally offended? What are you, publicly offended? Its offensive to others, but more enlightened folks such as yourself are not offended? <chuckle some more> Really. (...) There are some (...) (21 years ago, 21-Apr-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) I figure that you and I both know that we're getting off the initial point of the debate, so our audience may wish to tune out at this point! On what basis are you sure of that? Faith? I'm afraid that's simply insufficient for me (and in any (...) (21 years ago, 21-Apr-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| (...) Yes. Do you claim to only believe in things that are provable? In the final analysis, what would you say about a devout scientist who believed in God? Is he/she compromised as a scientific thinker? (...) Yes, but I'm curious. There are so many (...) (21 years ago, 21-Apr-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| (...) The problem is not the analogy, but your misconception that you are the second guy in that example. (...) No, I'm just teasing you...well, and illustrating your constant fault-finding. . (...) And I really didn't mean that to apply to all (...) (21 years ago, 20-Apr-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| (...) When Monty Python was funny, they were absolutely hilarious. I have many of their sketches partially committed to memory. A lot of their stuff was not very humorous to me at all. This seems to be one of those times;-) But it's nice to see the (...) (21 years ago, 20-Apr-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| (...) I didn't think I was, but if your interpretations of my writing style is 'holier than thou', I shall endeavour to rephrase. As it stands, my interpretations of your debating technique in this thread are--you're firmly ensconsed in what you (...) (21 years ago, 21-Apr-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) I didn't say I took personal offense to it. (...) What an odd thing to say. What is "free of American influence"? Nothing. Are you claiming that there are those in this world that want to eschew all the influence of the US? Think what that (...) (21 years ago, 20-Apr-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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