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| (...) No, I'm afraid I do not have any cites. But I have never heard of any place where crime rate was low *and kept descending* in a constant way. The contrary seems however verifiable in most places of Earth where human presence is felt (...) (23 years ago, 25-Jul-01, to lugnet.loc.pt, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) <snip> Richard I totally agree with you here but would just like to point out that Bruce MIGHT be responding to Tom S. who I think is shading a bit more towards planting evidence than you. But you're doing great so don't let me stop you! :-) (...) (23 years ago, 24-Jul-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Actually, that last bit there riles me up some. Mostly because this sort of started (at least on my end of it) because I did not sufficiently qualify the scenarios I made up. I really never stated anything to the effect that I would come out (...) (23 years ago, 24-Jul-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Well, IANAL but the text does treat someone in your domicile as a special case. Still, the class I took in Florida did go into this, and you don't get to just brandish your gun or pop off whenever you feel like, there has to be some (as Bruce (...) (23 years ago, 23-Jul-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Looks like I may have meant 1991, see other messages in this thread. I must visit a library to verify this though. (...) I thought this part was interesting because I think it is possible to have too much of a good thing. What little (...) (22 years ago, 10-Jun-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Well, we played poorly and DESERVED defeat. But I see you have only *two* goals to bragg about, US #3 and #4 (which was the best in the match ;-) (...) You have seen little, then. The match was *null*, and I'm not just saying this 'cause we (...) (22 years ago, 5-Jun-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Big, heavy, expensive vehicle - not cheap to repair. Bad brakes, poor emergency handling, prone to heavily damaging other vehicles in accidents it caused. Not that the proper level of fees can't be handled in other ways. (...) This either (...) (23 years ago, 30-May-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) some kind of Bush apologist, from this and other occasions people have called attention to her work. But here is the thing -- I really don't give a damn about Bin Laden or Afghanistan if our president, the intelligence community, the national (...) (22 years ago, 28-May-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Congratulations to everyone concerned in regards to their congnitive deducing skills. I had to read half the thread before I had fully figured out what Matt had done and some had already flamed him in the first few posts!! Not much to add here (...) (22 years ago, 23-May-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) You waltzed in and returned two LEGO sets that were bought AT ANOTHER ESTABLISHMENT. They took you on good faith that you had bought them there, Walmart inventory, though it looks identical, is different. (See Next Argument) Either way, you (...) (22 years ago, 22-May-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Well, I want to start at the gate, to see who would predict my rather predictable response. I see the core of Mr. Derbyshire's argument right here: "What a world! You can only read a certain amount of this stuff before you start to avert your (...) (22 years ago, 22-May-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) There's a website with a list of all the female national leaders this past century (I think I typed in "female world leaders" on yahoo). The trouble is that in both the cases of women or "real human beings" we are talking about individuals. (...) (23 years ago, 18-May-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Ahhhh, things would be so much better! I mean, no war! Just look at Golda Meir...oops! Ummmm, ahhhh, that peaceful country of India, with Indira Gandhi....oh, drat, more war. Okay, that bastion of civility, England, and Margaret Thatcher (or (...) (23 years ago, 17-May-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) If all the &%$#! New Yorkers would stop moving here, it wouldn't be a problem. :-) Mono Lake is slowly going back up, and the Owens River exists again. Honestly, if the water had been left in the Owens Valley, you'd simply have seen more (...) (23 years ago, 11-May-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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