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| Atomic bombs on cities Hijacked planes into towers In my opinion both are equally terrifying. I will stand by my analysis of the word *terror* and apply it to both acts. We praise the pilots as patriots who flew over Japan. We denigrate the (...) (23 years ago, 18-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Future of Humanity (was: lotsa stuff)
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| (...) I'm not quite sure I agree that those are the reasons we've put evolution on pause. After all, if a species is able to overcome certain challenges (disease, famine, etc), aren't they *not* selection factors? The birth defect thing and genetic (...) (23 years ago, 22-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| What i would like to know is: 1- what really happened to the flight over pennsylvania 2- what happened to the 5th plane that was initially reported to have been highjacked 3- what happened with the car bomb that was reported to have exploded outside (...) (23 years ago, 21-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: NOT the Queen's English ('Muricans)
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| (...) Okay, there. Pared down. Happy? :-) (...) That depends: engineers can't spell, scientists are better about it. (...) You can call me Al, but you don't need to call me Aluminium? (...) Nothing to make it a long U. The root word is Al-um, not (...) (24 years ago, 13-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Who does W. Love? BIG OIL!!!
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| (...) He's been pretty much a straight corporate shill. Nor does he care the slightest about California voters, just corporate profit. I'm not surprised at any of this, but I am surprised at the people in denial about it both before the election and (...) (24 years ago, 20-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Interesting - personally I listen to music that sounds good to my ears. I find the notion that because you are X you must listen to a certain type of music odd - for example, as a Scottish person I don't feel any great compulsion to listen to (...) (24 years ago, 22-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Essential nature of mankind
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| (...) Simple question: Was the Vatican a political and economic power during the conquest of the Americas? You know the answer. (...) You are inferring more than what I wrote. The fact remains that Christianity came down like an iron fist on the (...) (24 years ago, 5-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Quick Poll - Kyoto
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| (...) I disagree. I've asked a similar question in the course that I teach (non-majors intro to biology). My question was along the lines of 'What does the environment do for us?' I've had students give answers that range from 'nothing' to (...) (24 years ago, 30-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Why is religion so hot?
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| (...) Because doing so has affected my beliefs. First, understand that you can't just say "this is religion, and this is everything else I believe in". It's all part of one's belief system, ethics system, political system, etc. Religious beliefs (or (...) (24 years ago, 2-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Essential nature of mankind
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| (...) Daniel: In the spirit of avoiding sweeping generalizations that due a disservice to one's arguments, I believe that your statements above need clarification. I'll not excuse the atrocities committed in the name of religion, but a great deal (...) (24 years ago, 4-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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