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Happy May Day! - Tom Brosz - 4/30/2003 6:00:25 PM
- Happy Beltane! - Fox - 5/1/2003 7:10:36 PM

Your basic MIT student at work -priceless - phil - 4/30/2003 12:48:23 PM
- I hope they have REALLY good electrical isolation... - Larry J - 4/30/2003 5:52:41 PM
  - Good ole media lab...... - et - 4/30/2003 7:48:49 PM
    - Re: Good ole media lab...... - Larry J - 5/1/2003 1:27:41 PM
  - Yeah, where do you plug in the ground? n/t (n/t) - alcaray - 4/30/2003 9:16:12 AM
- Re: More reason to install water-saving urinals in every home nt - Success_Machine - 4/30/2003 4:25:08 PM
- Of course the Cornell students are more civilized - ebnelson - 4/30/2003 4:14:40 PM
- Re: Your basic MIT student at work -priceless - SDG - 4/30/2003 2:32:40 PM

Game companies' views of Iraqi Freedom - alcaray - 5/1/2003 10:17:53 AM

Name A Star for Mom on Mother's Day . . . - D. Spires - 4/30/2003 8:47:53 AM
- Re: Name A Star . - Raoul - 4/30/2003 11:23:11 AM
  - Re: Ad campaign, not a correspondent . . . - D. Spires - 4/30/2003 1:08:43 PM
    - Re: About fiction - Raoul - 5/1/2003 9:47:21 AM
- Selling something you don't own... - Larry J - 4/30/2003 9:24:28 AM

US Patent office needs modernization - SDG - 4/30/2003 7:24:19 PM

The United States of Earth - SDAI-Tech1 - 4/29/2003 8:19:21 AM
- We're collector's items? "Yow! Am I double-bagged yet?" (n/t) (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 4/30/2003 8:22:06 AM
  - Actors vie for the Brosz role in plays... - SDAI-Tech1 - 4/30/2003 4:59:06 PM
    - Wow...a future based on us. "Be excellent to each other!" (n/t) (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 4/30/2003 6:24:46 PM
- Hmmmmm... n/t (n/t) - LJ - 4/29/2003 8:44:03 AM

Ban slippery slope arguments! - pwokenyaw - 4/25/2003 4:41:55 PM
- Yah! And "sending a message" arguements, too! - alcaray - 4/25/2003 5:35:54 PM
  - Agreed. How about "hypocrisy prohibits action" arguments? - pwokenyaw - 4/25/2003 6:43:36 PM
    - What about Socratic Straw man arguments - Scott - 4/25/2003 9:41:14 AM
      - Flame the Straw Men!! - pwokenyaw - 4/25/2003 10:00:02 AM
- But what if the argument is true? - Tom Brosz - 4/25/2003 4:57:38 PM
  - Bad logic can lead to true conclusions - alcaray - 4/25/2003 5:46:15 PM
    - It isn't about raw logic - Tom Brosz - 4/25/2003 6:18:21 PM
  - bans on abortion and handguns as examples - pwokenyaw - 4/25/2003 5:35:38 PM
    - For a better example, think of smoking bans - Larry J - 4/25/2003 7:51:36 PM
      - Should have put some grease on that slope to it more slippery..... - Publius - 4/26/2003 12:32:03 PM
      - That doesn't contradict my point about the weakness of slippery slope arguments - pwokenyaw - 4/25/2003 9:48:48 AM
      - Re: smoking bans - Tom Brosz - 4/25/2003 8:34:08 AM
- You mean like those endless claims that Bush is sending the US into fascism? - ebnelson - 4/25/2003 3:16:17 PM
  - Re: You mean like those endless claims that Bush is sending the US into fascism? - pwokenyaw - 4/30/2003 5:31:23 PM
- Naw, just Strawmen argumnets flipping down a slippery-slope into a boiling pot of red herrings.... - Davin L. - 4/25/2003 12:03:48 PM
- Sometimes A does Lead to B, which in turn leads to C...At least to some degree... - Scott - 4/25/2003 9:39:53 AM
  - P.S. All learning could be said to flow from slipper slope logic... - Scott - 4/25/2003 9:44:36 AM

Greasing the Palm that Feeds You....... - Defense Contractor CEO Salaries up 40% this year - 4/30/2003 11:47:19 AM
- Defense Contractor CEOs need Porsches too! - SDAI-Tech1 - 4/30/2003 10:16:43 AM
  - War is good for business..... - Lindy - 4/30/2003 2:48:03 PM

Conservative comic strip - Tom Brosz - 4/26/2003 1:49:57 PM
- There's also Glenn McCoy in NYTimes. - pwokenyaw - 4/29/2003 6:50:47 PM

Tammy Bruce's new book - Tom Brosz - 4/27/2003 1:18:11 PM
- On attack literature - Mary Anne - 4/27/2003 2:51:27 PM
  - teenagers - SDG - 4/28/2003 6:05:07 PM
    - Re: University - Raoul Lannoy - 4/28/2003 7:55:48 PM
  - Re: On liberals and leftists - Tom Brosz - 4/28/2003 8:36:12 AM
    - Re: Reasonable conservatives - Mary Anne - 4/28/2003 12:10:41 PM
      - Re: Reasonable conservatives - Tom Brosz - 4/28/2003 3:39:13 PM
        
        100 years is just a blip on the radar screen. - Mary Anne - 4/28/2003 4:57:01 PM
        
        Re: 100 years is just a blip - Tom Brosz - 4/29/2003 4:41:27 PM
  - What I stand for (in one sentence) - Tom Brosz - 4/27/2003 4:38:40 PM
    - anyone who read that subject line and expected the shortest Brosz post ever will be sorely dissapointed :) N/T (n/t) - SDG - 4/28/2003 4:24:12 PM
      - Not the longest, either, by a long shot. [Just kidding, big guy! Love you, man!] n/t (n/t) - alcaray - 4/29/2003 6:14:00 PM
    - Judging a book by its cover - Mary Anne - 4/28/2003 12:35:30 PM
      - About property rights - Lee - 4/28/2003 6:23:31 PM
      - Re: Judging a book by its cover - Tom Brosz - 4/28/2003 4:06:04 PM
      - Re: book audiences - Fox - 4/28/2003 9:31:05 AM

Cancer-fighting mice - Tom Brosz - 4/29/2003 5:33:05 PM
- Re: Cancer-fighting mice - LJ - 4/29/2003 6:02:08 PM
  - lab tragedy - p - 4/29/2003 9:52:12 AM

Problems with names - LJ - 4/28/2003 9:20:37 AM
- Re: Problems with names - OPK - 4/28/2003 2:00:16 PM
  - Re: Problems with girls' names - Mary Anne - 4/28/2003 4:51:09 PM
    - Re: girls' names - Tom Brosz - 4/29/2003 4:32:21 PM
    - Re: Problems with girls' names - LJ - 4/29/2003 3:09:52 PM

World's best restaurant is French - but in California! - Matt Burley - 4/28/2003 3:28:52 PM
- The Gristmill - REB - 4/29/2003 3:24:00 PM
- Food in Heaven and Hell - LJ - 4/29/2003 9:14:08 AM
- Re: World's best restaurant is French - but in California! - Raoul - 4/28/2003 5:41:52 PM
- Have you ever tasted Brit cooking? (n/t) - OPK - 4/28/2003 4:12:26 PM
  - My favorite comment on British cookery - Mary Anne - 4/29/2003 2:47:03 PM
  - Yes, it's why my ancestors fled the place n/t (n/t) - phil - 4/29/2003 12:23:52 PM

Live Action Thunderbirds! 'Nuff said! - Tom Brosz - 4/28/2003 4:24:09 PM
- Re: Live Action Thunderbirds! 'Nuff said! - McFly - 4/29/2003 2:33:57 PM
- Batman meets Mary Kay! n/t (n/t) - LJ - 4/28/2003 5:14:55 PM
  - Good one! LOL! (n/t) (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 4/28/2003 8:37:16 AM

U.S. blacks and the poor give higher % of income than whites and middle class - pwokenyaw - 4/29/2003 10:42:47 AM

Armageddon - LJ - 4/29/2003 8:51:42 AM
- Re: Armageddon - SDAI-Tech1 - 4/29/2003 9:25:14 AM
  - NOW I get it! - LJ - 4/29/2003 9:29:20 AM
    - The SEC let me off for a few horse race tips... ;-) (n/t) (n/t) - SDAI-Tech1 - 4/29/2003 9:33:24 AM

That annoying less than sign - RobVG - 4/28/2003 11:30:44 AM
- Just lead with a space - Larry J - 4/28/2003 1:35:02 PM
  - hmmm. - FrankC - 4/28/2003 6:25:26 PM
  - OK - RobVG - 4/28/2003 2:13:01 PM
    - It works. Thanks! (n/t) (n/t) - RobVG - 4/28/2003 2:14:40 PM
- Re: That annoying less than sign - FrankC - 4/28/2003 1:31:58 PM
- Hmm... - RobVG - 4/28/2003 11:33:38 AM

Two from the Mercury News for Mary Anne - Tom Brosz - 4/28/2003 3:51:15 PM
- Thank you, Tom! n/t (n/t) - Mary Anne - 4/28/2003 2:55:52 PM

An extreme case of aeronautical lust - Larry J - 4/27/2003 4:11:05 PM
- Re: An extreme case of aeronautical lust - LJ - 4/27/2003 5:19:07 PM
  - Any and all contributions would be welcome... - Larry J - 4/28/2003 1:55:51 PM

Jeff Danziger on Iraqi freedom (graphic content) - LJ - 4/24/2003 7:55:13 PM
- Keep on hoping. This could yet turn into a horrible failure, right? (n/t) (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 4/24/2003 9:18:11 AM
  - Yes it could, and, NO, nobody is hoping that either n/t (n/t) - Tony - 4/24/2003 9:29:47 AM
    - Nobody? Bullhockey. - Tom Brosz - 4/24/2003 10:02:50 AM
      - In the PC world a good America and a good Bush - SDAI-Tech1 - 4/24/2003 11:20:04 AM
        
        You're SO full of it SDAI! - Lindy - 4/24/2003 4:01:10 PM
        
        Lindy, Lindy, Lindy... - SDAI-Tech1 - 4/24/2003 5:27:09 PM
        
        I worry about you, SDAI n/t (n/t) - LJ - 4/24/2003 6:04:07 PM
        
        Thanks LJ, I worry about you too. - SDAI-Tech1 - 4/24/2003 6:49:34 PM
        
        Don't worry, be happy - LJ - 4/25/2003 4:12:12 PM
        
        Hey I do! - RobVG - 4/25/2003 4:39:56 PM
        
        Test - r - 4/28/2003 11:15:51 AM

Alright fellas, here's Maxim's top five... - Matt Burley - 4/27/2003 2:07:21 PM

Planned Parenthood. "It's all about ME." - Tom Brosz - 4/23/2003 6:47:34 PM
- Re: Planned Parenthood. - FrankC - 4/24/2003 2:38:13 PM
  - Sagan viewpoint: attach personhood to brain development - pwokenyaw - 4/24/2003 10:22:55 AM
  - Re: Planned Parenthood. - Tom Brosz - 4/24/2003 10:10:00 AM
    - Let's solve this problem with another surgical procedure: - Mary Anne - 4/25/2003 1:28:24 PM
      - So would abstinence. (Sorry--couldn't resist) (n/t) (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 4/25/2003 4:59:37 PM
        
        This apparently doesn't occur to most men - Mary Anne - 4/25/2003 6:10:50 PM
        
        Re: This apparently doesn't occur to most men - Tom Brosz - 4/25/2003 6:32:03 PM
        
        abstinence pre-AIDS - FrankC - 4/25/2003 5:32:25 PM
        
        Sex is good. n/t (n/t) - alcaray - 4/25/2003 5:48:54 PM
    - Reasons - FrankC - 4/24/2003 1:10:16 PM
    - You are projecting a certain amount of grouchiness lately. - alcaray - 4/24/2003 10:23:50 AM
      - A certain amount of grouchiness...sorry. - Tom Brosz - 4/24/2003 12:35:06 PM
        
        I hear you - alcaray - 4/25/2003 3:55:22 PM
        
        Don't worry. I knew the job was dangerous when I took it! - Tom Brosz - 4/25/2003 4:46:15 PM
        
        Tom, you Fuzzball......... - Lindy - 4/27/2003 8:52:30 AM
  - I'm in the middle on this as well. - Lee - 4/24/2003 8:47:40 AM
- The Terminators - SDAI-Tech1 - 4/24/2003 10:50:29 AM
  - Nutcase Alert!! - Lindy - 4/24/2003 4:20:01 PM
    - "Most women considering abortion are looking at health, financial and emotional support issues." - SDAI-Tech1 - 4/25/2003 7:11:51 PM
      - Nutcase Alert Take # 2 ! - Lindy - 4/26/2003 7:06:27 PM
        
        Instincts - Tom Brosz - 4/26/2003 7:02:48 PM
- Re: Planned Parenthood. - REB - 4/23/2003 7:16:37 PM
  - Yeah fine, whatever n/t (n/t) - Mary Anne - 4/23/2003 12:49:03 PM
- Good for you Tom, a bold move...... - Publius - 4/23/2003 1:48:40 PM
- Actually, the "yeah, fine, whatever" below was intended to go here. - Mary Anne - 4/23/2003 12:51:21 PM
  - Re: Actually, the - REB - 4/24/2003 11:48:14 AM
  - I'm not even sure what that means. I don't understand it? (n/t) (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 4/23/2003 6:53:08 PM
    - If I may be so bold....... - Tony - 4/24/2003 1:54:47 PM
      - Thanks, Tony - Mary Anne - 4/25/2003 12:14:29 PM
    - What's not to understand? She hates your filthy guts! ;-) (n/t) (n/t) - SDAI-Tech1 - 4/24/2003 11:07:19 AM

The REAL agenda behind war against Iraq - Robert - 4/24/2003 4:32:27 PM
- Sorry, I think it's Bull Hockey - Lindy - 4/27/2003 8:45:58 AM
- Thanks, Robert - the truth is revealed! n/t (n/t) - LJ - 4/24/2003 6:06:19 PM

That reminds me, I'm almost out of propane. - RobVG - 4/26/2003 2:46:19 PM
- Psychotic. Completely psychotic. Not surprised though. (n/t) (n/t) - SDAI-Tech1 - 4/27/2003 8:36:13 AM
- People Eating Toasted Activists. - Lee - 4/26/2003 3:46:53 PM
- Oh, yuck, Rob! - Mary Anne - 4/26/2003 3:20:42 PM
  - Pork spare ribs...them's the goods! (n/t) (n/t) - RobVG - 4/27/2003 8:08:40 AM
  - Oh, yeah? Have you SEEN her feet? - Tom Brosz - 4/26/2003 3:42:11 PM
    - Oh Tom, You Have Me Screaming ROTFLMAO! (n/t) - Lindy n/t - 4/27/2003 8:20:25 AM

Nude biking - RobVG - 4/26/2003 2:12:33 PM
- Once more... - RobVG - 4/26/2003 2:16:56 PM
  - Just Where Do You Get Them? - Lindy - 4/27/2003 8:33:35 AM

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