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There is no way to tell one from another.
Ah, justice and mercy...
Mary Anne
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5/29/2005 5:30:53 PM
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Amnesty International called U.S. prisons "Gulag of our times."
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Tom Brosz
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5/28/2005 3:45:04 AM
Amnesty says, "OK, so it's not a gulag."
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David F Mayer
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6/6/2005 1:02:39 PM
A lot more via Glenn Reynolds.
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Tom Brosz
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6/3/2005 2:49:36 AM
Nobody likes the word, ergo...
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Mary Anne
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6/3/2005 8:15:04 PM
Words have meanings.
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Tom Brosz
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6/3/2005 11:20:42 PM
So do actions.
(n/t)
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Mary Anne
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6/3/2005 11:34:39 PM
re: Actions.
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Tom Brosz
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6/4/2005 12:26:42 AM
P.S. FWIW, I don't agree with the use of the term gulag
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Tony
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6/4/2005 2:10:07 AM
re: P.S. FWIW, I don't agree with the use of the term gulag
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gbaikie
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6/7/2005 12:01:13 AM
Thanks. It took me 3 days...
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Mary Anne
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6/4/2005 2:18:54 AM
that's a reverse of normal ;-)
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tony
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6/5/2005 6:04:55 AM
Stop dealing in absolutes and you may understand.
(n/t)
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Tony
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6/4/2005 2:04:58 AM
Pretty much done. Yeah.
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Mary Anne
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6/4/2005 1:08:57 AM
From the Wall Street Journal
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Tom Brosz
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5/29/2005 11:26:50 PM
Not "US prisons", but "Guantanamo", was the subject.
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Mary Anne
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5/28/2005 6:20:54 PM
Sorry, they are combattants.
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David F Mayer
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5/29/2005 5:30:29 AM
Not all of them.
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Mary Anne
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5/29/2005 12:15:46 PM
There is no way to tell one from another.
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David F Mayer
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5/29/2005 5:02:33 PM
Ah, justice and mercy...
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Mary Anne
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5/29/2005 5:30:53 PM
Justice and mercy do NOT exist in warfare. Sorry, wrong game.
(n/t)
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David F Mayer
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5/30/2005 2:19:19 PM
Without justice and mercy, there is no honor.
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Mary Anne
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5/31/2005 1:17:35 PM
You just do not get it.
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David F Mayer
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5/31/2005 1:24:36 PM
I'm looking at a bigger picture than you are.
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Mary Anne
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5/31/2005 1:33:17 PM
War is Hell. It will remain that way. People will be held
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David F Mayer
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6/1/2005 5:29:13 PM
That's no answer.
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Tom Brosz
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5/29/2005 9:31:21 PM
No kidding.
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Mary Anne
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5/29/2005 10:05:17 PM
It is WAR.
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David F Mayer
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5/30/2005 2:21:24 PM
Is WAR a synonym for VIDEO GAME for you?
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Tony
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5/31/2005 1:53:03 PM
Prisoners Must be Held Until Conclusion: The annhilation of Al Qaeda
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David F Mayer
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6/1/2005 6:21:46 PM
The Nazi Party still exists. Why aren't we still holding German POWs?
(n/t)
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Mary Anne
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6/1/2005 10:15:25 PM
Complete disconnect.
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Tom Brosz
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6/1/2005 11:42:25 PM
Exactly: We aren't fighting the same kind of war.
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Mary Anne
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6/2/2005 12:48:22 AM
re: same kind of war.
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Tom Brosz
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6/2/2005 3:48:23 AM
Again: We haven't done as many bad things as they have = we're good.
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Mary Anne
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6/2/2005 1:30:05 PM
Moral relativism
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Tom Brosz
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6/2/2005 5:28:16 PM
In a perfect world...
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SDAI-Tech1
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6/4/2005 12:46:22 AM
and that is over when exactly?
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Tony
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6/1/2005 6:55:50 PM
"Game Over -- Play Again?"
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Fox
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6/1/2005 1:32:07 AM
Iraqi Invasion - the game
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Tony
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6/1/2005 2:20:28 PM
Camps
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Tom Brosz
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5/29/2005 10:19:33 PM
You're quite right there
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Sam F.
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5/28/2005 10:34:04 PM
"The Holocaust of our times" has been done, just as you describe it.
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Mary Anne
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5/29/2005 1:37:43 AM
Gu-gu-gu. Lag-lag-lag. Is all I want to say to you.
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Sam F.
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5/29/2005 2:35:33 AM
And incidentally, no, I wasn't suggesting or implying anything of the sort.
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Mary Anne
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5/29/2005 2:55:29 AM
Yes, it is old news. That's why I chose it.
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Sam F.
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5/29/2005 4:27:11 AM
Apolitical means that politics doesn't enter into criticism.
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Mary Anne
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5/29/2005 12:26:08 PM
OK: "organisation" and "programme": where are you from?
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Mary Anne
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5/29/2005 12:17:42 PM
A former British colony, like you.
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Sam F.
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5/29/2005 5:29:06 PM
It makes a difference. POV.
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Mary Anne
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5/29/2005 5:33:08 PM
See my reply to Tom, below.
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Mary Anne
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5/29/2005 2:39:41 AM
Oh, Mary Anne! You go, girl! YOU GO!
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Sam F.
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5/29/2005 3:00:18 AM
Excuse me. "Gu Gu Gu Lag Lag Lag" doesn't exactly put you in a position to criticize me for condescension.
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Mary Anne
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5/29/2005 3:03:55 AM
Actually, I was probably trying to be too clever.
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Sam F.
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5/29/2005 3:27:38 AM
OK. Peace.
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Mary Anne
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5/29/2005 3:31:16 AM
Back at you. :-)
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Sam F.
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5/29/2005 3:48:12 AM
Language as a tool
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Tom Brosz
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5/29/2005 2:08:16 AM
you can define leftist any way you want
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alcaray
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5/31/2005 9:22:23 PM
"Soft bigotry of low expectations" comes immediately to mind
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Sam F.
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5/29/2005 2:51:28 AM
This year's report:
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Mary Anne
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5/29/2005 2:35:28 AM
Interesting
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Sam F.
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5/29/2005 4:15:59 AM
How can you tell what it's like if no one is allowed in to see it?
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Mary Anne
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5/29/2005 12:11:30 PM
Guantanamo is not a gulag, Mary Anne, it's that simple
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Sam F.
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6/1/2005 6:36:45 AM
OK, it's a gulagette. They all start somewhere.
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Mary Anne
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6/1/2005 10:27:10 PM
Just for the record...
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Tom Brosz
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6/1/2005 11:57:26 PM
I remember Michelle Malkin.
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Mary Anne
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6/2/2005 12:56:04 AM
So, what would make you happy?
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Tom Brosz
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6/2/2005 3:55:22 AM
Voluntary proactive humane treatment...
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Mary Anne
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6/2/2005 1:24:07 PM
re: humane treatment
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Tom Brosz
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6/2/2005 6:09:32 PM
Oh, forget it.
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Mary Anne
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6/3/2005 1:00:45 AM
Poor lost souls
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Tom Brosz
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6/3/2005 7:22:21 AM
How we treat our enemies
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Mary Anne
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6/3/2005 1:56:39 PM
re: How we treat our enemies
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Tom Brosz
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6/3/2005 10:11:31 PM
I can tell you know I'm right by the way you exaggerate.
(n/t)
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Mary Anne
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6/4/2005 1:10:38 AM
Jose Padilla : U.S. Citizen Imprisoned Without Trial or Charges for 3 Years and 19 Days
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Eric
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5/28/2005 5:30:26 AM
Poor, misunderstood, Jose Padilla
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David F Mayer
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5/29/2005 5:39:28 AM
The next time you cite Wikipedia, remember it's an experiment, not an authoritative source.
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Mary Anne
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5/29/2005 3:26:11 PM
"executing 14-year-olds is sick, and is not the hallmark of a civilized nation. "
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David F Mayer
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5/29/2005 5:03:54 PM
Fortunetelling
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Mary Anne
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5/29/2005 5:29:48 PM
I don't give a damn whether his is "beyond redemption" or not.
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David F Mayer
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5/30/2005 2:24:28 PM
Advocating the systematic torture of random folks is offensive to all except - - -
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Bowser
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5/28/2005 4:31:39 AM
Remember.
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Bowser
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5/28/2005 4:35:54 AM
Media and prisoners
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Tom Brosz
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5/28/2005 5:37:05 AM
The key to your comparison: 1973
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Mary Anne
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5/28/2005 1:43:32 PM
Nice try.
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Tom Brosz
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5/28/2005 9:44:14 PM
Amnesty International has been pursuing the same goals since 1961.
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Mary Anne
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5/28/2005 10:10:15 PM
Whoops. That was supposed to be under Gary's post.
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Tom Brosz
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5/28/2005 5:38:21 AM
Pathetic
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Gary
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5/28/2005 4:29:51 AM
Why don't you look at the conditions in US prisons, and who is being held there?
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Mary Anne
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5/28/2005 1:28:38 PM
HabitableZone — be civil, or at least entertaining.