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Christianity doesn't make sense to me, period.
Sorry to hear that.
alcaray
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10/11/2005 6:37:32 PM
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Letter from al Qaeda
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Tom Brosz
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10/7/2005 4:21:41 PM
Interesting how this thread is going
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Sam F.
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10/11/2005 11:21:33 PM
re: how this thread is going
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Fox
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10/11/2005 11:41:13 PM
Yeah, al Qaeda, Monaghan, it's all part of the same ball of wax, right?
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Sam F.
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10/12/2005 1:35:16 AM
Do you think al Qaeda just sprung up fully formed?
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Mary Anne
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10/13/2005 6:10:47 PM
So at least Isreal is safe until after they take down Syria, lebenan, and Egypt.
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Scott Evil
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10/10/2005 3:47:32 AM
The leaders of Al Qaeda are insane fanatics.
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David F Mayer
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10/11/2005 3:55:45 PM
don't worry I know of at least one person who will never submit to Islam
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Scott Evil
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10/11/2005 8:56:11 PM
Five thousand years and little has changed - except better weapons
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LJK
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10/7/2005 5:08:00 PM
"Five thousand years" Not at all. 9,500 YEARS!
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David F Mayer
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10/10/2005 4:56:37 PM
re: Five thousand years and little has changed - except better weapons
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REB
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10/7/2005 5:41:48 PM
re: Really?
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Raoul
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10/9/2005 12:30:57 AM
re: Really?
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Tom Brosz
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10/9/2005 4:03:33 AM
re: I give Europe about 50 years tops...
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Scott Evil
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10/10/2005 3:51:14 AM
We're already brought freedom...now we're just taking over.
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SDAI-Tech1
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10/9/2005 1:22:53 AM
SDAI, you certainly have a way of spurring...ummm..."vigorous debate"...
(n/t)
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McFly
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10/9/2005 8:19:09 PM
Just pushing the pretty, brightly lit buttons McFly. ;-)
(n/t)
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SDAI-Tech1
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10/10/2005 8:18:53 AM
"Deep down they all know that the US has already earned the right to rule the world and is, already, the de facto ruler of the world. "
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Lindy
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10/9/2005 5:36:11 PM
Red White & Blue Speedos - remember I'm a cultured 1/2 Euro. ;-)
(n/t)
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SDAI-Tech1
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10/10/2005 8:17:27 AM
Manifest Destiny: The excuse Americans invented for genocide.
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Mary Anne
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10/9/2005 2:42:08 PM
I gave up my plan to rule the world because its tough to compete with the Manifest Destiny
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Scott Evil
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10/10/2005 9:14:15 PM
Scott, you're disconnected from reality.....
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Lindy
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10/10/2005 10:06:29 PM
Lindy yu dung foo taut but funn ee see
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Scott Evil
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10/11/2005 8:40:43 PM
The Pledge was just for you MA...see how much I care? ;-)
(n/t)
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SDAI-Tech1
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10/10/2005 8:03:54 AM
Are we going to get back to the point where I don't respond to you?
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Mary Anne
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10/11/2005 5:51:15 AM
What happened to fun and wit?
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SDAI-Tech1
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10/11/2005 8:01:49 AM
re: Did you?
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Raoul
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10/9/2005 8:59:58 AM
Guess we should have left Germany and Japan alone, then.
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Tom Brosz
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10/9/2005 6:22:06 PM
Not a very good answer..............
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Publius
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10/10/2005 6:16:23 PM
re: East and West
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Raoul
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10/9/2005 7:47:21 PM
What is freedom?
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LJK
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10/7/2005 6:40:56 PM
What is freedom? Good question......
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Publius
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10/8/2005 6:15:19 PM
re: What is freedom? Good question......
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McFly
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10/8/2005 10:06:27 PM
Good illustration of my observation.........
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Publius
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10/9/2005 2:53:57 PM
Power of ownership and contract law
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SDAI-Tech1
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10/11/2005 10:48:26 AM
Thank you for nicely defining
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Publius
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10/11/2005 3:43:32 PM
We are a nation of people and a nation of laws
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SDAI-Tech1
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10/11/2005 4:01:23 PM
Conservatives are very adept at "the laws of the jungle"
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Publius
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10/11/2005 7:35:20 PM
re: Power of ownership and contract law
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REB
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10/11/2005 2:24:56 PM
Didn't Monaghan see The Village?
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Tony
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10/10/2005 4:24:06 PM
re: My Idea of freedom...
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Scott Evil
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10/10/2005 4:00:21 AM
Besides...
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McFly
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10/9/2005 9:07:07 PM
right to be free of Christians and Christianity
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FrankC
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10/9/2005 8:48:15 PM
or perhaps not
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FrankC
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10/9/2005 9:20:17 PM
re: Christian attempts to set up fundamentalist settlements have always failed
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Scott Evil
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10/11/2005 10:05:37 PM
Perhaps this will revive the O'Neil Space Colony concept
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LJK
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10/10/2005 2:03:04 PM
Your subjective and insulting observation?
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McFly
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10/9/2005 8:04:31 PM
re: illustration
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Tom Brosz
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10/9/2005 6:33:37 PM
re: illustration
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Mary Anne
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10/9/2005 7:21:48 PM
re: illustration
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Tom Brosz
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10/10/2005 3:35:53 AM
You really, really don't get this.
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Mary Anne
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10/11/2005 5:41:39 AM
Managhan is forcing you to live in "Sinless City"?
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Sam F.
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10/9/2005 4:41:37 PM
Here are a few details:
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Mary Anne
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10/9/2005 7:36:40 PM
Publius commented on his *own* freedom
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Sam F.
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10/10/2005 7:13:34 AM
The most pervasive aspect of abuse is shutting people up.
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Mary Anne
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10/11/2005 4:48:48 AM
Please. Just. Stop. It.
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Sam F.
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10/11/2005 9:08:40 AM
You don't understand it either.
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Mary Anne
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10/11/2005 1:00:06 PM
You don't understand it either Mary Anne............
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Publius
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10/11/2005 7:53:58 PM
So, how do you feel about education vouchers?
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Tom Brosz
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10/11/2005 2:07:05 PM
Not for religious schools.
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Mary Anne
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10/11/2005 4:15:16 PM
re: Publius commented on his *own* freedom
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REB
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10/10/2005 4:22:37 PM
Oh, please. Get back to me when they cancel Christmas.
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Mary Anne
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10/11/2005 5:49:31 AM
You kvetch, and I'll kvail.......
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Publius
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10/11/2005 7:42:33 PM
A Question for you.
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REB
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10/11/2005 12:32:00 PM
No, no, and no.
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Mary Anne
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10/11/2005 1:21:07 PM
re: No, no, and no.
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REB
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10/11/2005 1:42:35 PM
The reason why it looks like Christianity is being removed...
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Mary Anne
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10/11/2005 5:00:23 PM
There is a prejudice against Christians in this country
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REB
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10/11/2005 5:39:18 PM
Listen:
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Mary Anne
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10/11/2005 6:13:09 PM
re: Listen:
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REB
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10/11/2005 6:27:39 PM
The Christians in my part of the country
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Mary Anne
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10/12/2005 12:30:50 AM
re: There is a prejudice in this country
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Fox
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10/11/2005 6:07:15 PM
Many on the left are trying to cancel Christmas. Some places have taken Christ out of Christmas. Some places are not calling it Christmas anymore.
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REB
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10/11/2005 12:21:28 PM
re: trying to cancel Christmas
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Fox
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10/11/2005 6:24:41 PM
People can call it what they want. It's still December 25.
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Mary Anne
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10/11/2005 1:33:38 PM
Mary Anne is surrounded by religious fundamentalists
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Tom Brosz
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10/11/2005 2:14:01 PM
Anti-Halloween-ism
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Fox
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10/11/2005 5:29:12 PM
Don't you know that almost all serial murderers have carved pumpkins at some time in their lives?
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Scott Evil
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10/11/2005 9:35:08 PM
re: Anti-Halloween-ism
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Tom Brosz
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10/11/2005 5:58:11 PM
There you go quoting that demonicly possessed witch again.
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Scott Evil
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10/11/2005 10:17:40 PM
correcting link
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Fox
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10/11/2005 5:35:28 PM
And, while we're on the subject...
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Fox
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10/11/2005 8:31:39 PM
Don't ask me. I suppose angels, fallen or otherwise, don't count.
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Tom Brosz
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10/11/2005 8:37:46 PM
Yes, that's the problem.
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SDAI-Tech1
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10/11/2005 2:59:01 PM
It must be nice to have money.
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Mary Anne
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10/11/2005 6:21:11 PM
It must be nice to have an excuse.
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SDAI-Tech1
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10/12/2005 11:17:42 PM
It must be nice to accept balkanization as the norm.
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Mary Anne
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10/13/2005 6:12:18 PM
That hat been in freefall for a while now?
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Sam F.
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10/11/2005 10:31:33 PM
So they won.
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Mary Anne
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10/12/2005 12:33:22 AM
re: People can call it what they want. It's still December 25.
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REB
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10/11/2005 1:58:00 PM
Thank you for finding what I really said.
(n/t)
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Mary Anne
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10/11/2005 6:26:54 PM
Happy winter solstice...........
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Publius
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10/11/2005 3:55:17 PM
Merry Christmas to you.
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REB
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10/11/2005 4:01:11 PM
The only kind of Christianity that makes sense to me...
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alcaray (the subversive)
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10/10/2005 10:43:02 PM
Christianity doesn't make sense to me, period.
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Sam F.
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10/11/2005 12:02:44 AM
Sorry to hear that.
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alcaray
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10/11/2005 6:37:32 PM
Do not!
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Sam F.
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10/11/2005 10:43:14 PM
Hey, how do you feel about Skinner's idea in Walden II...
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alcaray
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10/12/2005 5:51:00 PM
re: Skinner's idea in Walden II...
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Tom Brosz
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10/13/2005 4:10:24 PM
I haven't seen Rand's ripping
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alcaray
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10/13/2005 4:34:23 PM
Deliberately narrowing the field to a pinpoint.
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Mary Anne
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10/11/2005 5:45:12 AM
Actually, I widened the scope to the issue of instilling belief systems of all kinds in children.
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Sam F.
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10/11/2005 8:18:33 AM
Read the history of the United States, with special attention to its colonial and founding period.
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Mary Anne
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10/11/2005 1:39:33 PM
First person plural again
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Sam F.
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10/11/2005 11:03:27 PM
OK: the Untied States of America it is.
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Mary Anne
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10/12/2005 12:08:41 AM
Iranian opinions
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Tom Brosz
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10/8/2005 8:02:19 PM
re: What is freedom?
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gbaikie
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10/7/2005 7:54:44 PM
Hopefully
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FrankC
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10/7/2005 6:58:09 PM
HabitableZone — be civil, or at least entertaining.