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16033<i>Eyes roll on Fox News when the word Liberal is mentioned, but it is no Lane3-6/29/2002
16032<i>It would have been fleshed out a little by now had anyone offered any fLazarus_Long-6/29/2002
16031<i>BTW, your English is fine and you know it and I know it. The statement Lane3-6/29/2002
16030Yup. Let's hope the full 9th decides to review and reverses.Lazarus_Long-6/29/2002
16029Gotta look at this. I MUST be wrong! :-)Lazarus_Long-6/29/2002
16028I know that what you want to do. But you are framing it in a way that pulls uponNeocon-6/29/2002
16027Although I tend to agree that she may no longer be a threat to society, the reasConstant Reader-6/29/2002
16026Mirabilis dictu, I agree completely with this post of yours! (I must reconsideE-6/29/2002
16025<i>From my point of view there's so much weaseling in there, it's Lane3-6/29/2002
16024<i> Is Fox News bothers you, change channels. </i> See. That'sLane3-6/29/2002
16023I'll take the status quo over that any day. And if you can't see the difConstant Reader-6/29/2002
16022Eyes roll on Fox News when the word Liberal is mentioned, but it is no concern oConstant Reader-6/29/2002
16021We can't dictate what other people think or mean. That is a personal choice.Constant Reader-6/29/2002
16020<i>I take it you have no objection, then, to efforts to have a moment of sLane3-6/29/2002
16019<i>That may be, except you appear to be setting yourself up as arbiter of Lane3-6/29/2002
16018<i>You are the one who keeps proposing alternatives to the status quo, whiLane3-6/29/2002
16017<i>Persistent criminals are kept from society via death, incarceration, orLazarus_Long-6/29/2002
16016<i>If the jury and/or judge doesn't buy it, make an appeal for gubernaLane3-6/29/2002
16015So, do you want to tally up eyerolls on the various networks? Is Fox News botheMichael M-6/29/2002
16014Did I say it was?Michael M-6/29/2002
16013Fastest way I know to insure the passage of a constitutional amendment endorsingConstant Reader-6/29/2002
16012I'm talking about the court case and its aftermath- -more suits, legislativeLazarus_Long-6/29/2002
16011<i>Methinks you may be fishing for an unChristian expression </i> NLane3-6/29/2002
16010Ah, yes, this was a 3-judge bench, so the full Circuit could reverse. The SupreLazarus_Long-6/29/2002
16009I take it you have no objection, then, to efforts to have a moment of silence atConstant Reader-6/29/2002
16008I understand and share your aversion to law suits. I've never sued anyone fLane3-6/29/2002
16007YES! THAT! I know it means you law dogs will have to find an honest way to mLazarus_Long-6/29/2002
16006That may be, except you appear to be setting yourself up as arbiter of what consConstant Reader-6/29/2002
16005I hate to be the one to give you the bad news, but the United States is not a diLazarus_Long-6/29/2002
16004The current policy. You are the one who keeps bringing up extraneous issues and Constant Reader-6/29/2002
16003Anarchy rocks, eh?Michael M-6/29/2002
16002<i>Perhaps practicality should be considered here. </i> NO! Not THOriginal Mad Dog-6/29/2002
16001<i>You're gonna lose this one.</i> If you're talking about Lane3-6/29/2002
16000Actually, my primary reference was to "exile" as a form of punishment:Neocon-6/29/2002
15999Unless the members of the Supreme Court start dropping like flies between now anConstant Reader-6/29/2002
15998The last thing we need is an "official" understanding of God. Now THAMichael M-6/29/2002
15997If one thinks oneself to be justified, or to be so over- wrought as to diminish Neocon-6/29/2002
15996Methinks you may be fishing for an unChristian expression from one you may be asMichael M-6/29/2002
15995And it's hardly always a good thing either. It has slowed or prevented adapLazarus_Long-6/29/2002
15994<i>I did not, in fact, make much of punishment as deterrence</i> MeLane3-6/29/2002
15993<i>Given the near-unanimous response to the revival of this issue, I see nLazarus_Long-6/29/2002
15992I don't agree that atheists are unceremoniously dissed and treated as alien.Michael M-6/29/2002
15991<i>Your unwillingness to accept what has been a viable policy for over halLane3-6/29/2002
15990Perhaps practicality should be considered here. You and I are heavily outnumberLazarus_Long-6/29/2002
15989I did not, in fact, make much of punishment as deterrence. My point all along haNeocon-6/29/2002
15988I have no problem with the idea of including restitution as an aspect of sentencNeocon-6/29/2002
15987I'm sorry, Neo, I just realized I left the attachment off the post you respoLane3-6/29/2002
15986Your unwillingness to accept what has been a viable policy for over half a centuConstant Reader-6/29/2002
15985Yes, there was malice, in the ordinary sense, or she would have exhausted all soNeocon-6/29/2002
15984<i>Only people who resemble those looking under beds for Communists can seLane3-6/29/2002
15983Given the near-unanimous response to the revival of this issue, I see no reason Constant Reader-6/29/2002
15982<i>I'm afraid your idea of a "win-win" is the majority'sLane3-6/29/2002
15981Social pressure to conform ain't always a bad thing. It is the foundation oMichael M-6/29/2002
15980I'm afraid your idea of a "win-win" is the majority's idea of Michael M-6/29/2002
15979<i>Oh. Why didn't you say that earlier? </i> Some days I donLane3-6/29/2002
15978<i>Only people who resemble those looking under beds for Communists can seLazarus_Long-6/29/2002
15977<i>Most likely, a life outside of society under control of the system makiLazarus_Long-6/29/2002
15976<i> I went entirely to public schools and I turned out....</i> WelLazarus_Long-6/29/2002
15975It seems to me that the consequences are commensurate with the mistake in judgmeConstant Reader-6/29/2002
15974In that case, they found a win-win for this particular question almost 60 years Constant Reader-6/29/2002
15973<i>What were the attitudes they let fester?</i> The attitude is thaLane3-6/29/2002
15972<i>Yes, it does. It makes the victim feel avenged. You may not like that, Lane3-6/29/2002
15971<i>There is also the fact that the matter is still under review by the couLane3-6/29/2002
15970<i>We should be looking at deterrence, which is the object, rather than puLazarus_Long-6/29/2002
15969Who were the good people? What were the attitudes they let fester? What was thMichael M-6/29/2002
15968Hard to say. Some military flight proficiency training requires flying very cloMichael M-6/29/2002
15967<i>WHY is it not sufficient that punishment of the criminal deter others eLane3-6/29/2002
15966All I was doing was pointing out that the answer you get on a poll about the dp E-6/29/2002
15965Yes, ironic. And then there's the irony of inserting that language to distiLane3-6/29/2002
15964Spam is extremely popular in Samoa.Michael M-6/29/2002
15963"All of us serve a purpose, some of us as bad examples." WHY is it noLazarus_Long-6/29/2002
15962I believe I already told you why. To repeat - political suicide. There is alsoMichael M-6/29/2002
15961<b>How the Pledge got God</b> post-gazette.com The local rag pickedWin Smith-6/29/2002
15960<i>If that's the case, things have changed since I went to school.<Lazarus_Long-6/29/2002
15959huh?Poet-6/29/2002
15958I will consider your example further.....Neocon-6/29/2002
15957I will mull it over, and see if we can find a greater area of agreement.....Neocon-6/29/2002
15956poetryPaul Corbett-6/29/2002
15955<i>This result could have clearly been avoided by avoiding the ridiculous Lane3-6/29/2002
15954LOL! Bull-oney.... This result could have clearly been avoided by avoiding thejlallen-6/29/2002
15953The demolib pinhead threw the first stone. Those non-demolib pinheads who are pLane3-6/29/2002
15952This is what happens when demolib pinheads make mountains out of molehills.... jlallen-6/29/2002
15951<i>What an enormous waste of time and money by those who seek to divide usLane3-6/29/2002
15950Here's the kind of scenario I had in mind when I invented the woman who killLane3-6/29/2002
15949Hanging is another option....<g>jlallen-6/29/2002
15948<i>How would you feel if your kids were required or expected to announce tjlallen-6/29/2002
15947<i>The pilot that clipped the Italian cable car was sentenced to six monthDayuhan-6/29/2002
15946<i>I think that there is a penitential aspect of punishment, as a way of dLane3-6/29/2002
15945SPAMPoet-6/29/2002
15944I am not very concerned with immediate effects, but with the long term effects oNeocon-6/29/2002
15943LOL. And Amy Fisher is a columnist. And the actress from NYPD Blue had her turLane3-6/29/2002
15942<i>that is, actual malice--- the intentional infliction of harm or deliberLane3-6/29/2002
15941"Survivor" player spent an entire week learning how to be a reporter Tom Clarke-6/29/2002
15940In civil actions, one can be held liable without the full burden of guilt, that Neocon-6/29/2002
15939<i> It would please no one (except maybe a couple of people on SI) and makLane3-6/29/2002
15938$$ Al Qaeda July 4 terrorist Attack certain$$ consider this 1) 90% of al QaedaPaul Corbett-6/29/2002
15937<i>citizens are not REQUIRED to say the pledge.</i> If that's tDayuhan-6/29/2002
15936<i>I don't believe in affirmative action, abortion and a host of otherDayuhan-6/29/2002
15935And just what would the restitution be for intentionally killing someone else? Lazarus_Long-6/29/2002
15934The pilot that clipped the Italian cable car was sentenced to six months. <baverage joe-6/29/2002
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