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The Boxing Ring Revived
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4520Your post really resonated with me. Earlier this week, I had to take my dad to aConstant Reader-2/16/2003
4519True.The Philosopher-2/16/2003
4518I agree completely. I wish we had a better discussion of the risks. I think thThe Philosopher-2/16/2003
4517<i>That doesn't mean one isn't compassionate. It means that at timLane3-2/16/2003
4516That's a fair article. But you know, during WW II Churchill exhibited some The Philosopher-2/16/2003
4515<i>We have to make the best educated guess we can. That's all we can dLane3-2/16/2003
4514deletedLane3-2/16/2003
4513I'm not trying to make the case that it's irrelevant. I'm hoping weThe Philosopher-2/16/2003
4512The UN didn't stop the war in Bosnia. All it did was come after we had endeThe Philosopher-2/16/2003
4511<i>Maybe, but parallels and projections by themselves don't justify a The Philosopher-2/16/2003
4510Here's a suitably civil version of the theme. The Crude Crusader By RicharLane3-2/16/2003
4509It wasn't aimed at you (any more than if I'd called him a Stupid White Mcosmicforce-2/16/2003
4508<i>The biggest problem I have is that my garbage disposal died a couple The Philosopher-2/16/2003
4507I think the UN peace-keeping in Bosnia (which has all but faded from the media)acosmicforce-2/16/2003
4506<i>But IMO, the decisions in the UN now have little to do with protecting Lane3-2/16/2003
4505<i>Bush is a Christian bigot who believes himself to be a savior for the wThe Philosopher-2/16/2003
4504<i>Calling the police is like calling the U.N. </i> I pity you if yThe Philosopher-2/16/2003
4503I don't miss the snow out here. But sometimes I do miss the memories of the The Philosopher-2/16/2003
4502If nobody else is doing it, maybe you should.The Philosopher-2/16/2003
4501I went out for a walk to the grocery store this morning. We had about six incheLane3-2/16/2003
4500Enjoy a cup of cocoa and a good book.The Philosopher-2/16/2003
4499If one had confidence that the nations in the UN were acting in a principled manThe Philosopher-2/16/2003
4498<i>If we aren't going to care if someone violates the agreement why evLane3-2/16/2003
4497Then why does Bush constantly refer to the U.N. and the resolutions of the Securcosmicforce-2/16/2003
4496The police are a legal authority hired by a legitimate government. There is no TimF-2/16/2003
4495I'm a strong believer in the 2nd Amendment. However, just because I can go cosmicforce-2/16/2003
4494I'm nice and warm but pretty much snowed in. TimTimF-2/16/2003
4493<i>Even when the bad guys control the turf, you can do SOMETHING. </i&gThe Philosopher-2/16/2003
4492I beg to differ: If I'd gotten out of the car and shot him with my Desert Eacosmicforce-2/16/2003
4491How are you surviving the snow that we hear is devestating DC? Of course, what The Philosopher-2/16/2003
4490<i> If the UN decides that Saddam has thumbed his nose at them to a pointTimF-2/16/2003
4489See? That's just what Bush is doing in Iraq.The Philosopher-2/16/2003
4488< If Saddam had fully and completel complied with all UN resolutions and all cosmicforce-2/16/2003
4487<i> I've been wondering lately whether they knew all the time that hidTimF-2/16/2003
4486It's the dehumainzation of big cities, at least in part. In rural areas thiThe Philosopher-2/16/2003
4485The point of the duck and cover, as I understand it, was for protection from flyThe Philosopher-2/16/2003
4484<i>If Saddam had fully and completel complied with all UN resolutions and Lane3-2/16/2003
4483You were luckier than we were. We didn't have anybody helping us find safe The Philosopher-2/16/2003
4482Even when the bad guys control the turf, you can do SOMETHING. You don't hacosmicforce-2/16/2003
4481Iraq kicked them out. If you tell your children that they may continue to live The Philosopher-2/16/2003
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