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Re: Lego called Racist - "Boycott Legos [sic]"
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   I’ll be interested to learn where your sense of journalistic outrage leads you.

Well, youre gonna have to choose another topic, I can’t lie and say I’m from the US, because I’m Indian. I’d rather not comment on matters I have partial/incomplete knowledge of in the first place; that’d be asking for trouble. So I’ll be diplomatic and not comment on this one. And indeed, if I *did* comment, I’d be hijacking this thread.

Legoswami Samarth

   
         
     
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Re: Lego called Racist - "Boycott Legos [sic]"
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Tue, 25 Jan 2005 18:32:00 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Samarth Moray wrote:
  
   I’ll be interested to learn where your sense of journalistic outrage leads you.

Well, youre gonna have to choose another topic, I can’t lie and say I’m from the US, because I’m Indian. I’d rather not comment on matters I have partial/incomplete knowledge of in the first place; that’d be asking for trouble. So I’ll be diplomatic and not comment on this one. And indeed, if I *did* comment, I’d be hijacking this thread.

Legoswami Samarth

Samarth,

I’ve got to commend you on your level-headed maturity, especially for your young age, not just here, but in all things you’ve been posting on.

Send me your address privately-- I’ll send you a few Han Solo’s in carbonite--free of charge.

Scott Lyttle

   
         
     
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Re: Lego called Racist - "Boycott Legos [sic]"
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Tue, 25 Jan 2005 19:09:01 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Samarth Moray wrote:
  
   I’ll be interested to learn where your sense of journalistic outrage leads you.

Well, youre gonna have to choose another topic, I can’t lie and say I’m from the US, because I’m Indian. I’d rather not comment on matters I have partial/incomplete knowledge of in the first place; that’d be asking for trouble. So I’ll be diplomatic and not comment on this one. And indeed, if I *did* comment, I’d be hijacking this thread.

Hey, you’re not one of those non-native speakers of English, are you? Jeez, I wish you guys would wear distinctive hats, or something, so that we can tell you from those of us lucky enough to live under the Annointed Rule of the His Mighty Righteousness George W. Bush.

I’ve said it before, and I’m apparently inclined to say it again: so many non-native speakers of English on LUGNET (and in the world, I’d guess) speak/write much better than most of my American-born coworkers.

Anyway, I still think that the article is close to irrelevant, since it’s a small opinion piece in a college newspaper (even if it does turn out to be serious).

Dave!

    
          
      
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Re: Lego called Racist - "Boycott Legos [sic]"
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Wed, 26 Jan 2005 01:05:43 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Dave Schuler wrote:
   In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Samarth Moray wrote:
  
   I’ll be interested to learn where your sense of journalistic outrage leads you.

Well, youre gonna have to choose another topic, I can’t lie and say I’m from the US, because I’m Indian. I’d rather not comment on matters I have partial/incomplete knowledge of in the first place; that’d be asking for trouble. So I’ll be diplomatic and not comment on this one. And indeed, if I *did* comment, I’d be hijacking this thread.

Hey, you’re not one of those non-native speakers of English, are you? Jeez, I wish you guys would wear distinctive hats, or something, so that we can tell you from those of us lucky enough to live under the Annointed Rule of the His Mighty Righteousness George W. Bush.

I’ve said it before, and I’m apparently inclined to say it again: so many non-native speakers of English on LUGNET (and in the world, I’d guess) speak/write much better than most of my American-born coworkers.

Anyway, I still think that the article is close to irrelevant, since it’s a small opinion piece in a college newspaper (even if it does turn out to be serious).

Dave!

English is an official language of India, has been for many, many years. That’s ‘native’, as in ‘native speaker’ But, I aside from the minor nitpick, I agree 100%!

Tim (Smith)

     
           
      
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Re: Lego called Racist - "Boycott Legos [sic]"
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Wed, 26 Jan 2005 03:54:18 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Timothy P. Smith wrote:

   English is an official language of India, has been for many, many years.

Actually, Hindi is the official language of India, but English is spoken just as much here.

Legoswami Samarth

    
          
     
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Re: Lego called Racist - "Boycott Legos [sic]"
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Wed, 26 Jan 2005 05:04:29 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Dave Schuler wrote:

   Hey, you’re not one of those non-native speakers of English, are you? Jeez,

No, I’m 100%, born, bred, living Asian Indian (to distinguish from Native American tribes)

   I wish you guys would wear distinctive hats

Wouldn’t that be discrimination? ;-)

   Anyway, I still think that the article is close to irrelevant, since it’s a small opinion piece in a college newspaper (even if it does turn out to be serious).

Serious or not, irrelevent or not, the fact is that people will read it and their general impressions about lego (or ‘legos’) will be tarnished. Unless of course, they are smart enough and can see through the inconsistencies that were pointed out in this thread.

Legoswami Samarth

   
         
   
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Re: Lego called Racist - "Boycott Legos [sic]"
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Wed, 26 Jan 2005 04:12:34 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Samarth Moray wrote:
  
   I’ll be interested to learn where your sense of journalistic outrage leads you.

Well, youre gonna have to choose another topic, I can’t lie and say I’m from the US, because I’m Indian. I’d rather not comment on matters I have partial/incomplete knowledge of in the first place; that’d be asking for trouble. So I’ll be diplomatic and not comment on this one. And indeed, if I *did* comment, I’d be hijacking this thread.

Legoswami Samarth

Wow! Yours is the most reasonable post I can remember reading in .debate. Thank you for staying on topic and not feeding the troll. You hit the ball out of the park! (American baseball expression)

-Erik

   
         
   
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Re: Lego called Racist - "Boycott Legos [sic]"
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Wed, 26 Jan 2005 14:07:08 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Erik Olson wrote:
   In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Samarth Moray wrote:
  
   I’ll be interested to learn where your sense of journalistic outrage leads you.

Well, youre gonna have to choose another topic, I can’t lie and say I’m from the US, because I’m Indian. I’d rather not comment on matters I have partial/incomplete knowledge of in the first place; that’d be asking for trouble. So I’ll be diplomatic and not comment on this one. And indeed, if I *did* comment, I’d be hijacking this thread.

Legoswami Samarth

Wow! Yours is the most reasonable post I can remember reading in .debate. Thank you for staying on topic and not feeding the troll. You hit the ball out of the park! (American baseball expression)

Yeah, I guess I can see how a discussion of trivial outrage inspired by a perceived failure of journalism is completely distinct from serious outrage inspired by an actual, systemic failure of journalism. Sorry to blur these two obviously unrelated issues.

Good call, Erik!

Dave!

 

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