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Re: 2nd Joe Vig contest entry - How Joe learned to stop worrying and love the bomb
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Mon, 12 Jun 2006 21:36:21 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Leonard Hoffman wrote:
> In lugnet.build.vignette, Chris Magno wrote:
> > In lugnet.build.vignette, Nelson Yrizarry wrote:
> > All I read were some valid reasons as to why a head was not the "right one"
> > then read the "sorry, rulz is da rulz" reply.
> >
> > I'm just a lurker (in this forum), any maybe I'm missing the inside joke,
> > but if this is for real, then, I'm saddened.
> >
> > Yes, one fig head is as low as 4 cents, and several stores have no minimum,
> > but who’s to say, someone’s situation are not greater than those given.
> > (Maybe due to underage purchasing power, or lack of ability to set up paypal
> > acct. (1))
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> I tend to agree. Also, the contest should be expanded to anyone who can't
> afford LEGO bricks. Allowing MegaBloks, Tyco, BestLock, and BTR pieces for
> the Joe Vig Contest should be allowed. Heck, some might not be able to
> afford building block toys at all, so we should expand the contest to include
> any building material you can find, including dirt, twigs, and chewed gum.
Wow, (while I can give a polite "LOL" to the well played sarcasm,) my stomach
turns as socialism takes another blow in the face from capitalism.
Lenny while I have always respected your points, and will continue to here...
either you are the king of mixed messages, or I see/saw qualities in you that
don't seem to make sense on the whole to me based on the parts of your
personality I am familiar with. Sympathy for one example.
Colour me, with rose coloured glasses, but I have always felt the point of
having a "community" was to share, encourage and enlighten others that share a
common interest. Silly me, I want to learn and grow my own skills from the
collective strength of others. Their realised concepts, conquests over the
constraints of the bricks, the clever discoveries and outstanding executions
based on the knowledge, skills and development of their efforts. I didn't
realise it was more about the high school mentality of "my member is bigger than
yours", those that die with the most bricks, win.... or the sad reality of
securing everyone in a neatly labelled box.
Yeah yeah yeah, I get it, sign on the dotted line, rules are rules and those
that set up the contest have stated their decision. I do not aim to change or
judge that, ~AND~ I would feel differently if the original post was trying to
pull some scam or if someone else that followed the rules lost out to someone
that had disregarded them for no other reason than just being a jerk. But as I
see it, that was not the case here, (and considering the following facts, such
as Lugnet going for a 7 hour period with out a single post, and the fact that
recently there are as few as 13-15 posts for a 24 hour period) I think we would
all be off a lot better off if we stopped forcing issues, and cut everyone just
a tad bit of slack.
Of course, that's just me, and my suit hating, tree hugging ways... I know I
couldn't willingly exclude anyone that went to an effort and admitted their
shortcomings. It's not news to many of you that I have issues when it comes to
conforming and I have spent a good part of my life embracing and encouraging
those that need to, or should, walked to the beat of their own drum, and
thankfully I was lucky to have had the gift of being treated that way by a few
important mentors in my life. I have no shame or remorse for wanting to be
inclusive and harbour no resentment to those that don't want to, or can't. I do
feel compelled to at least defend the reasons I want to be part of this
community, and nowhere does that include dismissing anyone's effort over a small
amount of printing on a yellow round one by one.
Respectfully submitted,
Janey "Red Brick"
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