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Re: My ideas - Space, Castle, etc.
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Tue, 5 Dec 2000 19:44:19 GMT
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From: Thomas Main <main@appstate.edu>

Being a vegetarian, I would not want TLC associated with leather jacket
making.  I feel guilty enough about really liking the McDonald's sets,
the Shell Oil promotional sets, and for that matter...the ABS itself :)
How about a hemp jacket? ;)

So, by your logic, it's ok for me to buy the jacket if I feel bad about it
afterward? If not, then why do you keep buying LEGO if you truly feel bad
about the ABS being a petroleum product? Is it ok or not?

If you really sit down and think about it, and feel guilty about every
little teeny thing that allows us our modern conveniences, you should
probably move out in the boonies and "live off the land.'

We all assuage our guilt in different ways.

Some people become vegetarians, some people join the Peace Corps.

I have adopted two dogs from the shelter, and I do volunteer design work for
the pet shelter as well. Not really Mother Theresa, to quote another Lugnet
member, but I feel like I'm doing something positive in these two doggie
lives.

~Mark "Muffin Head" Sandlin
--
Mark's Lego Creations
http://www.nwlink.com/~sandlin/lego



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  Re: My ideas - Space, Castle, etc.
 
(...) Ditto - all 3 of our cats were rescued. Doesn't stop me from being a Near Carnivore, though ;-) -- | Tom Stangl, Technical Support Netscape Communications Corp | Please do not associate my personal views with my employer (23 years ago, 5-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
  Re: My ideas - Space, Castle, etc.
 
(...) It's perfectly ok for you to buy the jacket and not feel guilty about it. It is not ok for me to buy the jacket at all. Moral relavitism, but with some self-created absolute boundaries. Is Lego ok? Yes, because I also drive a car and use (...) (23 years ago, 6-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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  Re: My ideas - Space, Castle, etc.
 
(...) Being a vegetarian, I would not want TLC associated with leather jacket making. I feel guilty enough about really liking the McDonald's sets, the Shell Oil promotional sets, and for that matter...the ABS itself :) How about a hemp jacket? ;) (...) (23 years ago, 5-Dec-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)

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