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(...) Larry, if you're so busy dealing with Lugnet issues (URL) I would suggest the quickest resolution would be to just apologise "to anyone that may be offended" in the original thread. ROSCO (21 years ago, 24-Jan-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(snip) Chris, do you have kids? If so, do you let them swear and curse anywhere they choose? I think you realize that the censorship really has more to do with being decent than anything else. As Lugnet tries to be a place that is friendly to all, (...) (21 years ago, 21-Jan-05, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) (some, but apparently not all) (...) I'm sorry that some members of NILTC took offense at my joke. In particular, Ondrew, I am sorry that you took offense. It is regrettable. I may not necessarily think it's reasonable to take offense so, but (...) (21 years ago, 24-Jan-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Laying smack (was Re: Open letter to the CEO of the LEGO Company
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(...) (or put "this is a repost with some content changed" when reposting things... just like Calum did) (...) Please don't lay any smack down on JoJo for reposting, after cleaning up the quoted text that got him a timeout. Lay it on me, instead, (...) (21 years ago, 24-Jan-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) "On behalf" is different than being a representative of the club. I know through personal communications that Tim Courtney was not offended by Lar's post. I'm still curious about how the club feels. (...) I hope you realize that the Admins (...) (21 years ago, 24-Jan-05, to lugnet.admin.general, FTX)
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(...) I have refrained from entering this "discussion" but I feel I need to insert my .02 and then back out again. Here is the deal: Ken's announcement was the joke; Larry only had the hubris to point it out. Whoever wrote the announcement, while (...) (21 years ago, 24-Jan-05, to lugnet.admin.general, FTX)
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(...) For reference, some people may be interested in this post: (URL) That's either Ken disclosing he works in a "LEGO store", or it's a ToS violation, someone else (presumably his wife) is posting under his ID saying SHE works in a "LEGO store". (...) (21 years ago, 24-Jan-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) techicly i'm not an official represenitive anymore since i'm no longer an active member. however since i created the club along with tim courtney and brian willams i still retain the right to protect my investment. so yes in this instance i am (...) (21 years ago, 24-Jan-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Are you asking as an official representative of NILTC? I'm just asking to make sure it's understood that you're speaking for NILTC in this instance. (...) Please see about a third of the way down this post, which addresses that subject: (URL) (21 years ago, 24-Jan-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Timeout (was Re: "Some pigs...")
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-snip- Thank you for giving us the perspective of NILTC. Up until now, Ken has been speaking on behalf of a number of people (NILTC and the Library) - and I've been curious on their take on this. (...) Does this mean you are no longer a member? No (...) (21 years ago, 24-Jan-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
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Now I understand that ken is bullheaded and may have justly received this timeout however I do agree that an apology is in order. Larry’s so called bad joke was insulting to me, as well as other NILTC members. Now I know ken could care less about an (...) (21 years ago, 24-Jan-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) I recieved it. I wish I had replied with a message that said "Thank you for bringing this to my attention." But I wouldn't have recommended Lar for a timeout (he was obviously trying to joke), and I'm not entirely sure my email would have (...) (21 years ago, 24-Jan-05, to lugnet.admin.general, FTX)
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(...) Over the years Todd has made his stance on the hobby a VERY well known stance. Plus, we are ON Lugnet so we all know this. And when you talk about Lugnet you will prob also talk about Todd. When you run a public site such as this and basically (...) (21 years ago, 24-Jan-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) As with all timeouts, Ken's return after the timeout period has expired is subject to indicating understanding of why the timeout occured, and an agreement to abide by the ToS. The choice on whether to abide by the ToS is completely up to Ken, (...) (21 years ago, 24-Jan-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Good point about the publicness of the Yahoo group. It equates more to a party at a private home. Still, I would not expect someone to not share information discovered at a private party. In fact, one of my examples was going to be if I post a (...) (21 years ago, 24-Jan-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Timeout (was Re: "Some pigs...")
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The many personal insults and excessive crossposting by Ken Nagel in this thread have earned Ken a one-week timeout from posting on LUGNET, beginning immediately. It's unfortunate that Ken was let go from his employer. The circumstances of Ken's end (...) (21 years ago, 24-Jan-05, to lugnet.admin.general, FTX)
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(...) Well I disagree that Yahoo groups are necessaily public. If you can only join with the consent of the group moderator, and the messages are only available to members, I would consider it very bad form to repeat publically anything that is (...) (21 years ago, 24-Jan-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
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"Ken Nagel" <knandjn@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:IAt0LL.1AKF@lugnet.com... (...) [ ... snipped ... ] (...) able to (...) It's a gray area for sure and like just about anything which is gray, you can find a corner case which doesn't fit the (...) (21 years ago, 24-Jan-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Where did the library call for his apology? Where did NILTC? And since you deem Larry's apologies as worthless anyway, why are you so adamantly pursuing it? (...) First you're pissed at Larry for what any outsider would interpret as a (...) (21 years ago, 24-Jan-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
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