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Call me elitist... (and I don't think I'm 100% disagreeing) (...) I'm not. That is, I'm not for enabling *everyone* to be a member. There are certain people I would be happy to see not join, heck, not even participate here. There are only a handful (...) (26 years ago, 18-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) That's a good point. It hadn't occurred to me because I don't usually get ensnared by a debate until it's already in .debate! Maybe we should have off-topic.debate.pure and off-topic.debate.spill. 8^) Dave! (26 years ago, 18-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) <puts facilitator hat on> No no... post your ideas, no matter how wacky, as long as they haven't been posted yet. That's brainstorming. Even if you know there is a flaw in idea E1 and E2 of yours, and in L1 and L2 of mine, someone may come up (...) (26 years ago, 18-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Actually, those two are great ideas, IMHO. I wonder how many people that aren't members post updates about their LEGO eBay auctions on Lugnet, and never give back to the upkeep of Lugnet... I hadn't ever thought of that before. And the admin (...) (26 years ago, 18-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Hear, hear! Though I don't expect that I'll switch to Libertarianism or Christianity any time soon, I have learned a good deal about those two views. That, for me, is the primary reason for participating in .debate (that, and getting the (...) (26 years ago, 18-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) The recent history of .debate is certainly that the types of shouting matches have little chance of being productive, however, I will point out that back some time ago, the "Libertarian" debate DID have real productivity. It DID change (...) (26 years ago, 18-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Well, as soon as I can come up with an idea that I myself can't pick apart on 1000 levels, I will. Unfortunately, thus far I've been unsuccessful... (...) Yeah, but that's the default way of "winning" an argument or flamewar on Usenet. :D (...) (26 years ago, 18-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.admin.general)
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Larry Pieniazek writes:>>Hey, that's a good idea- if you pay to become a Lugnet member, you're allowed (...) I'm not yet a member (mainly because most of my posting has been to OT rather than LEGO-specific contributions), (...) (26 years ago, 18-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) I would like to put into the enhancement hopper the idea of setting a personal preference for how big the tree view should be allowed to get before it is suppressed. I'm willing to pay a bit more delay to get larger trees, some others may want (...) (26 years ago, 18-Dec-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Personally, I come and go. I lose interest in some debates, and gain interest in others. Occasionally I'll see something that really does peak my interest, and other times, I just feel like debating. As to whether it's actually a waste of (...) (26 years ago, 18-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.admin.general)
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