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Re: Lavender Brick Society
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Thu, 16 Sep 2004 14:50:37 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.general, Christopher L. Weeks wrote:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, David Gregory wrote:
> > If LUGNET decides to make a subgroup for gay members, then others will start
> > asking for more subgroups for every single type of person who's out there
> > (Catholics, midgets, retired people, Mexicans, blondes, etc, etc, etc...).
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> And finally, how would
> your LUGNET experience be hurt by forming any or all of these groups?
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> Chris
I've hesitated inserting my own comments (other than expressing agreement) on
this subject until now -- but this is a question I feel comfortable answering.
I believe my experience would be hurt by the addition of any or all of the
groups David mentioned, because I believe it will give far more opportunity for
discourse to focus on peoples' differences and thus be a lightning rod for
strife.
I'm here to talk to LEGO fans about LEGO. Not about their lifestyle choices,
political affiliations, whether they're blue, pink, yellow, or spotted people,
or other.
Adding this to the mix will dilute everyone's ability to see other posters as
'just LEGO fans' where we can find more that unites us than divides us. That's
one of the wonderful things about this site and this community -- you really
don't know much detail about the other person until you've already gotten to
know them on one level. This disarms any prejudice or stereotypes a person may
have, and really lets them look at others more for who they are than what they
are.
That's what has allowed me to be more open to different types of people and
different points of view -- I've seen them first as LEGO fans and later as the
whole person with all of their characteristics and views. Getting to know them
as AFOLs first has given me a picture of them unclouded by all of this other
stuff. No matter how tolerant a person is, these affiliations have a connotation
to them which I find undesireable -- I wish it didn't exist.
Setting this precedent and introducing it here on LUGNET in my opinion is a bad
idea. I believe it will encourage fragmentation and discourage unity.
-Tim
(My opinions are my own and should not be confused with the collective opinion
of the LUGNET administrators.)
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| (...) Though I agree in concept to what Tim is saying -- that LEGO brings people from different backgrounds together -- the reality is the LEGO community is fragmented. Precedent has already been set... we group discussions about space here, train (...) (20 years ago, 17-Sep-04, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| (...) I think the counterargument to this is that _all_ the subgroups are for heterosexuals because we're in the majority. And the reason that you've gotten along just fine is that no one thinks you're weird (er...queer). (...) Could you possibly (...) (20 years ago, 16-Sep-04, to lugnet.admin.general)
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