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Re: Lavender Brick Society
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lugnet.admin.general
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Fri, 17 Sep 2004 07:09:39 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.general, Christopher L. Weeks wrote:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, David Gregory wrote:
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> > There's never been a subgroup for heterosexuals, and I've gotten
> > along just fine.
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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).
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> > 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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> Could you possibly support this assertion? I mean, it's so obviously false that
> it's hard to believe that _you_ believe it. Do you? And finally, how would
> your LUGNET experience be hurt by forming any or all of these groups?
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> Chris
Ummmm, Chris, the 'you dont get it because no one thinks you're weird' line of
logic, doesn't fly with me because my sexuality never enters the picture when I
am thinking about Lego. I have never tied my sexuality into hobbies. There is
no reason for me to do so. Lego is lego. I like building. Now, maybe if I
liked building things like x-rated MOCs it might, but I don't think that's how
people generally view their Lego hobbies (my evidence is the vast amount of
LUGNET posts out here that make no mention of anything sexual). It would be
like trying to tie one's sexuality to VCR repair, or taking a trigonometry exam
(a MATH exam, not anything sexual!!). Some things are unnatural to try to
attach a sexual component to.
Also Chris, some people would think that AFOLs still playing with Lego precisely
qualifies us as weird....
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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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