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(...) I was directly involved in the Maersk debate with Mr. Nagel, including a post where he accused his employer of lying to the public: (URL) That was the first thing that came to mind when I started reading this thread. At the time, had I known (...) (20 years ago, 22-Jan-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) demoralizing is more like it! personaly i would like to see a written letter stating why ken was fired. as far as the leak goes, my guess is that it was vary same person who threatened my job when the color issue came out. as for larry's post, (...) (20 years ago, 22-Jan-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) I guess I have to totally agree. Although admittedly I don't see why there's a beef with Larry. I'm not sure he acted inappropriately in any way-- Just those at Lego. (...) Do you think this comes out of your recent color/Maersk debate, and (...) (20 years ago, 22-Jan-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) This would be why I waited untill Friday to bring anything up. I've seen how fast you can move when you want to. Face it you blew this one. Ken (20 years ago, 22-Jan-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Yes and yes... I discused this with more than a few people. If I were to share any of it with you then it would be me doing the personal attacks. As for the privacy part I'm no longer a Lego employee. What do you think? Ken (20 years ago, 22-Jan-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Ken, I assure you that making Lugnet as wonderful as possible is indeed our goal. However, e-mail isn't an instant communications mechanism, and anytime you've got a group of people working on serious issues, it can take time to formulate a (...) (20 years ago, 22-Jan-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Ken, use the reasonable person scenario for this issue. In other words, if I grabbed some average Joe off the street and showed them Larry's post would they think is was a personal attack or an invasion of privacy? Seeing as that the original (...) (20 years ago, 22-Jan-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) LOL!!! Before or after the bley boycott??? it's not the greatest place to work. I know more than one prominent member of the community that quit having found the experience dissapointing. -Ken (20 years ago, 22-Jan-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) I'm not a paying member. The quote is exact. It just demonstrates the ignorance of those making the decisions. As a part time bottom of the barrel nothing I still signed a non-disclosure agreement at the time of hire. They are parinoid latly (...) (20 years ago, 22-Jan-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) "he messed it up..etc" is exactly a personal attack and far less than I was doing when he decided to start hammering on me and I was in a debate forum where the comments were appropriate. It wasn't any of his right to be publicly posting who I (...) (20 years ago, 22-Jan-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) I'm still confused. You were fired from your job as a Lego employee because you posted to Lugnet? Because you're a paying member? Because you posted something that contained the word "Legos"? Because Larry reported the fact that you posted (...) (20 years ago, 22-Jan-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) You read it right.-Ken (20 years ago, 22-Jan-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) You owe an appology to the library and NILTC (...) They should also police their own which obviously they didn't. (...) It was only posted where the original message and the policy update went making it tottaly appropriate. Ken (20 years ago, 22-Jan-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) So you got fired for being a member of LUGNET? If this is true, I would say an AFOL boycott of the LEGO stores may be in order. (20 years ago, 22-Jan-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) I suppose you could say that-- and I'd like to think that nobody would discriminate based on such things, but it's information that sometimes helps me get a handle on who I'm talking to. Often before responding to someone on Lugnet that I (...) (20 years ago, 22-Jan-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) On it's surface, Larry's post doesn't seem to be a personal attack nor an invasion of privacy. If it was to you, he apologized which in my opinion is probably the best course action for a unintended offense. -Orion (20 years ago, 22-Jan-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) I really don't see the need to turn this into a debate too however, directly from the policy update "personal attacks, i.e. bringing more heat than light to a discussion... also known as attacking the person, not the position". Directly from (...) (20 years ago, 22-Jan-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) I agree with your reasoning, words aren't bad. It's all contextual. You can bet we're talking with people whose posts are inappropriate, trigger words or not. It's just that the ones with the f-bomb and such are only the most obvious. The (...) (20 years ago, 22-Jan-05, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Maybe I'm not reading this right--you were fired for being a member of LUGNET?! I hope I'm just misunderstanding the sentence, because that seems pretty harsh. (20 years ago, 22-Jan-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
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