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Re: wish's
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Date: 
Mon, 7 Mar 2005 13:45:57 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.general, Calum Tsang wrote:
In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Todd Lehman wrote:

Chris, why are you doing this?  Why are you attempting to undermine LUGNET
administration?  What do you hope to gain by it?  What do your friends in
rtlToronto think of your antics?  You think it's fun to run a contest that
ridicules someone?

First, this has nothing to do with rtlToronto.  Some of our members may dislike
Larry, some may like him.  In general, the sentiment up here tends to lean to
the former from what I can tell. Regardless, it has nothing to do with the group
officially.  Like all these administrators who feel they can take the hat on and
off, Chris's Contest is with the hat off, defintely.

That said, Chris can do whatever he wants in his posting of of such a contest.
Is it hurting Lugnet?  Perhaps.  Are the administrators in question hurting
Lugnet?  I defintely can see that.

These past few weeks, I've been requested to move rtlToronto completely off of
Lugnet, an action I don't want to do, because I think Lugnet is THE center of
the AFOL community when it comes to discussion.  I've heard comments to the
effect of "this is censorship" or "this is the end of Lugnet" or "just wait
until these crazy religious 'let's save the children' Americans take over".
Some of the members here don't feel comfortable with being on Lugnet anymore,
and that's directly due to the actions of the administration in place.

What do you want us to do?  This is Chris' attempt at regime change.  Offer us a
better solution if you don't think this one is appropriate.

Calum

I have to agree with what Calum has posted.  I would further like to add
my own personal comments:

1. We can ALL agree that the contest was not posted here on Lugnet
until the Lugnet Administrator (Lenny Hoffman) posted reference to it.
I can agree that even the thought of the contest was in bad form, bad taste,
mean-spirited, etc. etc. BUT linking it, referencing to it, or any other
derivative by a lugnet user MUCH Less is not only just as bad but WORSE.
It may be forgivable if a lugnet member was guilty of it, but there shouldn't
be any excuse for a lugnet admin.

2. This action by Chris Magno was done in JLUG not rtl Toronto or in its
area here on Lugnet.  Sure a lot of guys from Toronto and area support
him on a personal level, but a lot of us (I am from Southern Ontario as well)
take what we say or do here with a measured grain of salt.  This does
not mean we sanction or endorse what other members from here say or do.

3.  I just want to say that while I disagree with what Chris did, and was
SHOCKED to see the contest "rules"  on JLUG, I think that Larry was to
fault for the aimed sniped "trolling" comments beforehand.
So a prolonged ban to Chris isn't fair since he did not even
post the contest here.

Ben Medinets,
who sometimes wonders why I still hang out here on Lugnet, when I can
have more fun on less idiotic sites like Classic-Castle or Eurobricks.



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  Re: wish's
 
(...) That is quite possibly the most hilarious thing I have ever read. Iain (20 years ago, 8-Mar-05, to lugnet.admin.general)  

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(...) First, this has nothing to do with rtlToronto. Some of our members may dislike Larry, some may like him. In general, the sentiment up here tends to lean to the former from what I can tell. Regardless, it has nothing to do with the group (...) (20 years ago, 3-Mar-05, to lugnet.admin.general)  

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