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Re: New Items on The Vault - 9/9/99
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lugnet.admin.general
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Sat, 11 Sep 1999 22:36:42 GMT
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> > "Roit!" As long as it's still in relation to LEGO, all of those fit into
> > the charter of .market.theory:
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> > "Theory, techniques, methodologies, algorithms, systems, and socio-
> > psychology: in-depth analysis, comparisons, discussion, theoretical
> > problem solving, and calm, collected, principled debate."
> >
> > In other words, just because there's a dedicated .debate group doesn't mean
> > that all debates have to happen there. In fact, debates directly involving
> > LEGO _shouldn't_ happen there, since the .debate group is part of the
> > off-topic (e.g., non-LEGO) hierarchy.
> >
> > The reason .debate is part of the .off-topic hierarchy is because its main
> > purpose in life is to siphon away all the flame-infested rot that can clog
> > newsgroups from time to time: religion, politics, race and gender issues,
> > etc. -- all good stuff to debate about, but not typically LEGO related.
In lugnet.admin.general, Larry Pieniazek <lar@voyager.net> writes:
> I don't see the question of whether capitalism is a moral and proper
> system or not as anything more than the most tenouusly related to
> LEGO... and that, in essence, is what Richard Frank wants to debate.
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> If you're saying that you are OK seeing that in market.theory, so be it,
> but I think that may not be prudent.
c /tenouusly/tenuously/
Saying:
.market.theory if it's directly related to LEGO
.off-topic.debate if it's only tenuously related to LEGO
--Todd
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| (...) Thank you. Too much staying up late playing Roller Coaster Tycoon (gawd that game is addicting)... (...) Yes... but what position, if any, do you have on this particular question? Is this thread of Richard's in its proper place or not? Or are (...) (25 years ago, 12-Sep-99, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| I don't see the question of whether capitalism is a moral and proper system or not as anything more than the most tenouusly related to LEGO... and that, in essence, is what Richard Frank wants to debate. If you're saying that you are OK seeing that (...) (25 years ago, 11-Sep-99, to lugnet.admin.general)
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