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Re: UKLUG Prototype online
Newsgroups: 
lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.loc.uk
Date: 
Sat, 4 Dec 1999 19:51:34 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.general, Simon Denscombe writes:
> In lugnet.admin.general, Todd Lehman writes:
> > Larry's absolutely right:  .loc.uk is for discussing things relevant to the
> > UK just as much as it is for people in the UK to discuss local stuff or just
> > to get to know one another, etc.
> 
> How is a morality debate relevant to the UK then?  If I read many UK • newsgroups
> they just don't exist.

But what this is about
wasn't really a just general morality debate. It was also about
a specific Lego-related incident that occurred _in the UK_. Seems to me
to be sufficient justification for having it in loc.uk, even though I
personally didn't enjoy wading through the messages. Might be worth
also pointing out that a lot of people from the UK contributed to the debate
that you go on to complain about.

> Well something has to be done - before the 'invasion' there was no bad • feeling,
> no flamewars or anything - it was really friendly - then 110 debate posts
> appeared with a pointless morality debate although it contained a UK company • it
> should have gone to off-topic.debate or should a new group be created
> lugnet.debate for LEGO Debates.

Actually I have to say I may have missed some posts due to having been
away, but I didn't notice any bad feeling until _you_ posted this:

> Well we should just ban the US imposters subscribed to our newsgroup that'll
> cut down the traffic.

Still want to blame any bad feeling on the Americans? Perhaps we
should feel complimented that we obviously have such a great local
group that other people want to look in on it :)


Simon
http://www.SimonRobinson.com



Message has 2 Replies:
  Re: UKLUG Prototype online
 
(...) I know but who fueled it? What really annoys me is that I don't want to be anti-American but the way they blow things out of proportion is silly, the bottom line of The Entertainer story was, they made a mistake, we tried to capitalize, they (...) (27 years ago, 5-Dec-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.loc.uk)
  Re: UKLUG Prototype online
 
(...) Wow. "ban the US imposters". Yeah, let's beat that nice online community drum a little harder from now on, maybe it'll make us miss sentiments like this one. (27 years ago, 5-Dec-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.loc.uk)

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  Re: UKLUG Prototype online
 
(...) How is a morality debate relevant to the UK then? If I read many UK newsgroups they just don't exist. (...) Well something has to be done - before the 'invasion' there was no bad feeling, no flamewars or anything - it was really friendly - (...) (27 years ago, 4-Dec-99, to lugnet.admin.general)

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