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Re: Lego Direct (was Re: Georgia LEGO Outlet is Cool!)
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Tue, 28 Mar 2000 13:39:48 GMT
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Mike Stanley wrote:
> 
> On Tue, 28 Mar 2000 02:45:14 GMT, "richard marchetti"
> <blueofnoon@aol.com> wrote:
> 
> > In lugnet.dear-lego, Mike Stanley writes:
> > > Troy's a good guy, although given your remarks about people who buy
> > > then resell, even if they're breaking up sets, I'm surprised you'd
> > > suggest him, since he does as much or more of that than anyone except
> > > maybe Todd.
> > 
> > Given a bunch of asses and this nice fellow, why not pick him? At least its
> > exclusively what he does.
> 
> A bunch of asses?  How much more of this sort of beligerent junk are
> you going to spew?
> 
> And Todd, how much more are you going to put up with?

I have to side with Mike here also. I am offended by the use of this
language. I'm having trouble understanding what langauge is an is not
allowed by the T&C. I'm also not clear anymore which newsgroup we're
supposed to discuss this in.

I have to say that several times in this discussion (and the previous
discussions about the T&C and auction posts an all that) that I have
felt strongly enough that normally I would use offensive language, but
have chosen to respect Lugnet and use less offensive words. Am I being
too restrained?

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Frank Filz

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  Re: Lego Direct (was Re: Georgia LEGO Outlet is Cool!)
 
(...) Offended by the opinions expressed or the words used? The name-calling has been pretty much equal IMHO. If you're offended by the actual words, then I think you've missed a larger chance to be offended in Tom's post. (...) I'm glad that you (...) (27 years ago, 28-Mar-00, to lugnet.admin.general)

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