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Re: May-June 2000 Mania Magazine
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lugnet.admin.general
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Mon, 15 May 2000 19:18:29 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.general, Christopher L. Weeks writes:
> [...] According to the _The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English
> Language, Third Edition_ it means "One that contributes something, such as
> money, to a cause or fund." The most applicable definition of the verb fund
> from the same source is "To furnish a fund for." So, when someone give
> money to LUGNET (or to Todd and Suzanne for LUGNET) they are funding LUGNET.
> Period.
The tense of the verb is critical. A statement indicating that someone
"funds" (present) or "is funding" (present participle) something is very
different from a statement indicating that someone "funded" (past) or "has
funded" (past participle). Both of those in turn are very different from
a statement indicaing that someone "has contributed funds" to something
(only the latter being truly accurate in this case).
> > I do not want to turn this into an issue,
> It seems to already be an issue; I would judge from the responses of Todd
> and Dave.
Let's please not make a big deal about this. Scott used the wrong tense of
a verb, that's all, and as a result he accidentally made a false statement.
> > but my point was that the Lego
> > donation, I assumed, was used to fund the further development of Lugnet.
> > Further to that, because LEGO does support LUGNET in this way, as you
> > also do, it does "support"{1} Lugnet - as you also do?
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> Clearly.
In my mind, there is no evidence yet that "LEGO" (the entity, e.g., the
company as a whole) supports LUGNET morally or otherwise. I do know that
Brad Justus of the LEGO Direct sub-company of LEGO has made a financial
contribution to LUGNET "on behalf of the LEGO Company." I must of course
take this at face value since it is not yet evident that LUGNET is anything
to LEGO Direct beyond a chosen avenue for test-marketing its early plans.
Thus, let's try not to blow this single donation all out of proportion.
--Todd
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| Todd Lehman <lehman@javanet.com> wrote in message news:FuM8At.4sJ@lugnet.com... (...) as (...) fund (...) LUGNET. (...) Todd (...) of (...) statement. I have no intention of getting involved in semantics here, but I'd just like to say that I 100% (...) (24 years ago, 15-May-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| (...) It does to me too. And there's nothing wrong with that. I'm a member, I haven't finished paying my dues, but when I do, I'll donate. And I pay higher than (I think) reasonable prices at Auczilla because I know that's funding LUGNET too (...) (24 years ago, 15-May-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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