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Re: Stick in the mud...
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lugnet.admin.general
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Sat, 10 Jun 2000 07:19:43 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.general, Todd Lehman writes:
> In lugnet.admin.general, Scott Arthur writes:
> > In lugnet.admin.general, Todd Lehman writes:
> > > In lugnet.admin.general, Scott Arthur writes:
> > > > OK. Let us be 100% clear on this, are you saying that by gifting you this
> > > > money & by posting here, Brad/TLG is _not_ showing that he supports and
> > > > approves of what you are doing
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> That is really a question for Brad.
Inferring form is actions, I, personally, _assume_ he does.
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> > > > - and in a small way is _not_ encouraging you to keep up the good work.
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> True encouragement comes only from within.
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> > > > By giving the money, assuming you have accepted it, LUGNET is now _not_
> > > > supported (I do not mean just financially), albeit in a small way, by
> > > > LEGO?
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> Brad Justus made "on behalf of The LEGO Company" a financial donation to
> LUGNET. Since I am not psychic, I cannot know whether it is the first or
> the last, but I must assume that it is the only. I certainly would _not_
> say that LUGNET "is supported" by LEGO. However, I _would_ say that an
> employee of LEGO made a financial donation to LUGNET.
LP summed up, more or less, my thoughts on this.
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> > > LUGNET is neither sponsored nor endorsed by The LEGO Company.
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> > Todd, with respect, I do not think you have answered my question?
> > How are you defining "sponsored" & "endorsed"?
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> Off the top of my head: to sponsor something is to provide significant
> financial support and/or responsibility for it (by "significant" I mean a
> significant percentage); to endorse something is to make an explicit public
> statement of support of it. It would take a written statement of endorsement
> from the CEO of LEGO or a member of the executive team before I would even
> consider taking such a statement seriously.
Here lies my problem. I could pick up my dictionary, and come away with a
different meanings. If you want to be clear, and I assume you do, you should
perhaps think about making a change to the phraseology.
Scott A
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> --Todd
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