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Re: My Stance
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Date: 
Fri, 20 Oct 2000 16:41:46 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.general, Matthew Moulton writes:
> On Fri, 20 Oct 2000 05:28:34 GMT, "Ka-On Lee" <ko_lee@yahoo.com>
> wrote:
> > Remember all these?
> > http://www.deja.com/[ST_rn=ps]/threadmsg_ct.xp?AN=525261505
> 
> Yes I do.  I remember when I first learned about the Lego community on
> the Inet.  I remember that I wanted so bad to be able contribute
> something.  I wanted to be something really great, do great things,
> help out.  So I came up with all these ideas that I wanted to do.  And
> I jumped right into RTL and proposed my ideas.  I got no enthusiasm,
> the entire reaction I got was, well, we already have some resources
> like these, and we don't need you, or anything you can contribute.

Yes that kind of happened.  But rememebr RTL was not the 'community'.  It was a
half abandoned group already.  I was excited when I first saw your post since
it is nice to have a alternate server.  Well it turns out you were more into
flaming than anything.  I tried to make more constructive suggestions but you
ignored me.

> That made me very angry and that is the reason I flamed at that
> particular point in time.

So why would that make you very angry?

> I wanted something so badly that I was
> willing to try and do the impossible, instead all a got were people
> laughing in my face telling me I was nothing.

Actually that didn't happen.  What happend was you belittled some people and
then some people (including me) called you a jerk.  It was as simple as that.

> Like someone mentioned
> earlier, it was that elitist attitude that caused me to fight back the
> way I did.  And for that I am not sorry,

Sign... Why don't you drop your ultra elitist attitude first.

> I was hurt then in a way that
> has stayed with me and affected me ever since.

What about the people that was hurt by you?

Can you go back to be a nice fellow like the one in
http://news.lugnet.com/space/?n=3643  ?



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  Re: My Stance
 
(...) the Inet. I remember that I wanted so bad to be able contribute something. I wanted to be something really great, do great things, help out. So I came up with all these ideas that I wanted to do. And I jumped right into RTL and proposed my (...) (26 years ago, 20-Oct-00, to lugnet.admin.general)

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