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(...) I can't recall where exactly he said it (in a couple places, I think), but Matthew admitted in a post on Lugnet that he faked the content on his website and made the inflamatory remarks that he did specifically to damage the Lego community. (...) (26 years ago, 20-Oct-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Lets face it, if MM is half as machiavellian as MS claims, he must be laughing like a lord(1) at the fool MS is making of himself. Scott A Please excuse my use of what I assume is a UK colloquialism. (26 years ago, 20-Oct-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) For what it's worth (not much) I'd wager I got you both beat on that issue. ;) (...) I've requested that all of my posts (well, not counting this one, I guess) on this topic be removed. I didn't add anything productive to this discussion, and (...) (26 years ago, 20-Oct-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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In lugnet.admin.general, James Brown writes: <snip> (...) Agreed. (...) Agreed. (...) Definitely Agree. (...) If it was posted here I would agree but I don't think it was. It may have been posted on his site or sent to Todd and then he admitted to (...) (26 years ago, 20-Oct-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Ah. Well, my point stands (as does yours)- you weren't greeted with showers of roses and gold just because you stated your intentions for the site. You went ahead and built in anyway, and now you're King of the World (well, as soon as we bump (...) (26 years ago, 20-Oct-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) In general, I agree with you. However, Matthew used his website (in my opinion) as a tool to damage and disrupt the community. He crafted lies and misdirections, then posted something designed to stand out and direct traffic at his site. I (...) (26 years ago, 20-Oct-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) <snip? (...) First I should appoligize because "Clouds" was not the right word. What I was trying to say is that I think you feel a closer connection with James and his legacy than many of us do. That makes what Matthew did more personal to (...) (26 years ago, 20-Oct-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) The first way is closer to what happened. In November 1997, an announcement was made to RTL of this: (URL) and then construction began. There was some controversy and some disbelief but mostly it either got ignored or people said "good luck." (...) (26 years ago, 20-Oct-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) I think you're confusing the Lugnet community with the LDraw community. Don't. (...) I would think removing it, when he's made it clear he still doesn't feel it was wrong, would be insincere. (...) Do you actually know the definition of the (...) (26 years ago, 20-Oct-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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"Eric Kingsley" <kingsley@nelug.org> wrote in message news:G2qtCJ.CHJ@lugnet.com... (...) Matthew's (...) really. (...) like (...) I should correct myself - not *should* in the sense of a clearcut condition, but as a willful action to demonstrate to (...) (26 years ago, 20-Oct-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Sorry Tim but I think you are wrong here. Do I think the graphic on Matthew's site is distasteful? Yes. Do I care about the other text there? Not really. We cannot make the content of someone's personal site a prerequisite for inclusion in the (...) (26 years ago, 20-Oct-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Just want to quickly address this one point. A website is not private. It is not a home. I do not need an invitation to come in, I can get there through any one of a number of valid & common methods of using the internet. No one has to knock (...) (26 years ago, 20-Oct-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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"Lorbaat" <eric@nospam.thirteen.net> wrote in message news:G2qso5.AAH@lugnet.com... (...) Why should he express that in a manner that attacks the community he claims to want to be a part of? (...) to (...) And no one is forcing me to accept his (...) (26 years ago, 20-Oct-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) And he apologised, and claims he has learned his lesson. (...) I think there are bigger issues being debated here. (...) "I would never want to belong to a club that would have me for a member." -Groucho Marx. eric (26 years ago, 20-Oct-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) I think that I misunderstood how you felt, and I reacted to that. (...) I'm sorry. <:( Although, I'm at work... which of us do you think has it better? :D eric (26 years ago, 20-Oct-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Why should he not express how he feels? If he leaves it there, and you don't like it, no one is forcing you to go to his site and look at it, or to say that it's right. Why should taking that off his site be a contingency of his being accepted (...) (26 years ago, 20-Oct-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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Todd, it's time to end this once and for all... ou know how I stand. You see how others have reacted. The time for discussion is over. A decision shoud be made. Doesn't anyone see what is so abundantly clear? Matt's intent was to disrupt this (...) (26 years ago, 20-Oct-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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"Mike Stanley" <cjc@NOSPAMnewsguy.com> wrote in message news:G2qJ13.95M@lugnet.com... (...) a (...) sap who (...) overly-nice (...) person (...) many (...) he (...) can (...) that he (...) "apology" - (...) therefore (...) I'm a bit unsure on the (...) (26 years ago, 20-Oct-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) And now he might be let back in. So my question stands. (...) How can you be so sure that he's being dishonest? What do you stand to lose if he's given a chance to really show what he wants to do on Lugnet? (...) Where? (...) How can you be (...) (26 years ago, 20-Oct-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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