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Re: Why these news groups were created
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lugnet.admin.nntp
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Wed, 22 Sep 2004 19:13:22 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.nntp, John Neal wrote:
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ISN”T THAT THE WHOLE POINT? If you start splintering off sub-groups, it
will never end! Now is the time to pause and consider the ramifications of
having done this. It is like a pandora’s box, and I don’t see it as having
any benefit to the AFOL community as a whole (not to mention the youth).
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Oh, won’t someone please think of the children?!?
This is the same panic-driven slippery-slope reasoning that is used to justify
all kinds of anti-gay action, so it’s fitting that it should pop up here as
well. It’s pointless scaremongering to wave a red flag and claim that the
creation of subgroups will never end if one or two or ten or twenty groups are
added. It’s a ridiculous charge--groups will be added only as they are
perceived by the powers-that-be to be needed or desired by the community, and
that’s how it should be. I can personally verify that your fears of infinite
subgroups are unfounded, because I have witnessed numerous requests for new
subgroups go unanswered. Apparently someone is at the wheel, and someone seems
to have an idea of how to exercise restraint.
Dave!
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Message has 1 Reply:
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| (...) I am not against creating 1,000s of subgroups. But as a result of doing this, it has created in my mind the need to sequester those groups from....THE CHILDREN. Yes, you can jest if you like, but there has already been a backlash against the (...) (20 years ago, 22-Sep-04, to lugnet.admin.nntp, FTX)
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| (...) Well, maybe it should be. (...) Maybe the purpose of LUGNET shouldn't be to create a community, but rather be a resource center for all things pertaining to LEGO. Boards are useful for communication among AFOLs, and many AFOLs have come to (...) (20 years ago, 22-Sep-04, to lugnet.admin.nntp, FTX)
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