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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 20:02:36 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.nntp, Frank Filz wrote:
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John wrote:
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I agree that relating to AFOLs off-topic is fun and I do it. I just
question that that is necessarily good for LUGNET as a whole as it
relates to the world community outside of LUGNET.
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Absolutely. The folks outside of my local LUG that I associate the most with
are all friendships developed in .debate.
I also wanted to add a comment to those who might wonder what does religion
have to do with Lugnet: My previous post in this thread is the single most
religious thing I’ve said or written in the past several weeks, and that
would be true even if I didn’t go off on the tangent of talking about
religions.
And that’s an important thing to think about. None of us stop being who we
are when we come through the door to Lugnet. Some of us are very religious,
others are very a-religious, others are married, others are dealing with the
loss of a loved one, others are LGBT, whatever. If we are to be real people,
we can’t just shut parts of ourselves off (as much as we sometimes try to -
especially at work).
I also have to say that without the community building of non-LEGO
discussion here, I would likely not be anywhere near as involved in the
hobby. All of the hobbies and interests I have are things where real
friendship exists, and real friendship is built on community.
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Frank, I totally honor and agree with everything you wrote-- we can’t separate
ourselves from ourselves and must be let to be who we are, but we can separate
those real discussions that take place from the public. I don’t believe that
that would compromise them one bit-- in fact, it would greatly inhance them
IMO! No more tiptoeing around expletives (self-censoring for the sake of TOS);
people can truly be and say who and want they want! Wouldn’t a freer and more
open policy contribute to a more honest relationship among the participating
AFOL community?
And the best part is: the AFOL LUGNET community is better served, and reputation
and image of LUGNET to the outside world (not least of which TLC) is better
served.
JOHN
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| (...) Absolutely. The folks outside of my local LUG that I associate the most with are all friendships developed in .debate. I also wanted to add a comment to those who might wonder what does religion have to do with Lugnet: My previous post in this (...) (20 years ago, 22-Sep-04, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
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