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Subject: 
Re: Lavender Brick Society
Newsgroups: 
lugnet.admin.suggestions
Date: 
Thu, 16 Sep 2004 17:14:30 GMT
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Here we go...



"Christopher Weeks" <clweeks@eclipse.net> wrote in message
news:I458x9.19Bn@lugnet.com...
In lugnet.admin.suggestions, Rob Hendrix wrote:

I'd like to suggest the following groups be made to further separate
people away from the reason why we come to lugnet in the first place:

...

See my point?  Why do we need further separation when we all come to
lugnet
for a common goal - TO TALK ABOUT LEGO

So, by that logic, there should only be one group, right?  Because every
group
splinters us into sub-topics of LEGO discussion.  We should start by
getting rid
of lugnet.trains.org.msltc, because -- after all, why would a bunch of
people
who live close to one another, share interests, and do shows together want
to be
split off from the rest of us?

Chris

I am trying to show the *unimportance* of splitting off for social status
reasons.  Yes, lugnet.org.msltc *IS* a group, but it is a group of people
who share an interest in lego, trains, and live in a general area in
reference to the club.  They are *NOT* a group of *insert social status
here* people who share an interest in lego, trains, and live in a general
area in reference to the club.

See the difference?



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  Re: Lavender Brick Society
 
(...) Sure. They are a group of people who share an interest in LEGO, trains (perhaps), and happen to be gay, instead. I see the difference. It's trivial. The main difference that I see is that in one case, you benefit from the subdivision and in (...) (20 years ago, 17-Sep-04, to lugnet.admin.suggestions)

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  Re: Lavender Brick Society
 
(...) So, by that logic, there should only be one group, right? Because every group splinters us into sub-topics of LEGO discussion. We should start by getting rid of lugnet.trains.org.msltc, because -- after all, why would a bunch of people who (...) (20 years ago, 16-Sep-04, to lugnet.admin.suggestions)

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