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Re: Lavender Brick Society
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lugnet.admin.suggestions
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Date:
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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:
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> > 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
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> 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?
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> 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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Message has 1 Reply:
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| (...) 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
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| (...) 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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