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Re: 8 new subgroups of lugnet.people (Kids, Teens, Adults, Singles, Couples, Parents, Support, LGBT)
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Date: 
Sun, 19 Sep 2004 07:54:23 GMT
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In lugnet.announce, Todd Lehman wrote:
Eight new subgroups of lugnet.people have just been created:  Kids, Teens,
Adults, Singles, Couples, Parents, Support, and last but not least LGBT.

You forgot the group I suggested in another post:
lugnet.people.nwgwdag (Nerdy White Guys Who Date Asian Girls) group.  It would
provide a safe space to discuss issues I find interesting and important, such as
posting "Asian Girl" alerts whenever TLG releases new minifigs in Ninja or
Oriental Adventures sets, etc.

Come on guys, this is freaking retarded.  LGBT stuff is completely orthogonal to
LUGNET, and it's divisive and inflamatory to do this..  And have some respect
for people's religious beliefs when they say they're uncomfortable with this.

Sorry, this crosses the line for me, and so I think it's time to say 'bye' to
LUGNET.  I'll still be over at brickshelf:
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/gedy

Later,

Gary



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  Re: 8 new subgroups of lugnet.people (Kids, Teens, Adults, Singles, Couples, Parents, Support, LGBT)
 
(...) Things will settle down; they always do. (...) I have enormous respect for people's religious beliefs. Part of that respect, in fact, is trusting that we all here are mature enough to put our personal religious beliefs _aside_ when considering (...) (20 years ago, 19-Sep-04, to lugnet.people, lugnet.admin.nntp)  
  Re: 8 new subgroups of lugnet.people (Kids, Teens, Adults, Singles, Couples, Parents, Support, LGBT)
 
So in other words, we should respect your beliefs, but you don't have to respect others' beliefs. Yay for double standards! As Todd said, you can just *not read* that group. No one is forcing you to. Personally, if people leave over something so (...) (20 years ago, 19-Sep-04, to lugnet.people, lugnet.admin.nntp)

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  8 new subgroups of lugnet.people (Kids, Teens, Adults, Singles, Couples, Parents, Support, LGBT)
 
Eight new subgroups of lugnet.people have just been created: Kids, Teens, Adults, Singles, Couples, Parents, Support, and last but not least LGBT. CHARTER/PURPOSE ===...=== lugnet.people (group and hierarchy) All about LEGO® people (enthusiasts, (...) (20 years ago, 18-Sep-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.people, lugnet.admin.nntp) ! 

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