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> In lugnet.lego.direct, Reinhard "Ben" Beneke writes:
> it is greed that makes people wanting to have these legends...
Greed?
GREED??
G R E E D?!?!?!
Whoa
maybe you look @ the hobby in a different manner that I.
But Greed isnt a term I'd apply to my yearning for a 375.
~Perhaps your word usage is flawed?
I dont see anything gluttonous, or insatiable about my desire for a 375!
But those are just the first few words that popped-up in my thesaurus.
(These words that are synonymous with greed appear repellent in nature.)
Mayhaps twould be more aptly put if you were to imply greed in terms
of desire, craving, and longing that do not possess a negative connotation.
> : it is greed that makes people wanting to have these legends...
> (Stupid argument of mine? Agree - but is yours the better one?)
I do believe my argument is better.
I desire a 375 not for reasons of greed but for the shear pleasure of
building and playing with a set that I've longed for since I was a child.
Now that the opportunity has arisen to purchase a Legend I buy it to add
soldiers to my collection, expand my Lego landscape, and appreciate an
astatically beautiful model.
~And I dont think I'm alone
I believe most of us have reasons of virtue rather than vice.
Call me childish, but I'm in the hobby for the fun it.
I really meant it when I said:
> if ever I should get my hands on a 6075 I swear I'd hug the box
for a
> . long time
telling it: Your home, your finally home!
http://news.lugnet.com/castle/?n=12857
For I love playing, building, and creating, with my collection.
Because I believe Lego is an intellectualists pursuit of creativity
through the exploration of play. ® -RN 2001.
I see no greed in my ways, nor of those who share the hobby with me.
Pure fun with toys that are as adaptable and advanced as the individual
that creates with them.
Sorry, no greed here,
--==RïçhårÐ==--
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| (...) Nah, I could easily see myself buying one for the sheer desire to actually get my hands on something so phenominal I never had a chance to acquire. I think desire is a better word. (...) I've never seen anyone who hordes yelloe castle parts, (...) (22 years ago, 16-Apr-02, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Yes, perhaps it is. Ben is E2L(1), please keep that in mind, and sometimes that causes misunderstanding. Reading over your words and his, I don't find that much disagreement, believe it or not. (I'm in the camp that's glad any time Lego, in (...) (22 years ago, 16-Apr-02, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Sorry Richard, English is not my mother tongue. So why did I use the word greed here? As a matter of fact I have not used that word since ever - I had to look into my dictionary to cheack the meaning of "greed". I only have used this word, (...) (22 years ago, 16-Apr-02, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Just turn the medal and I tell you: it is greed that makes people wanting to have these legends... (Stupid argument of mine? Agree - but is yours the better one?) (...) I do not own one that deserves the name 375. So your argument is (...) (22 years ago, 15-Apr-02, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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