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Re: Who oversees the rec.toys.LEGO newsgroup?
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lugnet.general
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Mon, 24 Jan 2000 01:09:51 GMT
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Richard Marchetti wrote in message ...
> In lugnet.general, Gene C. Weissinger writes:
> > There seems to be a lot of trashy language and ignorance being thrown
> > around...There ARE younger people reading there as well as here....
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> Ignorance is one thing, trashy talk is another.
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> They are just words after all.
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> I don't use profanity here on Lugnet largely because Todd insists on it and
> not because I agree with this policy -- which I don't, I think its silly.
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> -- Richard
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> P.S. Everyone can breath a deep sigh of relief that I hardly ever comment • on
> this vacuous complaint of the so many so ready to complain and condemn
> different modes of speach. I would rather that rough words were expressed
> than that people had to censor themselves for the sake of those with virgin
> ears, or in fact not express themselves at all. We ARE losing meaning by
> disallowing the use of certain words, people! And to me, all speach is
> valuable -- maybe especially the speech I don't want to see or hear. And
> isn't it in everyone's power to skip over a post they find personally
> offensive anyway? Grow up and meet me in the land of the free -- if you can
> find it -- its an increasingly difficult landscape to locate. Some things • you
> just have to deal with for yourself and not look to Daddy to handle it for
you.
I wholeheartedly agree with you, but what you're saying is going to fall on
deaf ears around here, as you will see with the inane responses that are
sure to follow your post.
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| (...) I disagree. But ultimately, I see Todd's rule about foul language here being analagous to my rule about no smoking in my home. I may invite people over to my home to watch a movie, have a few drinks, talk, etc, but even if I know some of them (...) (25 years ago, 24-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) Ignorance is one thing, trashy talk is another. They are just words after all. I don't use profanity here on Lugnet largely because Todd insists on it and not because I agree with this policy -- which I don't, I think its silly. -- Richard (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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