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Re: Lego(r) Master Maniac designation?
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lugnet.general
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Tue, 29 Dec 1998 23:42:52 GMT
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Beaker wrote in message ...
> I have a libertarian philosophy, and thus a lot of my sigs have drug
> humor, like the one that states that 'God is acid's gift to humankind',
> which offends two groups for the price of one. I got called on the
> carpet for advocating drugs in a children's group. I argued that (1)
> rtl is not really a children's group, even if there are children here,
> and (2) lying to children about drugs is not only immoral, it is
> counter-productive. I also have a couple that use profanity, and I am
> equally unapologetic. I maintain that the world is a big place, and
> that if you want to be a part of it, you have to be prepared to accept
> alternate views and recognize the difference between 'different' and
> 'harmful' ... many people do not know the difference, I fear.
Boy do I agree with you. Every time a certain Lego enthusiast tries to
insist that RTL is a family newsgroup I have to bite my tongue. I am a
relative newcomer to RTL compared to Todd, Jeff Crites and some of the
others, but I still think of the good old days back when I first started
hanging out there 4 years ago. We could talk about anything without people
getting upset because opinions on controversial topics differed greatly.
The RTL acronym list has BFC as Big Freaking Castle, a phrase I coined in my
review on RTL of the Royal Knight's Castle. Except I didn't use Freaking.
My language can be salty depending on my mood. Hit a hot button and watch
out. Personally, I always chuckle when Tony works up a good one. I admire
well crafted phrases of all kinds, and that includes 'profanity'. On the
other hand, people who can't go 3 words without using the f-word bore me.
It's like a recipe with 10 times too much salt. Too much ruins the flavor.
In my opinion, if people think their children should never be exposed to
profanity or other adult topics, they should take steps to ensure that never
happens. Step 1 and 2 in that quest should be to cut off all access to the
internet and cable television. After performing those 2 steps, parents have
the right to complain when "bad" language is used in their children's
presence and not before.
Matthew Verdier
"You can't just say you're King because some watery tart threw a sword at
you"
Dennis, 700 AD
http://www.GeoCities.com/CapeCanaveral/2738/mjvlego.html
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| Matthew Verdier wrote in message ... :Beaker wrote in message ... : :>I have a libertarian philosophy, and thus a lot of my sigs have drug :>humor, ... I also have a couple that use profanity, and I am :>equally unapologetic. I maintain that the (...) (26 years ago, 30-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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| Also sprach Jeff Stembel: : P.S. When did you take crap for any of your sig files? I get a kick out of : almost every one, and I can't remember anything wrong in any of them. (Althoug : my memory is faulty, so I could be mistaken) I have a (...) (26 years ago, 29-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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