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Re: Lego(r) Master Maniac designation?
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lugnet.general
Date: 
Wed, 30 Dec 1998 20:44:43 GMT
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Profanity is only considered profanity because one or two people thought it
was offensive. I mean the f-word(1) is simply a noun, a descriptive word.
Like BFC, All they our nouns, Any word can be used to belittle or offend
someone, i.e. You Redcoat, or You Megablock Lover. No profanity used but hey
some people find them offensive. So would you ban Megablock and Redcoat? I
have no problem with people who use profanity as long as they aren't
belittling someone. Modifying a quote from someone, Words don't hurt people,
people hurt people. Profanity is simply a medium in which to hurt someone,
taking the medium away just means they will use another medium
Matt Marshall
$%#$% Vacuum Cleaners Always get my pieces!!!
Matt's Lego Page
http://rapturesoft.hypermart.net/mlego/



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  Re: Lego(r) Master Maniac designation?
 
This isn't exactly where I wanted this conversation to go, I think there are other, more important issues to thrash out, but I certainly don't OWN it, it will go where it will. That said, the following contributes to the tangentiality problem: I'll (...) (26 years ago, 30-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)

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