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Subject:	The Censors have won.
Newsgroups:	lugnet.general
Followup-To:	lugnet.off-topic.debate
Date:	Sat, 4 Nov 2000 18:08:44 GMT
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Dan sent me an email last night, telling me that he was going to change his story because of all the whiners. I pleaded with him not to give in to them, but Dan is at heart a nice guy and he doesn't want people to be offended. He left this letter on Brickshelf for you all. http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=19351 Congratulations to all the censors out there. You've won today. Your kids are safe. Hope it feels good. ~Mark "Muffin Head" Sandlin -- Mark's Lego(R) Creations http://www.nwlink.com/~sandlin/lego

Message has 4 Replies:

		Distaste for Jar-Jar (was: The Censors have won.)
(...) Maybe, rather than taking the "offensive" stuff out altogether, something like this could accompany future comic strips right at the beginning, as part of a disclaimer explaining that it is SATIRE against the offensive marketing engine that (...) (24 years ago, 4-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.starwars)

		The artist hasn't the courage of his convictions? (was Re: The Censors have won.
(...) My goodness that does miss the point. I don't know whether anyone else who was engaged in honest dialog about whether violence against fantasy characters was useful/appropriate/good fun or not was asking for change, but I never asked for (...) (24 years ago, 4-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

		Re: The Censors have won.
(...) I am not suprised at the reaction but I am sorry it has been changed. I might put a few words into the thread as I have spent a bit of time on this very issue. When I started making my STAC things I was very careful about what I was saying (...) (24 years ago, 4-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

		Jeez, everybody calm down!
Greetings all, It really shows what a diverse group we have when something like Dan's posted story can cause a discussion to spiral so completely out of control. I read Dan's story and found it kinda funny although, for myself, there did seem to be (...) (24 years ago, 6-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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