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Re: Perhaps Lugnet can grow into something better? was: I miss the old Lugnet
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lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
Date: 
Tue, 6 Nov 2001 18:36:28 GMT
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(XPOST & FUT off-topic.debate)

In lugnet.general, Allan Bedford writes:
I've made this analogy before, but I'll make it again.  Not telling the LEGO
company how bad some of their products are, is like not telling an alcoholic
that the bottle of beer in his hand is his problem.

This is a tangent, and I'm not commenting on your analogy.  But...

'The bottle of beer in his hand' is *not* the alcoholic's real problem.
It's *a* problem, and it certainly needs to be dealt with.  But throwing
away the bottle won't fix the alcoholic's problems.  And unless the real
problem is dealt with, another bottle will show up to replace the one thrown
away.

Steve



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  Re: Perhaps Lugnet can grow into something better? was: I miss the old Lugnet
 
(...) All right..... I'll give you that one. :) I wasn't really thinking the analogy through completely. Regards, Allan (I'm not a LEGOaholic, I just play one on the internet) (23 years ago, 7-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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  Re: Perhaps Lugnet can grow into something better? was: I miss the old Lugnet
 
(...) I think the main reason that some of it is so negative (and I'm guilty of that) is that some of the products are plain and simple crap. I've made this analogy before, but I'll make it again. Not telling the LEGO company how bad some of their (...) (23 years ago, 6-Nov-01, to lugnet.general)  

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