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Subject:	Re: Expert Builder website - Great response results in first update
Newsgroups:	lugnet.general
Date:	Tue, 8 Jan 2002 01:29:11 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Allan Bedford writes: > In lugnet.general, Larry Pieniazek writes: > > But why dilute a powerful message by using propaganda tricks? > > Because I'm tired of the compartmentalized views found elsewhere. I'm > trying something new. I'm ranting outside the box. I'm willing to look > like an idiot if it will make even one person pay attention. > > > Your message > > is better than that. You don't need to lie. > > I am not sure why you'd say I lied. You said "the same effect could have been achieved with simple traditional 2x2 bricks". That is not true. > The review is my opinion. My opinion > is that those columns aren't worthy of the LEGO name. This is a side issue to the truth and fairness of your reviews, but I'd like to know why you think they aren't worthy of the LEGO name. They are made of the traditional material, interact in various ways with other components, and expand the building possibilities of other components. > Please disagree with > me, but I find it worrisome that you'd call me a lier. > > Go borrow a set and give an > > honest review and the facts will speak for themselves. > > Borrow a set from whom? I don't know anyone who'd waste their money on it. > All the sets around here are still sitting on store shelves. > > > What you do now destroys whatever credibility you might have with many. > > I have no credibility Larry, therefore nothing to loose. My review is > nothing worse (in fact it's milder) than some things I've posted to this > website. If I had a shred of credibility, I'm sure it's gone. This is just > about making a message heard. If the messanger gets mocked doing so, then > I'll take that. But if the messenger has no credibility, rants, looks like an idiot, uses propaganda tricks and expounds untruths, don't you think the message might just get lost in the noise? Richie Dulin

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		Re: Expert Builder website - Great response results in first update
(...) I said that "the same effect could have been achieved". The effect of a white column. The effect of a building that looks like an elevator shaft. The effect of a building with no walls. What I didn't say was that you could make the "exact same (...) (22 years ago, 8-Jan-02, to lugnet.general)

		Re: Expert Builder website - Great response results in first update
(...) And this differs from most news media how...? I think what's interesting about this discussion is the degree to which we have mythologized the idea of, and even the methods of arriving at, the "truth." -- Hop-Frog (22 years ago, 9-Jan-02, to lugnet.general)

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		Re: Expert Builder website - Great response results in first update
(...) Is this referring to me? If so, I'm not sure what you mean by it. (...) Because I'm tired of the compartmentalized views found elsewhere. I'm trying something new. I'm ranting outside the box. I'm willing to look like an idiot if it will make (...) (22 years ago, 8-Jan-02, to lugnet.general)

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