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Re: New Skin Tones coming? (was: Re: Scans from new danish 2004 catalog)
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Date: 
Tue, 3 Feb 2004 05:32:14 GMT
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MATTDM@MATTDMsaynotospam.ORG
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John <John@TCLTC.org> wrote:
Ahhh, but Pandora's box {has} been opened, and going back is not
possible. And frankly, I think it was cowardice to remain "neutral" WRT
the racial issue. They simply chose to stick their collective heads in
the sand. Look at the figs in the minilands-- racial diversity from the
git-go. It would have been better to create racially diverse colors but
omit {any} facial expressions as it is in miniland IMO.

I've always liked Steve Bliss's idea from 1998 or so:

<http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=6est8k%24mh4%40bgtnsc02.worldnet.att.net>

(As you can see from my reply there. *grin*)

But I don't think they're going to do that.

--
Matthew Miller           mattdm@mattdm.org        <http://www.mattdm.org/>
Boston University Linux      ------>                <http://linux.bu.edu/>



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(...) Ahhh, but Pandora's box has been opened, and going back is not possible. And frankly, I think it was cowardice to remain "neutral" WRT the racial issue. They simply chose to stick their collective heads in the sand. Look at the figs in the (...) (20 years ago, 3-Feb-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)

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