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(...) Here is the email I sent to the boneheads. Steven Weiser Subj: Boycott Lego Date: 1/25/2005 11:09:16 AM Eastern Standard Time From: WsrSteven To: letters@dogstreetjournal.com First, there is no plural for Lego. Second, are you people thinking (...) (20 years ago, 25-Jan-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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(...) I suggest every single fan send them an email. I just did. What a bunch of kooks. Steven Weiser (20 years ago, 25-Jan-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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(...) lol-- the ultimate smack critique:-) I weep for the future. JOHN (20 years ago, 25-Jan-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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(...) This is a humor piece, right? (20 years ago, 25-Jan-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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(...) The column has some good points. Too bad it suffers from lazy journalism. Like describing traditional minifigs as "aryan yellow". Aryan. Yellow. Yeah, right. And the columnist missed out on some other good discussion points: 1. Lego has (...) (20 years ago, 25-Jan-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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(...) It's always enlightening just how blind people can be. Either that author from my POV, or me from the POV of the author. Wow. Are we *sure* this isn't satire? (...) Yes, he mentions that all the LEGO minifigs are "aryan yellow". Now *that's* a (...) (20 years ago, 25-Jan-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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Published in the DoG Street Journal, a student paper at the College of William and Mary: (URL) Some highlights are: "One look at a child’s Lego village will show the company’s disdain for an integrated society." "...minorities are often (...) (20 years ago, 25-Jan-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX) !
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"Stephane Simard" <plague@videotron.ca> wrote... (...) comic and I run across an old Lego Ad. I see them all the time. Especially the old 70s Marvels. They have tons of them on the back covers. They captivated me as a child. Very convincing (...) (20 years ago, 23-Jan-05, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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In lugnet.mediawatch, Jason Spears wrote: (snip) Cool, innit? See also this (URL) post>, and its tree, and the refs within it. ++Lar (20 years ago, 23-Jan-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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(2 URLs) Jason Spears | (URL) BrickCentral> | (URL) MichLUG> | (URL) CLB> (20 years ago, 23-Jan-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX) !
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