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In lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, David Laswell wrote:
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In lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, Richard Marchetti wrote:
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But later said (without admitting the difference in meaning):
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I’ll stick with:
“Lego purists insisting on 100% lego purity from others are idiots.”
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Note the huge difference in phrasing. The first statement is classic intolerance
of others and is, in my view, unacceptable.
The second is intolerance of intolerance, and is a lot better viewpoint to have
in general. (although it is in no way derivable from “purists are idiots”
without elaboration)
But you forget (or may not realise) who you are arguing with, David.
Best to let this go, rather than feeding the argument. We all enjoy the hobby in
different ways, let it go at that. Some of us enjoy building, while some enjoy
testing creations to destruction to see what happens. Some of us enjoy the
constriction of limiting our palette, and some enjoy broadening it with other
things. Some of us enjoy community building, and (regrettably) some of us enjoy
testing communities by posting inflammatory rhetoric to see what happens.
You are sparring with someone who has demonstrated, repeatedly, that the last
item is one of his pleasures. Don’t feed him.
Decide what you enjoy and as long as it harms no one else (which rules that last
item out), enjoy it and be happy. Worry not what others think.
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| I take exception to the idea that I am merely baiting people in this discussion. I think that such an assertion is false even if you are looking at only my first posting on the subject. That I raised the issue of "brick brand xenophobia," even from (...) (21 years ago, 18-Aug-03, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
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| (...) Ah! That kind of thread is exactly why I stopped going in the OT.D forums a long time ago. People there insult you, then their friends come in and add fuel to the fire, then you try to defend yourself, but they accuse you of adding fuel to the (...) (21 years ago, 18-Aug-03, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
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