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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 the start, places my viewpoint on the side of the angels, Lar. My
opinion, of course.
The statement “Purists are idiots.” is quite different from the statement “Lego
purists insisting on 100% lego purity from others are idiots.” Both statements
are clearly provocative and I’ll grant that I could have qualified the original
statement a little better and that maybe I shouldn’t be so quick to call others
idiots, but so what? I find insistence on Lego purity just as offensive as
those opposing any discussion of clone brands within the greater part of lugnet.
My two poorly worded and offensive sentences are but single sentences in a
larger argument.
Perhaps I am overeaching in terms of the appeal to “pathos” in my argument? A
matter of speculation I suppose...
You claim I am being divisive, but the community is already divided along this
issue. Really?! What more can I do than call a small amount of attention to that
fact by the means available to me?
Relegating an obviously important topic to a singular newsgroup is more divisive
than anything I can say or do, isn’t it? Anyway, I am just making some points
within a larger argument. If you want to stop reading at the first sentence, go
ahead.
I have never voiced a different opinion on this matter, from the first I have
been opposed to the single brand focus of this website. But, it’s not my site.
I am allowed to have my own opinions however.
-- Hop-Frog
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