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In lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, Richard Marchetti wrote:
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I think it’s very easy for those of you insisting on brand exclusionary
practices to see yourselves as inoffensive, but you’re not.
The very act of telling someone like Dave! to stay in his little corner of
lugnet and not come out or be seen by others is wildly offensive -- far more
offensive than the word “idiots” said a thousand different ways to thousands
of different people.
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Private Propery, dude. You can not like how it’s run, and you can complain all
you like, but if you don’t like it, leave it.
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To me this site is largely about MOCs and building, and that only very
peripherally has anything to do with brand loyalty. Maybe I failed to
understand the purpose of this site -- is it just one long advert for TLC
products? I mean, I understand that many of us favor TLC bricks -- but is
the emphasis here on TLC or bricks?
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You’d be wrong.
from http://news.lugnet.com/general/?n=2314 :
I think anything about other non-LEGO® systems would really need a hierarchy
name that clearly suggests “hear ye, hear ye, this is a hierarchy for all
types of construction toys -except- anything produced by the Lego Group.”
But that’s all getting pretty far outside LUGNET’s sphere of focus. I’d
like to encourage talk of imitation brands or other construction toys about
as much as I’d like to encourage flaming debates over politics and religion.
Don’t get me wrong -- I think all of that is great stuff; this just isn’t
the place to nurture it.
To me, that last sentence sums it up really well. If you want more of the
original debate, search the .admin heirarchy for “clone”, and prefer older
matches.
Now admittedly that can of worms is about 4-5 years old now, and may want
re-opening, I don’t know. But blasting at Terry for saying “that’s not what
this site is about” isn’t going to get you anywhere, because, well, he’s
right. If you want to complain, go complain to the management who set it up
that way.
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But yeah, it’s me -- I’m the one with the problem. Not you guys with your
nose in the air...
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I don’t really care one way or the other. Clones, not clones, meh. I’ll keep
playing with my (Lego) bricks, and I’ll keep looking at the (non-denominational)
pretty pictures.
James
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| In lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, James Brown wrote: <snip> (...) Haha! Great sense of humor dude :-) I really like your style :-D <snip> (...) Thanks James. I'm waaaaaay too lazy to make these research by myself ;-) It's nice to see some people (...) (21 years ago, 18-Aug-03, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| What I find interesting about that old thread is the importance of basic brick compatibility to most of the users. Given that criteria, why is there a newsgroup for Clickits -- I mean, except for the fact that TLC manufactures it? Maybe the subject (...) (21 years ago, 18-Aug-03, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
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| I think it's very easy for those of you insisting on brand exclusionary practices to see yourselves as inoffensive, but you're not. The very act of telling someone like Dave! to stay in his little corner of lugnet and not come out or be seen by (...) (21 years ago, 18-Aug-03, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
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