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  Re: Why can't we have a Lando: Lego's Race policy
 
(...) You're both being silly. They should use Belville pink. ;) oink, LFB (24 years ago, 2-May-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
 
  Re: Why is AIDS such a big deal?
 
(...) Botched cleanups by the Superfund, cigarette smoking, improper arrests leading to injuries in prison, the War on Drugs reducing life expectancy of inner city residents, oh, I dunno, Heart disease, Cancer maybe? (...) quite (...) The Reason (...) (24 years ago, 2-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
 
  Re: Why can't we have a Lando: Lego's Race policy
 
(...) I think that's pretty insulting, actually. It'd be kinda like using a black head (with white inking? shades of the minstrel shows) for a black man. Or using LEGO yellow for Oriental people. (The only reason that's not insulting now is because (...) (24 years ago, 2-May-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
 
  Re: Why is AIDS such a big deal?
 
(...) It definitely isn't an easy disease to transmit. You need it to enter the bloodstream directly either via needlestick injury or when bodily fluids enter thru an abrasion/cut/sore site. Maybe he meant that it's easy for others to be actually (...) (24 years ago, 2-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
 
  Re: Why can't we have a Lando: Lego's Race policy
 
(...) First I am not blaming you Chris for using "race" in the manner which you did. Also I would never attempt to trivialize Dr. Martin Luthor King Jr.'s death. I simply can not understand why anyone cares what color skin I or anyone else has. I do (...) (24 years ago, 1-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
 
  Re: Why can't we have a Lando: Lego's Race policy
 
(...) The same breed dog can have different sizes. Sickle cell anemia is a genetic defect not a SIGNIFICANT physical differnce. -Lord Insanity (24 years ago, 1-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
 
  Re: Why can't we have a Lando: Lego's Race policy
 
(...) What you got to say now, Mike? -Chris (24 years ago, 1-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
 
  Re: Why can't we have a Lando: Lego's Race policy
 
(...) Oh?! (...) light (...) and (...) accept (...) I never recall thinking that lego people were 'white'. In a black and white photo the tones do make sense though. I guess because I can rember never making the association as a child myself, I was (...) (24 years ago, 1-May-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
 
  Re: Why can't we have a Lando: Lego's Race policy
 
(...) skin (...) else (...) to (...) who (...) Glad to see that SOMEONE is on my side, Dave! -Chris (the one who started this entire posting thread, as well as who made the offhanded remark of race) (24 years ago, 1-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
 
  Re: Why can't we have a Lando: Lego's Race policy
 
(...) Hey, good call! And most people have noses and ears as well... Greg Majewski (URL) (24 years ago, 1-May-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate)


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