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(...) The Sistine Chapel is a great piece of work. Dan's comic was a cute piece of work. (...) Are you disputing that Dan should have the right to alter his work? Or are you disputing that Larry should have the right to his opinion? (...) Us who? In (...) (24 years ago, 4-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) My goodness that *does* miss the point. I don't know whether anyone else who was engaged in honest dialog about whether violence against fantasy characters was useful/appropriate/good fun or not was asking for change, but *I* never asked for (...) (24 years ago, 4-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Words obviously spoken by a man without small kids. Barney (and Elmo) is an hour of uninterrupted time in which you can actually get something done. With Elmo or Barney gracing the screen I can supervise with one eye and be doing something else. (...) (24 years ago, 4-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Maybe, rather than taking the "offensive" stuff out altogether, something like this could accompany future comic strips right at the beginning, as part of a disclaimer explaining that it is SATIRE against the offensive marketing engine that (...) (24 years ago, 4-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.starwars)
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| | Thanks a lot Pieniazek! (was Re: Something not right...)
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Now Dan Jassim has chosen to omit the scenes from a great piece of work because you and your cohorts found it offensive. Its great that conservatives like you can suck the fun out everything for us. Do me a favor and avoid www.3-stooges.com lest you (...) (24 years ago, 4-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I haven't called for ANY sentient beings to be ground up, thanks. JarJar isn't a sentient being. He's not subject to evolution. He's a cgi construct created to sell toys and toothbrushes and bedsheets. He's fictional. Not Real. Make Believe. (...) (24 years ago, 4-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Deliberately quoted out of context... (...) That's an intolerant viewpoint. I'm sorry, but it is. JarJar is lame, he's stupid, he's annoying, I'd choose not to associate with him, but I'm not calling for anyone to be ground up for pig food. Even in (...) (24 years ago, 4-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Well,I think JarJar should be ground up for pig food. Does that make him a minority? I didn't hate any of the other Gungans, so I don't think so. (...) The biggest problem I have with the PC movement is that it has gotten so extreme. I'm (...) (24 years ago, 4-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Lar-Lar, are you saying it's time to put a lid lid on all this Jar-Jar humour? ;-) --Todd (24 years ago, 4-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Hrmmm - I think I may actually have several 6444's in my Lego room. Probably take me a few more months worth of working my way through the piles of unopened sets to part out and sell before I can find them, but I know I picked up several on (...) (24 years ago, 4-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) rights (...) Are you saying that it being "PC" to suggest that it's wrong for people to beat up on minorities just because they're minorities? There's a wide difference between the extreme "PC" view that one should always heap everyone with (...) (24 years ago, 4-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) You need a new bank then. Do they charge you $42 to pay bills also? Frank (24 years ago, 4-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I didn't lump you unequivocally into any camp. Nor did I charge you with anything. (...) IMO, this sounds an awful lot like a PC sentiment. "JarJar is a minority, so let's all be ultra-nice to him" You wrote: (...) After which, I suggested (...) (24 years ago, 4-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I *was* hanging back a bit. There are some very very subtle issues here. Like I said in my original post, I couldn't put my finger on what was bothering me exactly. And Damraska summed it up nicely, it's satire of a meme, not a call for (...) (24 years ago, 3-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) <snip> (...) <snip> I really appreciate your view, Steve. I resent the tendency to idiot-proof the world. I'm an adult, and I can judge for myself what is or is not offensive. I don't need my world pre-packaged in a child safe wrapper. ~Mark (...) (24 years ago, 3-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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I agree with Lar that this is an excellent analysis, but it is a mature and thoughtful point of view. This still leaves open the question of what ages such material may be appropriate to. What youngsters could follow this reasoning much less figure (...) (24 years ago, 3-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Larry, I agree with you on this one. I think the "story" could use a little less random violence. Yes, we all dislike Jar-Jar, and if that's so, why bother to include this annoying character in the fantasy worlds we create? Not only that, but the (...) (24 years ago, 3-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Yer a stick in the mud. (...) Yes, it's quite funny. Personally, I find it funny because it's a poke in the eye of the Lucasfilm marketing behemoth that spawned JarJar. I can't speak for Dan, but I put the JarJar violence into my story (...) (24 years ago, 3-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) 2x2x5 girders came in 1682 in red, in 6444 in black, and in 3313 in grey. Ldraw #s are 2579 and 2580 (both are needed) (...) There IS a difference, though - a paper check deposited cannot be instantly verified. A wire or EFT withdrawal, (...) (24 years ago, 3-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Something not right about Captain Ahnee and the Dipwads?
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Snipped back a bit. (...) Excellent analysis, Damraska... ++Lar (24 years ago, 3-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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