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Re: Perhaps Lugnet can grow into something better? was: I miss the old Lugnet
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Wed, 7 Nov 2001 01:20:32 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Steve Bliss writes:
> (XPOST & FUT off-topic.debate)
> 
> In lugnet.general, Allan Bedford writes:
> > I've made this analogy before, but I'll make it again.  Not telling the LEGO
> > company how bad some of their products are, is like not telling an alcoholic
> > that the bottle of beer in his hand is his problem.
> 
> This is a tangent, and I'm not commenting on your analogy.  But...
> 
> 'The bottle of beer in his hand' is *not* the alcoholic's real problem.
> It's *a* problem, and it certainly needs to be dealt with.  But throwing
> away the bottle won't fix the alcoholic's problems.  And unless the real
> problem is dealt with, another bottle will show up to replace the one thrown
> away.

All right..... I'll give you that one.  :)

I wasn't really thinking the analogy through completely.

Regards,
Allan
(I'm not a LEGOaholic, I just play one on the internet)



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  Re: Perhaps Lugnet can grow into something better? was: I miss the old Lugnet
 
(XPOST & FUT off-topic.debate) (...) This is a tangent, and I'm not commenting on your analogy. But... 'The bottle of beer in his hand' is *not* the alcoholic's real problem. It's *a* problem, and it certainly needs to be dealt with. But throwing (...) (25 years ago, 6-Nov-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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