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Subject:	Re: If you're an AFOL and you know it raise your hand (WAS: Blacksmith Shop)
Newsgroups:	lugnet.off-topic.debate
Date:	Wed, 19 Dec 2001 00:42:57 GMT
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> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Ross Crawford writes: > > In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Allan Bedford writes: > > > > In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Ross Crawford writes: > > > > > > > > Allan Bedford wrote: > > > > > > I am NOT an AFOL, I do not find many of the things that make AFOLS giddy • to > > > > > > be very interesting to me. I am adult who enjoys 'building' with LEGO. > > > > > > > > > > Adult who enjoys 'building' with LEGO sounds like an AFOL to me. > > > > > > > > I guess I'm just not fond of labels. If someone else wants to call themself > > > > an AFOL I have no problem with that... it's just not for me. > > > > > But is not "adult who enjoys building with LEGO" as much a label as "adult • fan > > > of LEGO"? 8?) > > > > Is someone who believes in God necessarily a Christian? > > You miss my point. I am not making a comment as to which best describes you, > just that you've said you're not fond of labels, then promptly labelled > youself. I'm still missing your point I think. I don't recall labeling myself with anything. I did try to express a description to help folks understand me, but I really didn't define a label to attach to it. What label do you see that I've called myself? > The answer to your question is obviously no, but "someone who believes in God" > is just as much a label as "Christian". Ah, I think I might be seeing what you're getting at. Perhaps it's semantics, perhaps it's just different ways of seeing the world. I see short concise words like AFOL, Christian, genius, artist, geek etc. as 'labels'. In a word (or two) they attempt to group together a broad collection of people related by one or more common connections. I see words like "someone who believes in God" or "an adult who builds with LEGO" as simply open-ended descriptions of one aspect of a person or persons. Sorry if I appeared to try and paint myself with a label, that was certainly not my intent. Regards, Allan B.

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		Re: If you're an AFOL and you know it raise your hand (WAS: Blacksmith Shop)
(...) You called yourself "an adult who likes to build with LEGO". That's a label. Another label you claim for yourself is "Allan Bedford". I raise that one to point out that without labels, conversation would be impossible. (...) And those "labels" (...) (23 years ago, 19-Dec-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

		Re: If you're an AFOL and you know it raise your hand (WAS: Blacksmith Shop)
(...) giddy (...) themself (...) God" (...) Well, that seems to be where we differ. I see AFOL as simply an acronymic (????) abbreviation of "adult fan of LEGO". Maybe it's acronyms you're not fond of? (...) Or four 8?) (...) So where's the (...) (23 years ago, 19-Dec-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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		Re: If you're an AFOL and you know it raise your hand (WAS: Blacksmith Shop)
(...) to (...) fan (...) You miss my point. I am not making a comment as to which best describes you, just that you've said you're not fond of labels, then promptly labelled youself. The answer to your question is obviously no, but "someone who (...) (23 years ago, 19-Dec-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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