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Subject: 
Re: Lavender Brick Society
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lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.people, lugnet.admin.suggestions, lugnet.org
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lugnet.people, lugnet.admin.suggestions, lugnet.org
Date: 
Tue, 14 Sep 2004 19:52:04 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Mike Kollross wrote:
In lugnet.off-topic.debate, James Trobaugh wrote:
In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Allister McLaren wrote:
In lugnet.admin.suggestions, Edward Welsh wrote:



A few thoughts, anyway, that I'd love to pursue further.  Interest?
Administrative support?


-Teddy

Pardon my ignorance, but what exactly does sexual preference have to do with
building with Lego? I always saw it as a fairly asexual enterprise. Am I missing
a whole field of exploration here?


I agree. I've always found the lack of sexual and sexuality topics here on
LUGNET (and the LEGO hobby as a whole) refreshing. I get enough of that from the
media and other places in my life, it's nice to get a break from it and just
enjoy the hobby of LEGO.

jt

I'm from the same mind set.  LUGNET is about LEGO.  Not cooking and LEGO, not
water skiing and LEGO.  Just LEGO.  Why is it necessary to discuss sexual
orientation and how it relates to LEGO here on LUGNET?

The LUGNET community is a family affair and discussions of sex do not belong on
an all ages site.  Parents should feel comforatable letting their kids view and
post to LUGNET without fear of encoumtering topics they may feel are
inappropriate for their childs age.

Keep it about LEGO.

Mike

Mike

I really don't think Teddy was asking for a group in which to hold explicit
sexual discussion.

Of course outside interests have an impact on what you do with your LEGO hobby.
I imagine most of the train guys are fans of real trains. I build a lot of
medieval stuff because I am into history from that era. Doesn't it stand to
reason that being gay would affect what you build with LEGO?

All that aside, Teddy, why not say it with MOCs? There all sorts of stuff you
could do. Dykes on Hoverbikes? Bears of the Caribbean? Or if you have a more
personal story to tell or something you want to educate the LUGNET community
about, why not tell us with LEGO? I, for one, have no idea who "Miss Tallulah"
is or what the "classic invisibility thing" is - but I would be a lot more
interested in learning if it involved LEGO.

Anyway, I have no interest in seeing a group dedicated to non-LEGO talk that
just happens to be about homosexuality. I am very interested in seeing
gay-themed MOCs and gay-themed stories told with LEGO. If a .lavender group
would further that goal, I am all for it.

.off-topic removed from FUT as this doesn't seem off-topic to me.

Marc Nelson Jr.



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  Re: Lavender Brick Society
 
(snippage) (...) Just to clarify. I wasn't suggesting that there would be explicit sexual content just content that is sexual in nature and on a site dedicated to a childs toy it would be inappropriate. I am not trying to vilify Teddy or his (...) (20 years ago, 14-Sep-04, to lugnet.people, lugnet.admin.suggestions, lugnet.org)
  Re: Lavender Brick Society
 
(...) It also means homosexual in today's context. True it didn't always mean that, but regardless it's a common term nowadays to refer to homosexuals. (...) Well, you can't really sue LUGNET. They already reserved the right to discriminate for any (...) (20 years ago, 17-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
  Re: Lavender Brick Society
 
In lugnet.people, Jesse Alan Long wrote: <snip> (...) <snip> (...) Are you completely out of your tree? Let's get into this then-- Where's Gandhi, Mohandas Karamchand right now? Heaven or Hell? He didn't believe that Jesus was 'the way, the truth (...) (20 years ago, 17-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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  Re: Lavender Brick Society
 
(...) I'm from the same mind set. LUGNET is about LEGO. Not cooking and LEGO, not water skiing and LEGO. Just LEGO. Why is it necessary to discuss sexual orientation and how it relates to LEGO here on LUGNET? The LUGNET community is a family affair (...) (20 years ago, 14-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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