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Re: Lavender Brick Society
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Sat, 18 Sep 2004 20:15:57 GMT
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"Jeff Pelletier" <jeff@studio7733.com> wrote in message
news:I496JG.Io6@lugnet.com...
snipped some old stuff.
> I couldn't agree more with what David said. As a gay person, I ask no • more and
> no less than to speak equally with someone. If a straight person I talk • to
> mentions "I went to the Lego store with my wife, blah blah blah" then I do • in
> fact desire the same opportunity to say something equal about my partner. • No
> more, no less. This isn't "flaunting" - its talking about my life.
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> I also need to note that a good amount of the conversation on this forum • is
> amazingly offensive to me personally. There is a lot of "gays want you • think
> this or they want you to accept them because..." kind of conversation. I • would
> ask that everyone speak for themselves and not for me. I wouldn't dare • speak
> for how a straight person thinks and I think its incredibly rude and • ignorant to
> speak for anyone else BUT yourself. The conversation will be a lot more • civil
> that way (and it can be - just because people disagree doesn't mean we • can't
> discuss or share).
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> And while I can honestly understand the opinion being tossed out that • there
> shouldn't be any splinter groups, whether for LGBT or catholic or what • not - I
> think that much of the tone of this forum has created an environment, at • least
> for me, where I would not feel comfortable sharing any LGBT related MOCS • in a
> general forum. If Lugnet is about creating an online environment where • ALL
> people can share and learn from each other about Lego, then quite frankly, • I
> think that this thread has dictated a clear NEED for a LGBT sub group and • not
> otherwise.
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> And please, I would personally request out of respect for gay people (and • hell,
> all people) that the comparisons to sexual orientation (something I • believe and
> most of science agrees with me is innate and genetic by nature and thus • not able
> to change) with one's preference for drinking coke, eating oysters, etc. • be
> stopped. Its really quite offensive (although I do understand the basis • behind
> the argument you are trying to make). Just as you wouldn't compare other
> identities which aren't necessarily "visible" (disabilities, religion,
> socio-economic status, etc.) to fruit (pun intended), please don't do the • same
> to LGBT individuals. Its demeaning to me.
>
> This has been a rather unpleasant way to welcome myself to the Lugnet • community,
> but nevertheless, hello. LOL.
Hi, this is a good post, but there is something I do not understand with it:
You wrote: "where I would not feel comfortable sharing any LGBT related MOCS
in a general forum"
I have to ask: Why the heck not? What is a LGBT related MOC? How would it
look like? I simply cannot understand how a MOC can represent a persons
sexual preference without depicting actual sexual stuff? Sexual stuff does
not (What I know off) belong on Lugnet.
Not everyone is building stuff to decorate wedding cakes with. (And this is
the only MOC I can think of)
Or is a need to discuss private matters regarding personal life with others
that are in the same situation?
My personal view is that I keep that kind of personal stuff by myself, or in
other related forums. But that is my personal view, and probably not shared
by others.
Excuse me if I have missed something, but I had to ask.
Be well! And play on!
/Joakim
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| (...) Joakim, No problem asking. Several examples of LGBT related MOCs were already brought up, but to recap: there was a castle inhabited by lesbians, a gay bar, a gay "ghetto" (most big cities have one - NYC's Chelsea, Seattle's Capitol Hill, (...) (20 years ago, 18-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) I couldn't agree more with what David said. As a gay person, I ask no more and no less than to speak equally with someone. If a straight person I talk to mentions "I went to the Lego store with my wife, blah blah blah" then I do in fact desire (...) (20 years ago, 18-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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