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Subject: 
Re: A Community Problem (Was: Re: 10152 Update)
Newsgroups: 
lugnet.lego, lugnet.off-topic.debate
Date: 
Mon, 27 Dec 2004 00:43:49 GMT
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In lugnet.lego, Larry Pieniazek wrote:


It may be a moral question, but more importantly it's a "have you stopped
beating your wife?" question too.

I tend not to go around claiming I'm a man of my word. Why would I need to? If I
have to make a big deal about it, maybe I'm not.

Exactly I am trying to draw him out so he can see the point. If someone did
something like this to him on a more personal level he'd problably be outraged.

LUGNET doesn't (yet) have threadlocking. But I personally (and this is not a
statement of policy, I am not wearing my hat) wish we did.  Because if we did,
I'd lock this thread so fast it would make your head spin. There is NOTHING
useful happening here (except for the part where we say what a great guy Dave
is, which in the long term is bad for Dave's ability to get through doorways)
any more.

Agree to disagree and move on. Talk about something else. That's just a request
at this point. It's not yet a formal request from the Admins but why wait?


Funny that the only people I've met that want to put on their brown shirts and
jack boots and squash free speech and disscussion of the company's health seem
to be on the company can do no wrong path.-Ken



Message has 1 Reply:
  Re: A Community Problem (Was: Re: 10152 Update)
 
(...) You've crossed the line again, Ken. You need to remember that LUGNET is a privately-owned resource and not a pulpit for you to denigrate and demean people you disagree with. Larry, as a LUGNET staff member, has the right and responsibility to (...) (20 years ago, 27-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)

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  Re: A Community Problem (Was: Re: 10152 Update)
 
(...) It may be a moral question, but more importantly it's a "have you stopped beating your wife?" question too. I tend not to go around claiming I'm a man of my word. Why would I need to? If I have to make a big deal about it, maybe I'm not. So (...) (20 years ago, 24-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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