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Re: A Community Problem (Was: Re: 10152 Update)
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Fri, 31 Dec 2004 03:47:25 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Richie Dulin wrote:
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Ross Crawford wrote:
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SNIP
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Richie Dulin wrote:
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Ken Nagel wrote:
There are plenty of non publically owned companies that do not exist to
make a profit.
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“privately owned”
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Privately owned is not the same as non publicly owned. (Though Lego is both
non publicly owned and privately owned.)
I’m not sure why I spelled it ‘publically’, though. Must be that speech to
text software acting up again. ;-)
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It is owned by people with increasingly less wealth.
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“decreasing wealth”
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It would seem so. But the question remains: is Lego owned by people with
decreasing wealth?
Cheers
Richie Dulin
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Thanks for defending the “non Public part” As for “increasingly less wealth” it
was exactly choosen to make the point. Lego has been loosing money for years and
the family/owners have been increasingly worried about maintaining the status
quo.-Ken
P.S. Thank good there’s no speling poliec.
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Message has 1 Reply:
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| (...) No worries. However, you did make the claim that "A company exists to make a profit". The fact that Lego is a private company is neither here to there, a company does not exist to make a profit. And yet that's what you claimed. You didn't lie, (...) (20 years ago, 31-Dec-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| | Re: A Community Problem (Was: Re: 10152 Update)
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| (...) Privately owned is not the same as non publicly owned. (Though Lego is both non publicly owned and privately owned.) I'm not sure why I spelled it 'publically', though. Must be that speech to text software acting up again. ;-) (...) It would (...) (20 years ago, 31-Dec-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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