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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Leonard Hoffman wrote:
> In the recent thread about Richie Dulin's Nazi Spiffcraft, I felt the need to
> speak my mind about the subject matter Richie posted. I made, what I felt, was
> an honest and accurate critique. That critique prompted a host of responces,
> etc which has turned into a fairly ugly flame war that doesn't seem to want to
> die.
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> My question is this: Should I have kept my mouth shut? I felt that I should say
> something, but that might have been the wrong thing to do. I wanted to critique
> Richie's MOC, but I was also concerned about what that MOC might say about AFOL
> community at large.
Refering to this post: http://news.lugnet.com/space/?n=39164 I think you
should have taken out the parenthetical part, and the footnote.
> Second question: Should I have said my piece and then left the conversation,
> despite accusations that I wanted to censor Richie, or that I support Stalin's
> mass murders, that I'm a racist or the other misunderstandings that were being
> spread?
Yes. Leave the conversation. If you start out talking about LEGO, and after a
reply or 2, it has nothing to do with LEGO, leave! Bail out!
> I don't want to be negative, but when
> someone says something untrue about me or my motives, I feel the need to correct
> it. It is that, I think, that turns it into a flame war.
Who cares if some random guy online thinks you are racist, or implies that you
are, or states that he heard a rumor that you eat babies and killed JFK?
The single most effective way to call attention to a post is to reply to it. By
attempting to correct someone's notions of you, you only call attention to those
notions.
~Kevoh (mmmm babies)
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| Just an open question to Lugnet. In the recent thread about Richie Dulin's Nazi Spiffcraft, I felt the need to speak my mind about the subject matter Richie posted. I made, what I felt, was an honest and accurate critique. That critique prompted a (...) (19 years ago, 23-Aug-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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