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Re: lego from China and Czech Republic
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Tue, 30 May 2006 15:54:57 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Timothy Gould wrote:
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Marc Nelson Jr. wrote:
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Timothy Gould wrote:
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Marc Nelson Jr. wrote:
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Hey, you can argue all you want about whether people who want bricks to be
made in Denmark are racist - especially since you did the right thing and
posted to o.t.d. That’s what it’s here for. My last sentence was just a
tongue-in-cheek rehashing of yours - I didn’t really mean the part about
keeping your opinions to yourself (although you presumably did when you said
it to John).
For the record, I’m on your side when it comes to where LEGO is
manufactured. See here:
As an AFOL who complains long and loud about TLC actions that I disagree
with, I feel I have a duty to chime in here:
I will not think less of TLC for moving production to China, and I will not
buy less from TLC if they move production to China. I really don’t care if
the bricks come from China or Mexico or El Salvador, as long as they keep
coming.
I just think it’s possible to have a different opinion without being a
racist.
Marc Nelson Jr.
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Well trolled. I completely fell for that one.
I still have to argue there is a world of difference between saying something
is a racist statement and saying someone is a racist.
Tim
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???
Fell for what? You’ll have to explain to me what I did to be accused of
“trolling”. All I see are people with honest differences of opinion. Do you
believe that it’s possible for people to have honest differences of opinion?
Marc Nelson Jr.
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| (...) I was using trolling in the sense of inviting me to respond in an annoyed (and thus reduced) capacity. Having just skimread the wikipedia article I think this is one of a great many uses of the word but probably not the most common (there (...) (18 years ago, 30-May-06, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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