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Re: Who oversees the rec.toys.LEGO newsgroup?
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Sat, 29 Jan 2000 16:21:13 GMT
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Richard Franks wrote in message ...
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Richard Marchetti writes:
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> > One thing I did think was that all these quiet and circumspect people are
> > likely to be more like timebombs than models of reserve -- but I suppose • it
> > depends upon one's experience with such things. Me, I like to vent the • steam
> > as I go rather then let it just build up over time.
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> I disagree with the assertion that human psychology is a such a linear • process.
> One person may read a post and think "this writer is deluded, and clearly
> wrong on points A, C, and D", someone else may read the same post and think
> "what a (bleeping) idiot".
Whatever happened to Mad Hatter?
> It isn't about whether it is right or wrong to swear, whether it should be
> socially acceptable or not - it's entirely not about that at all, like it • or
> not - it's about what other people think and making LUGNET the least • offensive
> to everyone. There are other platforms where you can campaign that people
> should be free to express themselves however they want using language. IMO
> LUGNET is not one of those.
> It's on the same lines as touting religion, morals and political beliefs • (!),
> and it has as much place in LEGO discussion as those do. (1)
So, we are in the right group now? I agree that people ought to be
decent on Lugnet and RTL. I think those who swear here or on RTL should
(and will) be flamed incessantly.
> > So, you essentially allowed these people to become the de facto arbiters • of
> > what kind of speech was and was not allowed on Lugnet...is this right? So • all
> > of us monitor our speech for the sake of a known minority, and not you
> > yourself? A minority that always had the ability to just not read a • certain
> > poster's offerings? A minority that still has this same ability?
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> Strong words are to flame wars what flicked cigarettes are to forest fires.
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> Richard
--
Have fun!
John
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http://www114.pair.com/ig88/lego
my weird Lego site:
http://www114.pair.com/ig88/
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| (...) Flippantly: Who cares? More seriously, any number of things. Mad Hatter may have decided the novelty wore off and went on to torment some other group. He or she may be posting under another pseudonym on RTL but is behaving more maturely. It (...) (25 years ago, 29-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) I disagree with the assertion that human psychology is a such a linear process. One person may read a post and think "this writer is deluded, and clearly wrong on points A, C, and D", someone else may read the same post and think "what a (...) (25 years ago, 23-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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