 | | Re: Bummer of the Week: LEGO Made in China (long forgotten subject!) —Pedro Silva
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| | | (...) No, you did not. But I must say it doesn't take *a wall* to prevent people from fleeing (see "Iron curtain"), and people got shot and killed while crossing borders in different contexts: before 1974 you could get killed by the portuguese (...) (23 years ago, 7-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | Re: Bummer of the Week: LEGO Made in China (long forgotten subject!) —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | (...) OK, great. So how was this a non event? Wasn't aware that millions of enslaved people was a "non event". (enslaved by the USSR's territorial aggrandisement, by the way, I haven't forgotten I have some stuff to come back to...) He's a twit. (23 years ago, 8-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | Re: Bummer of the Week: LEGO Made in China (long forgotten subject!) —Lindsay Frederick Braun
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| | | | (...) Yeh, but note it's a personal call, and he also points out (elsewhere) that "overrated" doesn't mean "unimportant." (...) Dunno, never met the guy. LFB (23 years ago, 8-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | Re: Bummer of the Week: LEGO Made in China (long forgotten subject!) —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | (...) Which is a dodge. The way that little ditty is written, he is clearly trying to minimise or whitewash what was going on. Comparing it to the US/Canada border??? Come ON! (...) Sometimes you don't need to meet someone in person to tell what (...) (23 years ago, 8-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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