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Re: Open letter to the CEO of the LEGO Company / Call for your signs! (no discussions here please)
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Fri, 21 Jan 2005 04:09:13 GMT
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In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Tanvir Mahtab wrote:
> Dear Calum: I disagree with you entirely.
Hey, that's fine by me!
> Nobody asked you to write any such letters. But don't slander the right of
> others to do so.
Unless it affects me and our group. Your letters to Lego whining about the
colour of bricks paint EVERY AFOL. Some of us don't want to make a fuss,
because it's not enough of an issue in our minds.
> I don't recall ever having done such a thing. But you're right, those who do so
> are wrong.
You see that? That's me making a statement about all colour change people: In
my mind, all colour change whiners are also Jake-haters too. I take it you are
against the change, but don't hate Jake?
Now think how quickly I made that association (incorrectly) between these two
groups, and then think, about the average brand manager, regional event
coordinator, CEO, whatever in Lego. Will he or she know these factions so
intimately that the won't paint us all in the same light?
I can just see the briefing now:
"Well sir, you've got the colour change petitioners on this side...they want to
go back to the old colours"
"And then you've the people who hate me personally and wish me dead"
"There's a fraction of a fraction of people who don't mind the grey...but the
flesh colour has got to go"
"And then there's these guys in Toronto...uh...they're just a bunch of button
pushing, brick disturbers"
Someone inevitably will say:
"Ah, screw these weirdos. I can't keep'em straight. They're worse than
Trekkies. Let's ditch our support for Roadshow 2005: We can't be bothered
whoever they are to have them disrupt our event schedule."
And all the hard work we've all put into building relationships is GONE. How
eager is someone like Jake to come to BrickFest with cool new set releases when
people flame him online? Would we get invites for worldwide Mindstorms events
in Denmark? Would we ever get train posters or AFOLs comic books again?
> The world would be simple if everyone had the same opinion, wouldn't it?
No, that's true. Certainly there are different strokes for different folks.
The part that bothers me though, is when your (and I'm not saying you,
specifically) opinion and actions start to affect others.
> No hard feelings from my reply I hope (plastic bricks aren't worth them). This
> reply is written in the spirit of debate. So cheers!
No, not at all!
Calum
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