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Re: Lego-Ideas.
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lugnet.general
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Fri, 4 Feb 2000 10:05:42 GMT
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On Fri, 4 Feb 2000, D M Garcia (<FpDrBo.65B@lugnet.com>) wrote at
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> Farlie A <ba124@city.ac.uk> wrote in message news:FpDAL2.F5E@lugnet.com...
> > As to Vikings there were two words that would prevent it being a lego • theme
> > 'Rape and pillage.'
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> Pirates are a disreputable sort as well. Why do we have pirates?
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No they're not! Pirating (as a privateer) used to be a reputable
profession.
And think of books like Peter Pan and Treasure Island. Pirating is jolly
good fun, if slightly dangerous at times :-)
--
Tony Priestman
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| (...) Also ask anyone who has been on "Pirates of the Carribean" at any of the Disney Theme Parks. Marvelous! "Dead men tell no tales" (24 years ago, 4-Feb-00, to lugnet.general)
| | | Re: Lego-Ideas.
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| (...) But if you called a privateer a pirate, you'd probably get a sword though your tripes. The two things where quite different. Jonathan is right - the real pirates were a very nasty lot, just as bad as the Vikings. Peter Pan, Lego and Disney all (...) (24 years ago, 4-Feb-00, to lugnet.general)
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| Farlie A <ba124@city.ac.uk> wrote in message news:FpDAL2.F5E@lugnet.com... (...) theme (...) Pirates are a disreputable sort as well. Why do we have pirates? (24 years ago, 4-Feb-00, to lugnet.general)
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