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Re: Lego makes "Dirty Dozen" of violent toys
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lugnet.general
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Thu, 28 Nov 2002 13:16:46 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Erik Olson writes:
> I found this new book at the library:
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> Killing Monsters: Why Children Need Fantasy, Super Heroes, and Make-Believe
> Violence by Gerard Jones
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> The author is a proponent of make-believe violence.
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> -Erik
I haven't read the book (or heard of it until now), but Gerard Jones is also
an author of superhero comic books, whose own interests are perhaps served
by this stance.
More on topic, however, I think it's sad that the _potential_ play of
children is what seems to be ranking lego amongst these other toys. My wife
claims she did terrible things to her Barbies as a child-- does that make
the toy itself violent? As for me and lego, same thing... I don't think it
makes me a bad person now.
stuart
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| (...) I found this new book at the library: Killing Monsters: Why Children Need Fantasy, Super Heroes, and Make-Believe Violence by Gerard Jones It has a chapter about Power Rangers, Power Puff Girls, and a great deal about video games. I only had (...) (21 years ago, 27-Nov-02, to lugnet.general)
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