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Re: Has Lego begun producing "war toys"?
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lugnet.general
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Fri, 25 Jan 2008 17:22:19 GMT
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Karl Paulsen wrote:
> In lugnet.general, Rob Hendrix wrote:
> > What's the difference in modern weapons versus black powder rifles,
> > pistols, and cannons (even some cannons had spring loaded firing
> > mechanisms) anyway? If you open the door just a little bit, you
> > still opened it. > -Rob www.brickmodder.net
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> I agree that it seems like there is no diference, but I think that
> most parents would say that their is a difference between kids
> playing cowboys or pirates, and kids playing war.
It's funny how it's ok for kids to play at cowboys and indians (well, not so
much the indians part any more) and pirates, both of which are genres that
glorify killing and lawlessness. On the other hand, war (especially WWII
which LEGO has had the most resistance to), which sure isn't very pretty,
does have some positive sides to it (ok, so it does take an agressor, but we
usually don't celebrate the aggressor the way we do with pirates).
Frank
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| (...) Playing war is fantasy. It is, boiled to its essence, acting out the struggle between good and evil. Generally speaking, fantasy works well the more removed it is from reality. Space wars work great. The distant past works well, too. What (...) (16 years ago, 25-Jan-08, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| (...) I agree that it seems like there is no diference, but I think that most parents would say that their is a difference between kids playing cowboys or pirates, and kids playing war. I personally have nothing against kids playing war. I played (...) (16 years ago, 24-Jan-08, to lugnet.general)
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