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Re: Arkham Asylum - A cool set, but a bit disturbing.
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Fri, 8 Jun 2007 09:52:04 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Dave Schuler wrote:
   Why include the torture chamber at all? They didn’t include the reception desk, the bathroom, or the parking lot, after all. Their choice to include the chamber makes it fair game for discussion.

Well, they did sorta include the reception desk. Sorta. In the first floor, aside from the sliding cage door, there’s some sort of computer terminal with a phone and a swivel chair. Not very desk-like, but hey, it’s not very asylum-like either.



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  Re: Arkham Asylum - A cool set, but a bit disturbing.
 
(...) Although it's unlikely that LEGO intended the set as a commentary on Abu Ghraib, their choice to foreground an institutionalized torture chamber speaks of a curious lack of sensitivity on the subject. Given TLG's long-standing policy of (...) (17 years ago, 7-Jun-07, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)

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