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Subject: 
Using Lego to build weapons? (was Re: The Lego Beretta just won't die)
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lugnet.cad
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Date: 
Tue, 27 Nov 2001 11:05:40 GMT
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Hello,

[Beretta build of Lego]

I am sorry but I will refuse gladly this kind of PR.

I don't want anyone to think I am a fanatics of something
that is or was used to kill someone or something. No thanks.

Go show off somewhere else.

Carsten

Hmmm.. funny, cause I don't see the name "Carsten" on any of my pages, so • what
does it have to do with you? I guess I missed the part where Beretta • offered
you PR for *my* designs.

You should start reading your own mails:

Anyway... just wanted to share that I've managed to exposed 10's of • thousands
of people to the AFOL community in the last two weeks. Tons of them have
said

At least I think i belong to this AFOL community.

You can twist and turn it as long as you want to.. but a weapon like that is
only used
for killing humans. Nothing to be proud of.

Why don't you build a model of an anthrax virus?

Lego was to be meant as a toy, weapons are not.

Carsten

(i know this gets offtopic in .cad... I linked it to .debate)



Message has 4 Replies:
  Re: Using Lego to build weapons? (was Re: The Lego Beretta just won't die)
 
(...) Fortunately, people would still tend to see Lego as a toy and not a weapon IMHO. (Those who seriously consider Lego a weapon already have serious issues that this particular model won't affect one way or another.) Folks tend to associate with (...) (23 years ago, 27-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
  Re: Using Lego to build weapons? (was Re: The Lego Beretta just won't die)
 
(...) (again, i say this as a big gun control advocate) I believe many people would argue with you here. I know many gun collectors who own beretta's, and not a single one of them has killed any humans. (...) Sproat already said it, but it's worth (...) (23 years ago, 27-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
  Re: Using Lego to build weapons? (was Re: The Lego Beretta just won't die)
 
(...) I don't think a single AFOL's model represents the entire AFOL community, do you? I don't think people are going to look at a Lego gun and say "Gee, if *that's* what adults do with Lego, they shouldn't have it!". And if they do, they can live (...) (23 years ago, 27-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
  Re: Using Lego to build weapons? (was Re: The Lego Beretta just won't die)
 
(...) I'm still kind of confused. I think you're missing a bit of the semantic language in what was said--he's implying that though his Beretta is the vehicle that piqued people's interest in LEGO anew, they've come here and seen *everything*, and (...) (23 years ago, 27-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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  Re: The Lego Beretta just won't die
 
(...) Hmmm.. funny, cause I don't see the name "Carsten" on any of my pages, so what does it have to do with you? I guess I missed the part where Beretta offered you PR for *my* designs. J (23 years ago, 27-Nov-01, to lugnet.cad)

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