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Re: Factions (and violence)
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lugnet.castle
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Thu, 26 Jul 2001 15:13:45 GMT
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In lugnet.castle, Leonard Hoffman writes:
> > LEGO was proud of having never produced sets that glorify war and violence.
> > They never produced (and I guess they won't ever produce) "Kriegsspielzeug"
> > like WWI or WWII tanks, bombers and so on.
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> > But of course, swords and spears are purposed to violence. And nowadays
> > there ain't any sets that NOT include a revolver and/or a gun and/or a
> > skeleton (= minifig brought from life to death...).
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> im not familiar with the term, kriegsspielzeug (although im gonna take a guess
> at something like 'modern war').. could you explain it for me?
Krieg: war. Spiel: game. Zeug: well, hazy on that one. "Stuff"?
Of course, I use the castle and pirates stuff for games....
Bruce
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| (...) im not familiar with the term, kriegsspielzeug (although im gonna take a guess at something like 'modern war').. could you explain it for me? i think im reading too much theoretical discourse on the nature of violence in the modernist vision.. (...) (25 years ago, 26-Jul-01, to lugnet.castle)
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