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Re: Factions (and violence)
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Date: 
Fri, 27 Jul 2001 15:16:44 GMT
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In lugnet.castle, Bruce Schlickbernd writes:
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.


In case it hasn't been thrown out, how would the Sopwith Camel play into the
Lego non-implicit violence scheme?

Jason



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  Re: Factions (and violence)
 
(...) Especially since it has a pair of machine guns on it. Give it another 25 years or so to remove the last generations with direct contact to WW2, and I won't be surprised to see a Model Team Tiger tank. As far as "war toys" go, I'm surprised we (...) (23 years ago, 27-Jul-01, to lugnet.castle)
  Re: Factions (and violence)
 
(...) ive recently read the book _Modernity and Warfare_ by pk lawrence, in it he describes air power as the apex of modern warfare, in being both aesthetic and horribly violent. the war plane itself (be it biplane, divebomber, or stealth fighter) (...) (23 years ago, 27-Jul-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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  Re: Factions (and violence)
 
(...) Krieg: war. Spiel: game. Zeug: well, hazy on that one. "Stuff"? Of course, I use the castle and pirates stuff for games.... Bruce (23 years ago, 26-Jul-01, to lugnet.castle)

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