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Re: legos biggest mistake is...
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lugnet.general, lugnet.build.minifigs
Date: 
Tue, 20 Jun 2000 21:07:45 GMT
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> 
> I started to say this last night... and decided against it... though the
> comment above makes me want to retype it.... I know parents have to
> shield their kids from some things in this world... though I'd like to
> know HOW you get through a shopping trip to the mall.. or grocery
> store... or go to the movies with your kids??? do you put blinders on
> them? or make them wear paper bags on their heads??? I'm sorry.. though
> I've seen more skin on kids while walking around the mall, then I see on
> those little minifigs... I won't even go into the body piercings.... I
> would much rather explain to a child about the human body and it's
> nothing to be ashamed of then answer their questions of what's hanging
> out of someone's nose...

    I guess than it's a case of, "Do I want my children to think it's normal
and socially appropriate to display a good portion of their anatomy to the
public.  If a child roleplays those toys, and that's the intent, then it's my
business as a parent to choose toys that don't encourage that.  (As for me and
my house, we don't consider that appropriate or normal)
    I think if you monitor the type of toys your child receives, legos
included, and don't entertain yourselves with deviant videos, talk shows,
movies, etc, you can raise decent children in a somewhat indecent world
despite the Cosmo in the shopping aisles.  Then if communication lines are
open, when a child sees "weirdness," they will probably ask about it, and you
can explain that God made Adam and Eve coverings in the garden for a reason.
These people don't agree with God's point of view.  Then you can reaffirm the
importance of dressing classy not trashy.
    I hope you don't see people in the mall wearing less than the islander
babe.  Depending on where you live, that could warrant arrest. :O)

> 
> > 
> > > I think that says more about the people with that worry than
> > > it
> > > does about the 'figs themselves.
> > 
> > Agreed (especially with regard to my chastity belt crack...I don't think too
> > many kids would go there :-).  Again, feel free to call me a prude.
> > 
> > Will
> > 
> > Lego Beach Department of Emergency Services
> > www.crosswinds.net/~hokie
> 
> 
> Just my .2 bricks worth!
> 
> --
> Keep on Bricken'
> -Tamy
> 
> http://home.att.net/~mookie1/
> Lego isn't a toy, it's a way of life!



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(...) Actually, God didn't make them coverings. Adam and Eve made their own coverings, because of the whole snake/apple incident. If I remember my Bbile correctly, they ran around naked prior to that point, which was certainly O.K. with God (as he (...) (26 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build.minifigs)

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(...) I started to say this last night... and decided against it... though the comment above makes me want to retype it.... I know parents have to shield their kids from some things in this world... though I'd like to know HOW you get through a (...) (26 years ago, 19-Jun-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build.minifigs)

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