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In lugnet.general, Lawrence Wilkes writes:
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> "Todd Lehman" <lehman@javanet.com> wrote in message
> news:G8Jv6o.79@lugnet.com...
> > In lugnet.general, Lawrence Wilkes writes:
> > > [...]
> > > With vicious-looking villains and grim heroes, Bionicle clearly marks a
> > > departure from LEGO's traditional nonviolent image, but Eio is not • worried.
> > >
> > > ``Our policy is, don't do violence for the sake of violence. We don't • want
> > > to encourage violence, that's why we don't make any tanks or fighter • planes.
> > > But we have accepted it in fantasy settings and we also have medieval
> > > castles with invaders and things like that,'' he said.
> >
> > That quote is interesting... Maybe I'm reading it the wrong way, but it
> > seems to be implying that tanks and fighter planes are violence for the • sake
> > of violence. I thought tanks and fighter planes were violence for the • sake
> > of national security and winning wars -- hardly violence for the sake of
> > violence. Same with castles and invaders. I wonder what is meant by • fantasy
> > settings? Seems to me that boxing and WWF and things like that are • violence
> > for the sake of violence (or more accurately, entertainment).
>
> But surely WWF is the fantasy setting!
> It cant be called violence. No one gets hurt.
What!? Remember the one that died a few years back (I think it was Owen Heart)?
Josh
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> regards
> lawrence
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