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Subject: 
Re: Disturbing use of Lego
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lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.ny.ny
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Date: 
Mon, 18 Mar 2002 13:51:35 GMT
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Christopher J. Dean writes:

I thought this should be brought to people attention.  I believe everyone
should express himself or herself in art, but I personally did not for this,
because it takes away the innocence and fun of Lego.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/020318/170/19pmr.html

This is really old stuff.

The point of the artist was as far as I remember to remind us that
even as "innocent" things as toys can be used to create horrible
things.  He may have a point, but he is an awfull craftsman.

Play well,

Jacob
--
http://jacob.sparre.dk/LEGO/Ydre_rum/Skibe/Complexity/



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  Re: Disturbing use of Lego
 
(...) I recall his point to have been that toys create an unrealistic, soft-edged world that dubiously protects children from the harshness of reality. YMMV, but if that's indeed his point, then one can hardly conceive a more suitable medium than (...) (23 years ago, 18-Mar-02, to lugnet.general)
  Re: Disturbing use of Lego
 
(...) From an article in the newspaper I thought they were mentioning this, but I think it was an over edited sentence since it mentioned something about "Lego and xyzzy concentration camps" where xyzzy was something that sounded like an actual camp (...) (23 years ago, 18-Mar-02, to lugnet.general)

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I thought this should be brought to people attention. I believe everyone should express himself or herself in art, but I personally did not for this, because it takes away the innocence and fun of Lego. (URL) (23 years ago, 18-Mar-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.ny.ny)

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