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Re: LEGO sells "violent" toys?
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lugnet.mediawatch
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Mon, 15 Nov 2004 21:24:05 GMT
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In lugnet.mediawatch, David Eaton wrote:
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Personally, I’d like to see Lego produce tanks and battleships and fighter
jets. People who are vehement enough to NOT buy violent toys are going to find
violence everywhere.
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That’s for darned sure. Meanwhile, it’s considered un-patriotic to criticize
the actual violence inflicted upon innocent civilians overseas (well, “overseas”
relative to the US, I mean).
I had all kinds of toy guns and knives when I was a kid, and as far as I know
I’ve never actually shot or stabbed anyone.
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Alpha Team
already had the run-in with being branded too violent for its depiction of
“planes bombing a city”.
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I remember this only vaguely. Was it simply due to the violence, or was it
because of the perceived similarity to the attacks of 9/11?
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And what parent didn’t honestly think that
Classic Space ships weren’t equipped with laser guns? And what child didn’t
imagine it?
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Heck, TLG itself imagined it!! I believe that the commercial for the
Space Cruiser, ended with a child
brandishing the red astronaut who in turn brandished the Classic Space Gun.
“Look out, monsters!” warned the child in his orgy of fledgling violence.
Can anyone back me up on this? I recall it with some clarity, but one can be
certain and still be wrong...
Should this be FUT’ed to OT.debate? I didn’t want to steer it that way, but now
that I think of it I may have. Oh, well--send replies there if appropriate.
Dave!
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Message has 1 Reply:
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| (...) Parts of this thread appear to be veering that way, yes.I probably should have set the FUT myself on my post way back up thread. I'll forcefut the thread or parts, if people ask me to offline. (20 years ago, 16-Nov-04, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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| (...) Let's hope one of those things is Canada's own MegaBloks! Personally, I'd like to see Lego produce tanks and battleships and fighter jets. People who are vehement enough to NOT buy violent toys are going to find violence everywhere. Knight's (...) (20 years ago, 15-Nov-04, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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