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Re: LEGO sells "violent" toys?
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lugnet.mediawatch
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Tue, 16 Nov 2004 14:58:44 GMT
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In lugnet.mediawatch, Christian Treczoks wrote:
> Jake McKee wrote:
> > Many tend to confuse the terms/concepts of "violence" and "conflict". These two
> > cannot and should not be used interchangably.
> I'm not into Bionicle, but I could not help but notice things like
> claws, flaming swords, spear-like contraptions, etc[1] on these
> "things". Items I would usually connect to "violence" instead of
> "conflict". I noticed a lack of conflict-solving techniques like
> communication in the Bionicle line, though.
Cats have claws. Does that make a cat violent? Well, it may, but only when
provoked... Question--who does the provoking?
As much as I don't collect Bionicle, I have found through the (free) comic books
and the Lego-produced movies, there is a large focus put on "thinking" and
"teamwork".
As for World City...you'll see police--I mean, who's going to protect the city? Bionicle figures? For the rest of World City, as you've already seen from other posts, there's a lot more coming--and it's not police-based....
Scott
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| (...) Well cats have claws. But they are there for hunting (and destroying furniture), and they are comparably small. Compare the Bionicle claws to the overall size of the "figures". And cats do not use spears or flaming swords... (...) Thinking and (...) (20 years ago, 17-Nov-04, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| (...) I'm not into Bionicle, but I could not help but notice things like claws, flaming swords, spear-like contraptions, etc[1] on these "things". Items I would usually connect to "violence" instead of "conflict". I noticed a lack of (...) (20 years ago, 16-Nov-04, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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