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I'm with Dan on this, I'd love to see this stuff myself but my 56k works agains me when downloading animation. I actually have the impression that this "smut" may actually have been done tastefully... but I may never know for myself. (...) (23 years ago, 21-Dec-01, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) Maybe you should check it out first, Curt, so you can at least understand the CONTEXT of the images presented? Just a suggestion. I haven't seen it yet either (because my computer is sssssslooooooowwww so I rarely see anything animated) but I (...) (23 years ago, 21-Dec-01, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) minifigs. How innocuous! Bert Waters (23 years ago, 21-Dec-01, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) There is nothing wrong with making gay minifigs, any more than there is with making heterosexual minifigs. Sexual content may be inappropriate for kids, but a pair of gay minifigs doing non-sexual things (like simply living together, or (...) (23 years ago, 21-Dec-01, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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Eduardo, I agree with you that people should not make gay minifigs. I just didn't like the vulgar language you used to express your thoughts. Fuzzy (23 years ago, 21-Dec-01, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) Up yours! Tu tambien capullo Now this gay idea of making LEGO minifigs that are gay, transexual, lesbians... is stupid. I understand and agree with my cousin, when I was 7 she changed all my minifig's legs to bricks 1x2, those bricks where (...) (23 years ago, 20-Dec-01, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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I am shocked and disgusted at anyone who would be immoral and low enough to display these films on the Internet. Even though I have not watched them, I have learned enough reading this thread. It is not right for anyone to display this trash (...) (23 years ago, 20-Dec-01, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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Hi all, I thought someone would have posted this by now. Last week (or maybe two weeks ago) on Third Watch (NBC show about NYC PD & FD), one of the police officers (Yokus) tells her partner at length about wanting to buy Harry Potter Legos for her (...) (23 years ago, 20-Dec-01, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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I wonder how this will affect the Brick Testament? The Bible has some very interesting stories... KL (...) (23 years ago, 20-Dec-01, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) The film being referenced (at least from the pic that shows up on the site that Jacob cited, I don't speak Danish so I can't attest to the text of the article) is from a film called "Rick & Steve: the Happiest Gay Couple in All the World." It (...) (23 years ago, 20-Dec-01, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) And there was I thinking that the Guarded Inn has always looked a bit on the camp side... Jennifer (23 years ago, 20-Dec-01, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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I've never even heard of these animations. Are they something new, or just some obscure little files that no one ever paid attention to until now? If kids are watching them, then yes, that's bad. I imagine, however, that those of us in LUGNET are (...) (23 years ago, 20-Dec-01, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) In the "good old days" minifigs were essentially sexless. They all pretty much looked the same with the same smily face. Before that, minifigs didn't have movable arms or legs, so they looked like little people in body casts. Today's minifigs (...) (23 years ago, 20-Dec-01, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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Eduardo, Tienes una boca llena de mierda. ("You're a potty-mouth.") (23 years ago, 20-Dec-01, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) Disagree. <!-- heading off-topic... --> Problem #1 - It teaches violent solutions as acceptable solutions (perhaps even encouraged?) to moral dilemmas. Problem #2 - It further solidifies a distinction between good and evil which doesn't exist (...) (23 years ago, 20-Dec-01, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) That sounded just as bad as the animations, if you ask me. Please, if you cannot withstand from using such language, at least semi-censor it by using asterisks. Remember: there are, I am sure, younger people then me here. -- Mark Nelson Age 14 (23 years ago, 20-Dec-01, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) I think they do, and I think your analogy is unfair. One could argue that tyranny, evil, and oppression are unavoidable in this world-- to defend against such is both honorable and necessary. To me, *that* is where TLC focuses their attention (...) (23 years ago, 20-Dec-01, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) I am disheartened by both TLC's attitude toward how people use their products and this reaction from LUGNET (so much for a family newsgroup, eh). If TLC is sucessful in their pursuit to remove objectionable films made with their products, I (...) (23 years ago, 20-Dec-01, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) Strange time of year to run this, what does religion have to do with Christmas(TM)? :) Scott A (23 years ago, 20-Dec-01, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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