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Re: 6776... Is this True?
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Sun, 7 Oct 2001 11:33:08 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Daniel Staudt writes:
> i think what we have here is a confusion of violence with conflict
> violence is death and destruction. bombs destroying buildings, guns killing
> people. what lego has created in the past and now is conflict. pirates vs.
> imperials. conflict but they never showed or suggested cannons blowing
> holes in people. or drowning people burning alive. things that would
> happen in real life.
I suppose all those pirate skeletons died of old age? :-)
> as for star wars ( shich i like alot) it is a contract with another
> concept. they are just making an accurate imitation the items in the movie
> into lego. but again no real violence just conflict. yes they have battle
> droids. but did they have laser's on the droid fighters? the battle droid
> with shooting missles? a skewered jedi or a bisected maul? no.
I have purchased around 80 sets with Darth Maul and in every single one he was
bisected.
> and as for Mr. Sandbarn i don't see how most of the new sets are violence
> related. you have new trains,
...to tie maidens in front of...
> new racers,
...to enact Death Race 2000 (for which LEGO failed to secure the license)...
> new all purpose hero,
...with which to destroy downtown while apprehending villains...
> new magic school,
...teaching the dark arts to young children...
> bring back of old sets,
...from old violent themes...
> princess
...representing the oppression of the lower class...
> and bob the builder,
...complete with claw hammer and circular saw...
> soccer.
...where the fans are often hospitalized...
> the only partially violence related item is the Bionicle selection. (which
> i am not patocularly fond of my self).
Hey, that giant white sword is only good for stopping avalanches! :-)
Chris
(Who's just messing with you, in case that's not obvious.)
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| (...) And the cannon are just for firing 21 gun salutes... And surely, the falling masts on the Red Beard Runner and the Armada Flagship are just a nifty feature to make it easier for the crew to change the sails... I just don't buy the idea that (...) (23 years ago, 7-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| i think what we have here is a confusion of violence with conflict violence is death and destruction. bombs destroying buildings, guns killing people. what lego has created in the past and now is conflict. pirates vs. imperials. conflict but they (...) (23 years ago, 7-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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