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Re: Using Lego to build weapons? (was Re: The Lego Beretta just won't die)
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Tue, 27 Nov 2001 17:20:30 GMT
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On Tue, Nov 27, 2001 at 05:05:06PM +0000, Carsten Schmitz wrote:
> "Dan Boger" <dan@peeron.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
> > yah, I would be one of those people. I am also pro gun control, and yet I
> > believe that it's not guns who kill, it's people. A gun can be used to
> > protect, and save lives.
>
> Yeah. An a-bomb can too...
really? how do you figure? or was that sarcasm? if so, it doesn't
refute my argument...
> > > > Lego was to be meant as a toy, weapons are not.
> >
> > so no more pirate ships, warships, any military models, wild west,
> > aquazone(/raiders, etc) classic space, star wars.... I'm sure there's • more
> > "non-toy" themes, but I get tired of listing them.
>
> These are all fictional or historical themes as you may have noticed.
> Show me a LEGO theme that plays in our current time which uses weapons?
something like town? with bank robbers, police officers? All armed, by
the way.
> > Sure, go ahead and play
> > with LEGO however you like, but please, don't tell others how... I
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> See. I understand why you say this. Fact is that I didnt tell anyone
> how to play Lego. I just didnt want to be represented as a member of
> the AFOL communtiy by a person that builds weapons of it because I (and
> its only my opinion that i state here) would not use Lego for something
> like that. I wonder what LEGO's opinion would be. I bet they would
> never sponsor or adorse models like that. But that's another thing.
you maybe didn't tell him how to play, but you did tell him to "go show
off elsewhere"? I don't think we want to ban all AFOLs that use weapons
in their themes/creations, do we? And Jeff wasn't representing YOU, but
a part of the AFOL community, which, while it may not be to your
liking, does build weapons.
> > some of the most amazing models I've seen lately were military ones,
> > doesn't mean I want to have a Tank in my garage?
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> No. It doesnt. Depends what you like about these models.
I can appreciate the detail, or for that matter, the design of a tank.
As one that used to ride in them (and other armored vehicles) , I really
do like their beauty.
> I may be extreme in my view.
> But sometimes extreme positions let you see the things from a different
> angle of view.
of course. doesn't make that position correct, of course, just different :)
--
Dan Boger
dan@peeron.com
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