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Re: Canceled Lego Theme...?
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Wed, 17 Apr 2002 18:47:52 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Daniel Siskind writes:
> In lugnet.build, Scott E. Sanburn writes:
> > Dan & All,
> >
> > > I just can't seem to keep my mind on filling Bricklink orders today and started
> > > daydreaming...
> > >
> > > http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=15562
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> > Wow. Ranks right up there with that Holocaust series of sets.
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> > Scott S.
> > --
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> Scott,
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> I have to ask if you are suggesting that it's innapropriate to use Lego bricks
> for the expression of social-political satire? Or are you suggesting that any
> social-political commentary outside official USA doctrine to be as offensive
> the Holocaust?
Scott would have to speak for himself on what he meant (and he doesn't
always read .debate so may miss this unless notified by email, and even then
may choose not to respond at all)... but I did not take what he said as
either of those things.
The Holocaust series of sets were controversial. They brought out rather
sharp discussions, highlighting a multitude of points of view. I read his
comment to suggest that your sociopolitical commentary may also be viewed by
some as controversial, not to make any other statement whatever about it.
You didn't ask my opinion but I'll give it just the same.
1. Are bricks an appropriate medium? It is not inappropriate to use Lego(r)
bricks for the expression of socio-political satire. They are a medium of
expression as are other mediums, and they are no more or less inappropriate
than billboards, finger paint, songs, or broadcast messages (just picking a
few at random) might be. I don't agree with those who say that because they
are primarily a children's toy that makes them off limits for art or satire.
(that doesn't mean that I might not request that my children not view a
particular expression, though, that's way different)
2. Are all commentaries outside official US doctrine equally offensive as
the Holocaust (not a commentary, but an actual happening)? I would say no.
NO commentary, no matter how much we disagree with it, can be equated to an
act of horror of the scope and magnitude of the holocaust.
Or, if you meant, are all commentaries outside official US doctrine equally
offensive as the commentary on the Holocaust colloquially known as the
"Holocaust LEGO(r) sets"? Again I would say no. There are degrees of
offensiveness. Yours was rather shocking and thought provoking. Further,
what makes a commentary "offensive"? I'm not sure that even has meaning. A
commentary can be shocking, it can be designed to make people think but
unless it's physically repulsive to look at what does it mean to allege
something is offensive? I dunno. offensive != controversial to my way of
thinking.
I was particularly taken by the misspelling of the word "cancelled" which
suggested to me that the person doing the cancelling, presumably somewhere
in Billund, wasn't particularly bright. Was that the intended interpretation?
++Lar
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| "Larry Pieniazek" <lpieniazek@mercator.com> wrote in message news:Guq6vs.DKE@lugnet.com... (...) Lego bricks (...) that any (...) offensive (...) Lego(r) (...) of (...) inappropriate (...) picking a (...) they (...) satire. (...) a (...) as (...) (...) (23 years ago, 18-Apr-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Scott, I have to ask if you are suggesting that it's innapropriate to use Lego bricks for the expression of social-political satire? Or are you suggesting that any social-political commentary outside official USA doctrine to be as offensive (...) (23 years ago, 17-Apr-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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