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Re: Canceled Lego Theme...?
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"Larry Pieniazek" <lpieniazek@mercator.com> wrote in message
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> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Daniel Siskind writes:
> > > > SNIP
> > > > http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=15562
> > >
> > > Wow. Ranks right up there with that Holocaust series of sets.
> > >
> > > Scott S.
> > > --
> >
> > 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
> > the Holocaust?
> SNIP
>
> 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.
What would peoples reaction have been had Daniel used 10036 "Pizza to
Go" as a backdrop for this?
Lawrence
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| (...) 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. (...) (22 years ago, 17-Apr-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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