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Re: About Blasters
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lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.starwars
Date: 
Sat, 20 Nov 1999 17:46:40 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Lawrence Wilkes writes:

Not making any moral judgements here,

Neither am I.

but I guess you should remember that Lego are Danish, not American.
Europeans dont tend to have the same views on guns as Americans.
Guns are much more frowned upon by society on the whole, and I this seems
common across Europe.

You're right, but that doesn't explain why, despite their self-imposed ban on
"modern weapons", the Wild West cowboys sport revolvers and rifles that could
easily pass for currently-produced versions of the weapons.

eric



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  Re: About Blasters
 
(...) It also doesn't explain why it's okay to have all sorts of lethal weapons on the ships, and LEGO has even described them as such (laser cannons), but not in the hands of the 'figs. Lightsabers are ok too- they are definately lethal in the (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.starwars)

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  Re: About Blasters
 
(...) Not making any moral judgements here, but I guess you should remember that Lego are Danish, not American. Europeans dont tend to have the same views on guns as Americans. Guns are much more frowned upon by society on the whole, and I this (...) (25 years ago, 20-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.starwars)

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