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Subject:	Re: Life size guns and assault rifles on Brickshellf-- opinions?
Newsgroups:	lugnet.off-topic.debate
Date:	Mon, 22 Aug 2005 18:36:23 GMT
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While I understand your concern Ondrew, but I have to ask where do you draw the line? What about other violent items made from LEGO, what about MOCs of military stuff?

Would you suggest that MOCs like this:

http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=141955

be limited as well?

I don’t have the answer but I think if a policy like this was impossed then we will quickly find ourselves going down a slipperly slope.

jt

In lugnet.general, Ondrew Hartigan wrote:

Hey all,

I’ve noticed lately that there has been a serge in the amount of MOC’s built on the theme of guns and assault rifles. Now I really don’t want to cause a fuss considering there are weapons throughout the Lego line but for some reason life size renditions seem a little different. Personally in my opinion they should be posted elsewhere since the MOC’s don’t really stick to the ideals that Lego stands for. I would like to compare the life size weapons to the model of Auschwitz. The first thing that comes to mind when I see the latest full-scale legoized weapon is what they represent, hate, destruction and death. Now I don’t want to say that I’m against guns or the right to build Lego versions of them but I would personally like to see them posted on maj.com with a disclaimer rather than Brickshelf where tons of kids are going to see them.

In short I would rather see kids enjoying Lego rather than being shot by a cop mistaking a MOC for the real thing.

here’s what i’m talking about:

http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?m=Viet-Kong

What’s your opinion?

Ondrew

P.s. I have set follow-ups to “lugnet.off-topic.debate” since I unfortunately feel this will probably be a heated thread. My apologies in advance.

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		Re: Life size guns and assault rifles on Brickshellf-- opinions?
Hey James, I believe OnDrew's concern, as stated in his post, was specifically with full-scale and very accurate replicas of real pistols and/or assault rifles, not historical vehicles. I'd be willing to be that the odds of a child finding a German (...) (19 years ago, 23-Aug-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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		Life size guns and assault rifles on Brickshellf-- opinions?
Hey all, I’ve noticed lately that there has been a serge in the amount of MOC's built on the theme of guns and assault rifles. Now I really don't want to cause a fuss considering there are weapons throughout the Lego line but for some reason life (...) (19 years ago, 21-Aug-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)

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