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Re: Life size guns and assault rifles on Brickshellf-- opinions?
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Tue, 23 Aug 2005 05:54:28 GMT
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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 WWII halftrack in his daddy's bedroom closet are pretty
miniscule.
As for a loaded .38, who doesn't know how to pull the trigger? Not trying
be cheeky here, I just there's a pretty big difference between halftracks
and handguns when considering the odds of what a child will encounter in
his/her daily environment.
Dave S.
"James J. Trobaugh" <james@ngltc.org> wrote in message
news:ILMzon.EBr@lugnet.com...
> 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/gallery/Viet-Kong/UZI-M11/thumb/uzi_ingramm.jpg_thumb.jpg>>
> > <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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