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Re: Concerns with Racial Attitudes and Lego
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Fri, 11 Aug 2000 22:11:28 GMT
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"Bruce Schlickbernd" <corsair@schlickbernd.org> wrote in message
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> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Tim Courtney writes:
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> > Well, then I feel that this issue as it applies to STAR WARS figs is NOT • a
> > race issue. It is an issue of being accurate to the movie, like TLC has
> > done with its previous products (in portraying people, not spaceships). • But
> > as soon as its steps beyond that, at least by two attitudes portrayed • here
> > (Damien and Bruce), it becomes political.
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> You forgot to include yourself. I have connected my comments to the • movie, and
> its implications in respect to the entire Lego line, as have you. You are
> attempting to dismiss others viewpoints as "political" (and I only use the • term
> because that is what you have used) while denying that yours aren't really • any
> different.
Fine. My views are political too, but I feel that politically, I'm taking
the safe side. And I don't feel that this (Lugnet) is the place to
challenge this notion - we can all see how it is detrimental to the
community and not fostering goodwill and constructive play.
Enough said.
> > Bruce has some good points, BTW, and I respect him for them. I don't • agree
> > with his claim that everything is political, however (reading back, I
> > believe that was him who said that. Correct me if I'm wrong). But he • can
> > get his point across effectively, and that's a good thing.
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> Go back and actually respond to my post. All I'm saying is that no matter • what
> decision Lego makes, it is political by your definition of political. I'm • just
> using your term - I actually don't see what politics has to do with it
all.
If I wasn't mistaken, you were telling me what to do there. Could you
possibly imagine I didn't reply to that post because I didn't think it worth
my time? Or, that I had addressed the issues that were worthwile in other
replies? Damien isn't the only person who thinks he's talking to a brick
wall....
--
Tim Courtney - tim@zacktron.com
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| (...) In your opinion. Perhaps you are right that it is the safe side, but I don't particularly view that as a good thing. (...) Where else would one challenge Lego's policy but here? You started this particular thread in any case. (...) As in, if (...) (24 years ago, 11-Aug-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) You forgot to include yourself. I have connected my comments to the movie, and its implications in respect to the entire Lego line, as have you. You are attempting to dismiss others viewpoints as "political" (and I only use the term because (...) (24 years ago, 11-Aug-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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