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Re: Future Wild West Possibilities
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lugnet.western
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Thu, 30 Dec 1999 05:54:52 GMT
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In lugnet.western, Shiri Dori writes:
> > However if they
> > were to make civil war sets with slaves I think that TLC would make the • slaves
> > with yellow faces just like every other minifig, just to keep its neutrality.
I never heard that TLC only had yellow figs to stay away from race issues. If
so fine. But they shouldn't stay away from the Civil War just because of
slavery or race issues. I mean this is part of our history. What a great way
to put interest in our kids about something as important as this. Remember
those who forget history are doomed to repeat it again. I don't think that you
should avoid doing something cause you are scared what people will think. You
just have to use tact. You don't HAVE TO put minifigs in chains for cryin out
loud.
Are we so clouded that we forgot what the Civil War was really about. I don't
see how race is even an issue. If lego wants to use only yellow figs to be
neutral fine. Then just use tact on how you display the sets. They showed
great skill in that department in the native american sets.
David
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| (...) neutrality. (...) you (...) I also think that civil war lego is a good idea, but I dont think that they should have slaves in the sets. The civil war should was not just over slavery it was also over states rights, and to this day some people (...) (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.western)
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| (...) neutrality. (...) Thinking from a marketing stand-point, The school history teachers (2-4th grades), not to mention college professors would grab this stuff right off the shelves, not to mention AFOL's and adult and KABOB history buffs. -John (...) (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.western)
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| (...) I agree. TLC were definitely either real smart to avoid the issue, or just so stupid that they didn't even think about it. (Well... that's a bit far- fetched... :-) (...) I don't know about that - after all, it IS part of the US history. They (...) (25 years ago, 29-Dec-99, to lugnet.western)
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