<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" > <channel> <title> Comments on: Lego teaches children how to play with guns </title> <atom:link href="https://dangerousintersection.org/2008/10/15/legos-teaches-children-how-to-play-with-guns/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /> <link>https://dangerousintersection.org/2008/10/15/legos-teaches-children-how-to-play-with-guns/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=legos-teaches-children-how-to-play-with-guns&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=legos-teaches-children-how-to-play-with-guns</link> <description>Human Animals at the Crossroads of Science, Religion, Media and Culture</description> <lastBuildDate>Fri, 16 Aug 2013 18:29:59 +0000</lastBuildDate> <sy:updatePeriod> hourly </sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency> 1 </sy:updateFrequency> <item> <title> By: Tom w </title> <link>https://dangerousintersection.org/2008/10/15/legos-teaches-children-how-to-play-with-guns/comment-page-1/#comment-127428</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Tom w]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 16 Aug 2013 18:29:59 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://dangerousintersection.org/?p=3026#comment-127428</guid> <description><![CDATA[Uh I'm pretty shure they tried diplomacy in starwars and it was the empire that struck first]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Uh I’m pretty shure they tried diplomacy in starwars and it was the empire that struck first</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title> By: travis da menace </title> <link>https://dangerousintersection.org/2008/10/15/legos-teaches-children-how-to-play-with-guns/comment-page-1/#comment-120747</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[travis da menace]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 06 Aug 2012 11:55:15 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://dangerousintersection.org/?p=3026#comment-120747</guid> <description><![CDATA[Sorry for my English, I'm from Mexico. Toys, games and recently video games have always the same purpose: "get children into a social simulation of life" as a playful learning. There always have been guns in toy industries as baby dolls. Because games are important to teach kids their social and also working roles in a a specific society. With toys, a kid can learn some moral values, including WAR, CONSUME, CONQUER, NATIONALISM. A huge industry has grown focused on children to replace school's education system, but that's not new. Video games are the success of hundreds of years performing a global education system. We know school isn't the perfect place to learn: 1. Not everybody can get into a school, poor countries are designated that way because of their lack of institutional education. 2. Toys aren't for every children, in this country; there are more children working that playing LEGO. We see, that this consumer system and transnational industries have created the perfect education system, based on playful and hyper-realistic experience we know as video games. Not any child can get a video game, same as school, just rich countries will enjoy this great change in education. Video games have the same purpose: Teach about social roles, like Farmville, Sims, or even a violent video game--teach a kid about who he needs to kill to protect his nation values or security, based on a cheap drama.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sorry for my English, I’m from Mexico. Toys, games and recently video games have always the same purpose: “get children into a social simulation of life” as a playful learning. There always have been guns in toy industries as baby dolls. Because games are important to teach kids their social and also working roles in a a specific society. With toys, a kid can learn some moral values, including WAR, CONSUME, CONQUER, NATIONALISM. A huge industry has grown focused on children to replace school’s education system, but that’s not new. Video games are the success of hundreds of years performing a global education system. We know school isn’t the perfect place to learn: 1. Not everybody can get into a school, poor countries are designated that way because of their lack of institutional education. 2. Toys aren’t for every children, in this country; there are more children working that playing LEGO. </p> <p>We see, that this consumer system and transnational industries have created the perfect education system, based on playful and hyper-realistic experience we know as video games. Not any child can get a video game, same as school, just rich countries will enjoy this great change in education. Video games have the same purpose: Teach about social roles, like Farmville, Sims, or even a violent video game–teach a kid about who he needs to kill to protect his nation values or security, based on a cheap drama.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title> By: Monica </title> <link>https://dangerousintersection.org/2008/10/15/legos-teaches-children-how-to-play-with-guns/comment-page-1/#comment-118764</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Monica]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Sat, 26 May 2012 16:45:48 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://dangerousintersection.org/?p=3026#comment-118764</guid> <description><![CDATA[You betcha toy guns were a huge focus 20, 30, 40 years ago. Ever heard of the game "cowboys and Indians"? There have been studies that show rough play is good for boys. Let's stop emasculating little boys and let them be kids and have fun.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You betcha toy guns were a huge focus 20, 30, 40 years ago. Ever heard of the game “cowboys and Indians”? There have been studies that show rough play is good for boys. Let’s stop emasculating little boys and let them be kids and have fun.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title> By: Justin Pyne </title> <link>https://dangerousintersection.org/2008/10/15/legos-teaches-children-how-to-play-with-guns/comment-page-1/#comment-117328</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Justin Pyne]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Sun, 15 Apr 2012 19:44:06 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://dangerousintersection.org/?p=3026#comment-117328</guid> <description><![CDATA[LOL As a fifteen year old LEGO fan myself, I'm sure I can say that this discussion is outright ridiculous. There's no need to target a toy company for including guns in their products. Among all toy companies, such as HASBRO, Megabloks, etc. the LEGO company seems to be doing just fine with their anti-war policy. Here is a perfect example: In the recent 'Dino' set theme, the "guns" which the main protagonists are wielding certainly appear to shoot tranquilizer darts or something of the sort. http://www.entertainmentearth.com/images/%5CAUTOIMAGES%5CLG5882lg.jpg]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>LOL<br /> As a fifteen year old LEGO fan myself, I’m sure I can say that this discussion is outright ridiculous. There’s no need to target a toy company for including guns in their products. Among all toy companies, such as HASBRO, Megabloks, etc. the LEGO company seems to be doing just fine with their anti-war policy. Here is a perfect example: In the recent ‘Dino’ set theme, the “guns” which the main protagonists are wielding certainly appear to shoot tranquilizer darts or something of the sort.</p> <p><a href="http://www.entertainmentearth.com/images/%5CAUTOIMAGES%5CLG5882lg.jpg" rel="nofollow ugc">http://www.entertainmentearth.com/images/%5CAUTOIMAGES%5CLG5882lg.jpg</a></p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title> By: Matthew </title> <link>https://dangerousintersection.org/2008/10/15/legos-teaches-children-how-to-play-with-guns/comment-page-1/#comment-89965</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Matthew]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Sat, 10 Sep 2011 06:56:24 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://dangerousintersection.org/?p=3026#comment-89965</guid> <description><![CDATA[NO, I don't personally believe that the LEGO company is to blame, I blame parenting and the community. I'm actually in the process of writing a poem about that. " A Child's imagination is a product of their environment." As unfortunate as it may be, if a kid is making a gun and then pointing it at people and pretending to shoot what does that say about the community? What I can't stand is the phrase, " boys will be boys kid will be kids." BS. Parents, if you are allowing your kids to walk around the house playing all of these games that deal with brutally shooting people or even shooting people in general something is wrong. What happened to watching barney LOL. Now i know that types of violence are everywhere and there is really no way from stopping it from happening, but if you see kids pretending to shoot each other and you laugh it off, im very much disappointed in you. its not okay because then they grow up and start making the building of legos into guns a reality. next thing you know they are either dead or in jail. #period! Media has soooo much influence in the way kids think, these tv shows are sending subliminal messages that you pick up when you are older etc etc. It just saddens me that when a child first picks up legos a gun is the first thing he/she will build. #imdone! What happened to building the CAR, the boat, a house!]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>NO, I don’t personally believe that the LEGO company is to blame, I blame parenting and the community. I’m actually in the process of writing a poem about that. ” A Child’s imagination is a product of their environment.” As unfortunate as it may be, if a kid is making a gun and then pointing it at people and pretending to shoot what does that say about the community? What I can’t stand is the phrase, ” boys will be boys kid will be kids.” BS. Parents, if you are allowing your kids to walk around the house playing all of these games that deal with brutally shooting people or even shooting people in general something is wrong. What happened to watching barney LOL. Now i know that types of violence are everywhere and there is really no way from stopping it from happening, but if you see kids pretending to shoot each other and you laugh it off, im very much disappointed in you. its not okay because then they grow up and start making the building of legos into guns a reality. next thing you know they are either dead or in jail. #period! Media has soooo much influence in the way kids think, these tv shows are sending subliminal messages that you pick up when you are older etc etc. It just saddens me that when a child first picks up legos a gun is the first thing he/she will build. #imdone! What happened to building the CAR, the boat, a house!</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> </channel> </rss>