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04-04-2013, 06:58 AM | #26 |
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LMFAO,Really???
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04-05-2013, 02:14 AM | #27 |
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We have an EDIT POST button for a reason. Just sayin'.
Also, wearing "rose-colored glasses" means having an overly-optimistic view of something or someone. It's a reference to a particular style of eyewear from the 60's that's usually associated with hippies. So Kilic is obviously not wearing any, since he is upset about a children's building-block set based on a 30-year-old science-fiction film. If he were wearing any, he might have said that the set is a wonderful representation of the architecture and design of the building and downplayed any negative aspects. And I used the glasses thing more to mean overly peaceful view, since hippies were radical on the peace thing. Maybe I used it in the wrong way, I don't know. Quote:
Right trekking95, your point about claiming those were machine guns on the Jabba set too. Speaking of guns, years ago I'd read that Sweden (I believe) didn't allow Star Wars toys because they didn't like the term "Wars" on the product or the fact most of the figures had weapons. Not sure if that's still true but I do recall seeing that article years ago.
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04-05-2013, 05:32 AM | #28 |
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You mean about the multiple posts? Yeah, sorry. I did merge 2 of them though, hence the "mistake post".
And I used the glasses thing more to mean overly peaceful view, since hippies were radical on the peace thing. Maybe I used it in the wrong way, I don't know. Oh that is more stupid than this post, I mean website, could contain! I always knew most Swedish people were "politically correct" (and sometimes dumb radicals), but I never though they would do that! So did they ban the movies, or even all war related movies? |
04-05-2013, 05:38 AM | #29 |
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^^^LOL,that last part about swedish folk made my LOL.i think the word you are looking for to describe them is "practical" and just to answer the last part of your question,NO the star wars movies are NOT banned in sweden and ive even seen star wars toys being sold at Maxi's <<< swedens answer to walmart.
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04-05-2013, 05:44 AM | #30 |
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id imagine that it would have been around the 70,s & 80's.but things have quietened down since then however the swedish government does have a problem with its muslim community.in recent years Malmo had seen the muslim community riot because of the swedish governments refusal to build another mosque in an area that already houses 2 mosques.plus the muslim community are very xenophobic towards the locals,i have seen this first hand.
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04-05-2013, 08:04 AM | #31 |
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The only reason I mentioned it was because you asked him to take them off, implying that he was wearing rose-colored glasses. But his viewpoint is not optimistic (other than assuming that Lego was removing the toy at his behest, maybe).
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04-05-2013, 10:55 AM | #32 |
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id imagine that it would have been around the 70,s & 80's.but things have quietened down since then however the swedish government does have a problem with its muslim community.in recent years Malmo had seen the muslim community riot because of the swedish governments refusal to build another mosque in an area that already houses 2 mosques.plus the muslim community are very xenophobic towards the locals,i have seen this first hand.
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04-05-2013, 11:12 AM | #33 |
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No boxing is practised as openly as any martial arts in sweden,well at least on a club level in the south of sweden.not sure if it was dropped from the olympic list though,if so they most likely felt it was better to focus on sports that they are good at.
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04-05-2013, 11:47 AM | #34 |
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I got ya - reason I asked is a boxer who lives in Las Vegas (Badou Jack) has a Swedish mother & wondered if he could even fight there.
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04-05-2013, 01:49 PM | #35 |
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down in the south of Sweden in the region of Skåne,boxing is more popular maybe because of the danish link.that region once belonged to the danes before the swedes took it back,but copenhagen is literally a 5 minute train ride from Malmo,and boxing is big in denmark.the northerners prefer all that strongman stuff
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04-05-2013, 10:03 PM | #36 |
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^^^LOL,that last part about swedish folk made my LOL.i think the word you are looking for to describe them is "practical" and just to answer the last part of your question,NO the star wars movies are NOT banned in sweden and ive even seen star wars toys being sold at Maxi's <<< swedens answer to walmart.
I'm assuming it was due to the language, which I can understand. The video itself couldn't offend anyone, could it?
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04-05-2013, 10:05 PM | #37 |
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Double post.
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04-06-2013, 03:05 AM | #38 |
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I didn't mean it as an insult to Swedish people, they're fine. After all, I like Ikea. Just they have done some dumb things with their bans and laws, like that. But most countries do dumb things anyway.
I'm assuming it was due to the language, which I can understand. The video itself couldn't offend anyone, could it? there are dumb people all over the world,unfortunately. |
04-06-2013, 10:15 PM | #39 |
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By the way, the local Walmart had the Jabba set, 2 or 3 I think. It was on sale, but in classic Walmart (and lego) style it was way less than $10 off.
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People who are offended because the design of a building that is "sacred" when it is even accidentally referenced need an inexorably immediate priority shift. There's a lot of injustice going on in this world, and a lot of suffering. Things worth taking a up a cause for or a stand against, and a toy company is so far removed from anything close to all of them that it's almost comical. Let's face it, architecture is only going so far and unless we get all sci-fi with it, our building aesthetics are going to eventually all harken back to something.
It boggles the mind, the sheer number of fights these people seek out. What good has it ever brought this world? Last edited by Brownfinger; 04-06-2013 at 10:52 PM.. |
04-07-2013, 08:58 PM | #41 |
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People who are offended because the design of a building that is "sacred" when it is even accidentally referenced need an inexorably immediate priority shift. There's a lot of injustice going on in this world, and a lot of suffering. Things worth taking a up a cause for or a stand against, and a toy company is so far removed from anything close to all of them that it's almost comical. Let's face it, architecture is only going so far and unless we get all sci-fi with it, our building aesthetics are going to eventually all harken back to something.
It boggles the mind, the sheer number of fights these people seek out. What good has it ever brought this world?
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04-08-2013, 04:42 AM | #42 |
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Bullshit I fear this will happen piece by piece until were all in robes and praying on our knees. If you go to Paris or England you will see the attempt at conformity happening already.
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down in the south of Sweden in the region of Skåne,boxing is more popular maybe because of the danish link.that region once belonged to the danes before the swedes took it back,but copenhagen is literally a 5 minute train ride from Malmo,and boxing is big in denmark.the northerners prefer all that strongman stuff
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07-11-2013, 10:34 PM | #44 |
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This whole fiasco makes me wanna go out and buy this set...
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