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			<title><![CDATA[Re: Lego is Racist?  [ridiculous story I found)]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Some of those sidebar ads on web sites are really silly.]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 04 Apr 2013 13:31:41 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Re: Lego is Racist?  [ridiculous story I found)]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[[quote=Golden]After I had finished reading that article, I found an ad on it that said, in bold letters, 'Glasses actually harm your vision; click here for a cheap alternative'.

I'm having a hard time being outraged because I'm laughing so hard, oh God help.[/quote]
I found one talking about a cheap alternative to owning guns... with a picture of Obama with Satan eyes...
But seriously, this whole thing is ridiculous, it hardly even looks like the building in question. Even if it was supposedly racist then shouldn't they be bashing Star Wars for it, I mean that's what it's based off of...
Also that article about them claiming they won is hilarious.]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 04 Apr 2013 09:29:37 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Re: Lego is Racist?  [ridiculous story I found)]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[[quote] Pritchard, I think you might want to read this article: [url]http://www.brickset.com/news/article/?ID=6146[/url]

mini/XD [/quote] That's hilarious xD]]></description>
			<author><![CDATA[dummy@example.com (Blue Phoenix)]]></author>
			<pubDate>Thu, 04 Apr 2013 03:19:06 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Re: Lego is Racist?  [ridiculous story I found)]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Pritchard, I think you might want to read this article: [url]http://www.brickset.com/news/article/?ID=6146[/url]

XD]]></description>
			<author><![CDATA[nebulaewanderer@yahoo.com (Mighty Wanderer)]]></author>
			<pubDate>Tue, 02 Apr 2013 15:07:14 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Re: Lego is Racist?  [ridiculous story I found)]]></title>
			<link>https://bricksinmotion.com/forums/post/299594/#p299594</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Pritchard, #3, the problem with courts today is that not all of them are sane.]]></description>
			<author><![CDATA[dummy@example.com (HoldingOurOwn)]]></author>
			<pubDate>Tue, 02 Apr 2013 13:39:41 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Re: Lego is Racist?  [ridiculous story I found)]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[#1. You're a day late. April Fools was yesterday.
#2. Lego only makes sets for a little over a year anyway. This is nothing new.
#3. There is no way they could win in a half-way sane court.]]></description>
			<author><![CDATA[dummy@example.com (Pritchard Studios)]]></author>
			<pubDate>Tue, 02 Apr 2013 13:19:32 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Updated news article. The Turkish Islamists have won this case. Lego has agreed to withdraw this set and will stop making it in 2014. So if you want one, buy it now. 

Whatever next !!!]]></description>
			<author><![CDATA[dummy@example.com (Si665)]]></author>
			<pubDate>Tue, 02 Apr 2013 07:20:37 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Re: Lego is Racist?  [ridiculous story I found)]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[For one thing, the set that the people are complaining about does not really look like the building they think the set represents. The "Sacred" building or whatever has four columns on the outside corners whereas the LEGO set does not. That just one thing that's different.

And another thing, if LEGO had said, "Hagia Sophia" as the name of the product and not Jabba's Palace then the argument might have been a little more logical.]]></description>
			<author><![CDATA[dummy@example.com (jasper)]]></author>
			<pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2013 05:46:45 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Re: Lego is Racist?  [ridiculous story I found)]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[After I had finished reading that article, I found an ad on it that said, in bold letters, 'Glasses actually harm your vision; click here for a cheap alternative'.

I'm having a hard time being outraged because I'm laughing so hard, oh God help.]]></description>
			<author><![CDATA[dummy@example.com (Golden)]]></author>
			<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2013 20:40:41 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Re: Lego is Racist?  [ridiculous story I found)]]></title>
			<link>https://bricksinmotion.com/forums/post/295384/#p295384</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Dolls and doll houses are simply a type of toy.
There are plenty of other doll sets make by other companies.

LEGO can make trains, they can make action figures, they can make card games, and it's all peachy until they make dolls and some people think badly of it.]]></description>
			<author><![CDATA[dummy@example.com (Squid)]]></author>
			<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2013 17:04:38 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Re: Lego is Racist?  [ridiculous story I found)]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[NOthing wrong with Lego studies.  But the studies are only generalizations.  In general, boys are into construction and girls are into nurturing activities.  It's only because of a difference in our biochemistry, and nothing is wrong with that.  But Lego never meant to imply that ALL boys or girls fit into these categories.]]></description>
			<author><![CDATA[dummy@example.com (HoldingOurOwn)]]></author>
			<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2013 15:01:15 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Re: Lego is Racist?  [ridiculous story I found)]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Oh golly, this blogger complains to everything. 
While I don't agree with everything on the blog, what I do agree with is that Lego is grossly mistaken with the results of their studies... Based on their interpretations they decided that girls do not like to build things and tht is why the sets are insultingly simple. Of course this is a fallacy of pretty much every large corporation so I won't bore you any more with my argument]]></description>
			<author><![CDATA[dummy@example.com (topit)]]></author>
			<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2013 22:02:45 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[[quote=topitmunkeydog]Racist, no. Sexist, [url=http://reelgirl.com/tag/lego/]yes. [/url][/quote]

This is only slightly less ridiculous than the racism claim.

The majority of LEGO fans are male, hence it only makes sense that LEGO targets them the most.  While Friends may be deliberately targeting girls, girls are under no obligation whatsoever to buy Friends sets if they don't want to and are free to purchase any LEGO set they want.  Besides, some of LEGO's new Friends sets feature Karate practice, flying aeroplanes, soccer/football, and performing magic tricks, which, as far as I'm aware, are nowhere near "stereotypical girly activities".

Incidentally, this blogger falls into the same trap as the group making the racism claims in the original article.  If this blogger has a beef about female leads being under-represented in films with which LEGO has a license, surely she (I'm assuming the blogger is female) should take this up with the studios who made said films, instead of LEGO?  

Also worth pointing out is the fact that the LEGO Justice League figures are custom and haven't been officially made by LEGO. Even though LEGO [i]has[/i] made a set with Wonder Woman in it, this still puts a huge dent in the blog's credibility.  And again, if she has a problem with the way Wonder Woman dresses, why not take it to DC Comics (who almost certainly have manufactured other Wonder Woman toys) instead of slamming LEGO for it?]]></description>
			<author><![CDATA[dummy@example.com (Mr Vertigo)]]></author>
			<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2013 20:33:43 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[[quote=topitmunkeydog]Racist, no. Sexist, [url=http://reelgirl.com/tag/lego/]yes. [/url][/quote]
*facepalm*
I agree that maybe the characters are annoying but one little thing meant for LITTLE girls who love to play house and love pink and purple and blue (yes we all know them) doesn't mean they're some underground group purposely discriminating against women.]]></description>
			<author><![CDATA[chirostudios@gmail.com (Chiro)]]></author>
			<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2013 19:25:02 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Racist, no. Sexist, [url=http://reelgirl.com/tag/lego/]yes. [/url]
Also, the entire culture of Tatooine was sort of based on North African and Arab culture because, well, they filmed it in Tunisia and stuff. There even is a city in Tunisia called Tatouïne or something like that. And of course all cultures have negative and positive aspects. eh. Pretty much everything there is to be said has already been said so I will stop talking now.]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2013 03:04:39 +0000</pubDate>
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