Lego Star Wars Accused Of Racism

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They left the most lulzworthy parts out:

The second accusation from the Turkish community: glorification of violence. “The rockets, canons, weapons like laser pistols, rifles, samurai swords (sic) and trapdoors in the castle complex are pedagogically irresponsible†[…] the combination between a temple and a bunker complex, from where one is able to shoot, is not suitable for children in the age from 9 to 14â€
Furthermore, it is evident that the worm like creature Jabba – in Star Wars a shisha smoking gang leader – and the whole scenery reflects racist prejudices towards Orientals and Asian people, depicting these people as “deceitful and criminal personalities†(slaveholders, leaders of crimal organizations, terrorists, criminals, murders)
“In short, the model resembles sacred buildings, regardless of whether it is a church, a mosque or a templeâ€. Machine guns, like model have no place in a scenery like thisâ€
Samurai Swords? Machine guns? Seems totally legit
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Maybe someone should inform them their most sacred mosque closely resembles an ancient Orthodox Christian basilica.

Oh wait
 

Old Scratch

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Maybe someone should inform them their most sacred mosque closely resembles an ancient Orthodox Christian basilica.

Oh wait

But they added the minarets! It's their most sacred mosque now.

LEGO was totally irresponsible, they should detail the history of the pillage and conversion of the Hagia Sophia when they sell their fictional toys, which is quite a pleasant little tale after all.
 
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Damn it, they caught us again. I was hoping we could brainwash their children and turn them into racists. These people are just too smart for us. Somebody must have talked.
 

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Maybe someone should inform them their most sacred mosque closely resembles an ancient Orthodox Christian basilica.

Oh wait

During my undergraduate days, whenever anyone began to moan about the great moral evil of British imperialism I always made a point of asking their opinion of the sprawling Ottoman Empire and - in particular - its aggressive expansion into Europe and levy of the cizye, or tax on non-Muslims.

Mind You, given the near-universal ignorance of history which is a hallmark of the Australian university student (and this includes most "history majors"), such questions were a complete waste of time so I invariably had to follow up with explanations of what I was talking about.

Unbelievable as it seems, the following event actually happened. I was at a party (well, piss-up) and had raised the Ottomans in a response to a cliched tirade against "European imperialism" by the usual worthless White hipster types. Answered with the customary ums and ahs and blank stares, I proceeded to expound upon the initial Muslim incursions into Anatolia, naturally making reference to the Battle of Manzikert (1071). When I stated that the Seljuq commander's name was Alp Arslan, one fat-faced accountancy student says: "Aw, come on, you're making this up. Arse-lan? Yeah, right. As if that's a real name! It's just one of this guy's jokes!"

I physically started back at his words, as this bean-counting bottom-feeder was actually serious. My face must have been a study in disgusted incredulity. Now, I'd heard plenty of half-witted comments on and around campus, but this one was definitely a medal contender.

After shaking my head and providing the necessary anthroponymical clarification (which was completely lost on this irredeemable dunce) I asked him if he thought Saladin was thus named because his father was exceedingly fond of lettuce and spring onions. While his keen brain was overloading, I called him "a ****ing stupid fat sack of pig ****", got up and left. Funnily enough, I was never invited to that house again...
 
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