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Lego Abu Ghraib
by Dolemite at 8:48 am EST, Feb 9, 2005

] He's just beginning his teens, but I've been house
] sitting long enough to watch him go from Harry Potter
] toys to Lego Mindstorms and Playstation 2. So on Saturday
] night when I arrived to the empty house, I got a beer and
] went into his bedroom to check out his toys. There were
] immediate telltale signs of "young man" everywhere... but
] there were some Legos left around on his toy chest. I
] looked once and was on my way out, but then noticed the
] configuration of the Lego assembly. It was a compound.
] And in the back, was a child's version of Abu Ghraib.
] Stunned, I took photos.

You have to wonder what made the kid decide to recreate this area. What kids (early teens) watch enough news for this to be ingrained in his mind as something to admire? Maybe it's a way of understanding what happened? I can only hope that it's not because a mentor has idolized what has happened there.

Dolemite


 
RE: Lego Abu Ghraib
by Decius at 12:59 pm EST, Feb 9, 2005

Dolemite wrote:
] You have to wonder what made the kid decide to recreate this
] area. What kids (early teens) watch enough news for this to
] be ingrained in his mind as something to admire? Maybe it's a
] way of understanding what happened? I can only hope that it's
] not because a mentor has idolized what has happened there.

I wouldn't jump to the conclusion that a mentor has idolized the scene. There is nothing that suggests that the lego was built as a shrine. In fact, the presence of Bush's picture suggests a left spin on the matter rather then a right spin on it. The right has typically tried to present the spin that only the lowest ranking people at AG were responsible, whereas the left has typically tried to spin the scope of responsibility as high as possible in the food chain.

Children often act things out in order to understand them. Thats whats going on here, likely.


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