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Report: Legos Will Corrupt Your Child's Soul
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Marc Yearsley
Published Apr 2, 2014
Modified Apr 2, 2014
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Published Apr 2, 2014
Modified Apr 2, 2014
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It looks like occupied hands are the new devil's workshop. In a surprise twist sure to send K'nex stocks into the stratosphere, a priest from Poland has declared that the Danish-based Lego toy company has turned to the dark side, becoming tools of the Devil marked by "darkness and the world of death."
This isn't the first time Slawomir Kostrzewa has outed popular children's toys as playthings for Satan: Kostrzewa has also targeted My Little Pony and Hello Kitty in the past, calling the former "carriers of death." No Furbies? Seriously?
Just look at that bloodlust! (Maria Uspenskaya / Shutterstock)
Father Kostrzewa's campaign comes after research from the University of Canterbury that found the number of angry Lego faces increasing! Let us now quote liberally from the Google Translated article by Polish daily Super Express
"From today, I will be careful what I buy. I had no idea that the Church is fighting now with Lego - says Barbara Modrzycka mom Hubert (7 liters) of Poznan." The adults were shocked and disturbed: "Parents of young amateurs Lego lead the eyes with astonishment."
Recent discovery of a priest is a devil hidden in Lego. Until recently, they were a very desirable toy because of the educational value and aesthetic. World Lego was friendly and safe for children - says Fr. Kostrzewa, adding, however, that it is already past. In the latest series of blocks dominate nekroestetyka, darkness, references to the world of death appear as a native of horror and movies horror. Friendly fellows replaced before dark monsters! Fun them negatively affects the development of children! - Thunders cleric.
Monika Filipowska was the psychologist interviewed by Super Express: "These are just blocks. Linking them to Satan is just wrong, and all that will happen is that children will be afraid of them now."
Oh really, Monika? And we suppose you want us to believe stuff like THIS is "just a block"?
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