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moominmuppetI laid down to take a little nap about 7:30pm. And woke up at 2:30am. Oops. Should go back to bed; I have to be up in about three hours to go escort.
In the process of unpacking the games I ran across two plastic toy scimitars that used to decorate my wall (I think they also used to make *crash* noises when you banged them together, but apparently not anymore). It got me idly wondering about why I don't like having toy guns around, but toy swords don't elicit the same reaction. I wonder if I lived in a society where swords were actually regularly used as weapons, would I feel differently? Would I feel differently about toy guns if I lived in a society where real guns weren't a hot-topic issue?
In the process of unpacking the games I ran across two plastic toy scimitars that used to decorate my wall (I think they also used to make *crash* noises when you banged them together, but apparently not anymore). It got me idly wondering about why I don't like having toy guns around, but toy swords don't elicit the same reaction. I wonder if I lived in a society where swords were actually regularly used as weapons, would I feel differently? Would I feel differently about toy guns if I lived in a society where real guns weren't a hot-topic issue?
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Date: 2006-03-25 05:58 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-03-26 01:30 am (UTC)*nod* I think a lot of people with a "romantic" streak have a fondness for them. The article rowan_leigh linked to mentions how our cultural imagery around them ties into ideas of valor and such, and I think that's part of the difference.
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Date: 2006-03-26 03:40 am (UTC)swear it on my gun (http://www.google.com/search?q=%22swear+it+on+my+gun%22): 0 hits
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Date: 2006-03-26 11:14 am (UTC)