Lego ad red lighted over shades of pink and blue

The Local ^ | October 17, 2008 | David Landes

[Bushwacker777]

"Sweden’s Trade Ethical Council against Sexism in Advertising (ERK) singled out images in a recent Lego catalog which featured a little girl playing in a pink room with ponies, a princess, and a palace accompanied by a caption reading, “Everything a princess could wish for…”

On the opposite side of the page, a little boy can be seen in a blue room playing with a fire station, fire trucks, a police station, and an airplane. The caption beneath reads, “Tons of blocks for slightly older boys.”

In its findings, the ERK singled out the images for preserving traditional and anachronistic views on gender roles, according to the Göteborgs-Posten newspaper.

Furthermore, said ERK, the pictures constituted a form of stereotyping which was degrading to both men and women."

[Bushwacker777]

Don't laugh too hard -- if the USA elects Obama the one thing they should remember is that he's a package deal. The far left that we have mocked for decades will be mainstreamed and many of the people who hold views similar to the Swedes will be in places of influence in education departments, the courts and regulatory agencies.

[icwhatudo]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmus9AeyFeQ

[Hoodlum91]

As a girl who hated pink her whole life, I’m a little torn on this one. I’d much rather have blue.

I would have loved the pony, princess and palace though.

[Alex Murphy]

As a girl who hated pink her whole life, I’m a little torn on this one. I’d much rather have blue. I would have loved the pony, princess and palace though.

What about the line My Pretty Powerful Ponies?

[Hoodlum91]

It still has ahir I can style.

Does it lose some of it’s strength if I put bows in the mane and tail?

[ClearCase_guy]

In a perfect world, everyone would be named Pat, Chris, Sam or Robin, play with purple legos, and look like this:

[The Wizard]

these folks are nutz

[Mark319]

Coming soon to Obama’s America, no doubt.

[CharacterCounts]

Coming soon to Obama’s America, no doubt.

Soon? Its already here. Just look at the political correctness demanded in the current campaign. If it were not for political correctness, Obama would never made it past the first stage of the primaries.

[JoJo Gunn]

There is a deep mental illness that’s swept the globe.