greenmedic88 on 10 March 2010
| LordTheNightKnight said: "so then every device known to man is a toy" That has just entertainment functions, yes. The DVD isn't about food, shelter, or other needs. So it does count as a toy. Same as a TV (aside from information uses). |
Technically one could comfortably house a family or mice or small rats inside the average DVD player, making it a cozy Habitrail. Now it's a shelter.
Just about any object used creatively can be turned into a "toy." A tree branch or a stick of wood can be turned into a gun or rifle to play cowboys and indians just as a tree can become a fortress. Does that make all trees and pieces of wood "toys?" Is Log about the greatest toy ever invented?
Probably not.
But if something is made for the main purpose of "play" and "fun," anyone who would take offense to said object they used being perceived as a toy may just have personal issues with being labeled as someone who still plays with toys, when there's nothing wrong with that.
