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Legofesto: "During the initial invasion of Iraq, it became apparent how censored much of the images and reporting was. Stories were reported of human rights abuses in the name of "freedom and democracy," such as events during the first siege in Fallujah and torture at black sites, but the lie of a fast, clean, honorable war had the footage and images to go with the story.

"Playing with my boy one morning, putting Lego prisoners into the cells of a pirate island, I renamed it Guantanamo Bay, and the idea was sparked. Soon after, the images of torture and abuse at Abu Ghraib were published. Yet perversely, some of the media balked at publishing such horrific images, saying they were too graphic to show. "