Iran calls for ban on Barbie doll

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GEEZER

Tuesday, April 29, 2008 11:25 AM

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Iran's top prosecutor has called for restrictions in the import of Western toys, saying they have a destructive effect on the country's youth.

The Prosecutor General, Ghorban Ali Dori Najafabadi, said that toys such as Barbie, Batman, and Harry Potter would have negative social consequences.

Mr Najafabadi wants measures taken to protect what he called Iran's Islamic culture and revolutionary values.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7371771.stm

I especially like...

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"The irregular importation of such toys, which unfortunately arrive through unofficial sources and smuggling, is destructive culturally and a social danger," he said.

Probably the Iranians who smuggle arms into Iraq are swapping them for Malibu Barbie and Harry Potter DVDs.

"Keep the Shiny side up"

RIGHTEOUS9

Tuesday, April 29, 2008 1:25 PM

understandable...she probably has way too much lead in her for child contact.

FREMDFIRMA

Tuesday, April 29, 2008 5:11 PM

So make a Burka-Barbie and ship THAT, ha!

It's not like she still won't be makin it with G.I. Joe on the side anyhow, come on folks, we figured THAT out when we were six.

-F

CHRISISALL

Wednesday, April 30, 2008 2:14 PM

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!

HERO

Wednesday, April 30, 2008 2:55 PM

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Originally posted by Fremdfirma:
So make a Burka-Barbie and ship THAT, ha!

Infadel Barbie with removable head.

H

CHRISISALL

Wednesday, April 30, 2008 2:57 PM

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

JONGSSTRAW

Wednesday, April 30, 2008 4:19 PM

How about "Stoned To Death" Barbie......for the surviving little sister? After big sis is gang raped by her own brothers and uncles bringing shame to the family which demands her death by stoning.

or

"Whipped In Public" Barbie....for those unfortunate gals who either sit or stand next to a man without a chaperone, or for little girl's teachers who allow them to name a teddy bear Mohammed.

GEEZER

Wednesday, April 30, 2008 6:30 PM

Suicide-bomber Barbie...Now with martyrdom video and real exploding vest!

"Keep the Shiny side up"

FREMDFIRMA

Thursday, May 1, 2008 12:21 AM

You know, all worth a chuckle, if a dark one...

But on deeper thought, yanno, we SHOULD make these and ship them over there for sale, if naught else it would force a lot of folk to face up to the actions of those within their beliefs, which they should be ashamed of as human beings.

I don't mean the fanatics or the radicals, I mean the common joe average who threw in with them because they are in charge, and the only proven bulwark against foreign meddling.*

Never underestimate the power of ridicule, used properly, it's a hell of a weapon.

-F

*You'd think we'd learn, we're holding up them as a boogeyman to scare our own people and make them cling to the established order, and they're holding US up as theirs.

Oh how much more dangerous for them, more tenuous and less effective, their stranglehold on middle-eastern society would be if we laughed at them instead.

RIVERLOVE

Thursday, May 1, 2008 11:57 PM

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Originally posted by Fremdfirma:
You know, all worth a chuckle, if a dark one...

But on deeper thought, yanno, we SHOULD make these and ship them over there for sale, if naught else it would force a lot of folk to face up to the actions of those within their beliefs, which they should be ashamed of as human beings.

I don't mean the fanatics or the radicals, I mean the common joe average who threw in with them because they are in charge, and the only proven bulwark against foreign meddling.*

Never underestimate the power of ridicule, used properly, it's a hell of a weapon.

-F

Your post is absolutely brilliant.

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