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Offline megimoo

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Iran urged to fight Barbie doll invasion, JCC is Correct !
« on: April 28, 2008, 10:12:52 AM »
TEHRAN: Iran’s toy market is being inundated by models of Barbie, Batman, Spiderman and Harry Potter and the young must be protected from their harmful cultural effects, the prosecutor general was quoted as saying on Sunday.

“Promoting figures like Barbie, Batman, Spiderman and Harry Potter and the uncontrolled import of CDs of video games and films should alarm all the country’s officials,” Ghorban Ali Dori Najafabadi was quoted as saying by the student ISNA news agency.

“We need to find substitutes to ward off this onslaught, which aims at children and young people whose personality is in the process of...

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008/04/28/story_28-4-2008_pg4_21
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Re: Iran urged to fight Barbie doll invasion, JCC is Correct !
« Reply #1 on: April 28, 2008, 12:44:02 PM »
What? no more "Akbar the sudicide bomber" dolls. I understand that they were big sellers in Iran..they even came with a removable bomb vest and turbin..... :bow:
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Re: Iran urged to fight Barbie doll invasion, JCC is Correct !
« Reply #2 on: April 28, 2008, 01:57:14 PM »
Quote from: Bondai on April 28, 2008, 12:44:02 PM
What? no more "Akbar the sudicide bomber" dolls. I understand that they were big sellers in Iran..they even came with a removable bomb vest and turbin..... :bow:

All the PLO kids used them up during playtime.
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Re: Iran urged to fight Barbie doll invasion, JCC is Correct !
« Reply #3 on: April 28, 2008, 03:52:34 PM »
Quote from: Bondai on April 28, 2008, 12:44:02 PM
What? no more "Akbar the sudicide bomber" dolls. I understand that they were big sellers in Iran..they even came with a removable bomb vest and turbin..... :bow:
Yeah,  but you only get to pul the string once.

They had to be recalled. They came from China with too much lead in the paint and that's unsafe for kids.
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Re: Iran urged to fight Barbie doll invasion, JCC is Correct !
« Reply #4 on: April 28, 2008, 04:02:59 PM »
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Iran’s toy market is being inundated by models of Barbie, Batman, Spiderman and Harry Potter and the young must be protected from their harmful cultural effects, ....

Well isn't that a farkin' shame!  Fook you Iran and your primitive culture too!   :bird:

Mattel, are you listening?  AMERICAN toys should be made by AMERICANS!
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Re: Iran urged to fight Barbie doll invasion, JCC is Correct !
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