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Mattel's Barbie dons a burka for Sotheby's Save the Children auction
NY Daily News ^
| 11/24/2009
| Staff
Posted on 11/24/2009 5:55:52 PM PST by Red in Blue PA
The best-selling doll has worn all sorts of outfits — from bathing suits to business suits.
Now Barbie is wearing a burkha.
The iconic plaything sports traditional Islamic dress for a Sotheby’s auction benefiting Save the Children.
Burkha Barbie is among more than 500 of the dolls exhibited by Italian designer Eliana Lorena at the Salone dei Cinquecento, in Florence, Italy, according to the Daily Mail.
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To: Red in Blue PA
Who thinks burkas are cool or in any way good for women?
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posted on
11/24/2009 5:56:35 PM PST
by
Red in Blue PA
(Obama, Hitler, Stalin: Who are 3 people nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.)
To: Red in Blue PA
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posted on
11/24/2009 5:58:25 PM PST
by
Red in Blue PA
(Obama, Hitler, Stalin: Who are 3 people nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.)
To: Red in Blue PA
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posted on
11/24/2009 5:59:15 PM PST
by
50mm
(AARP is a steaming pile)
To: SunkenCiv
To: 50mm
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posted on
11/24/2009 6:00:13 PM PST
by
Red in Blue PA
(Obama, Hitler, Stalin: Who are 3 people nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.)
To: Red in Blue PA
“Who thinks burkas are cool or in any way good for women?”
Naomi Wolfe
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posted on
11/24/2009 6:01:00 PM PST
by
Grunthor
(There is no such thing as unconditional love.)
To: 50mm
Comes complete with a bucket of pea gravel so you can have
you’re own Stoned Burqua Barbie. Just bury her up to her neck.
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posted on
11/24/2009 6:01:35 PM PST
by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: Red in Blue PA
oF COURSE THE WOMEN’S mOVEMENT PROTESTED !
uh, they didn’t?
To: Red in Blue PA
How STUPID cam Mattel get?
Islam HATES the west.
They see America as EVIL.
So you really think they want a SHAPELY, MADE UP American doll hiding behind a burka? What planet are these marketers from?
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posted on
11/24/2009 6:03:18 PM PST
by
nmh
(Intelligent people recognize Intelligent Design (God).)
To: 50mm
Don’t give them any ideas!
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posted on
11/24/2009 6:03:45 PM PST
by
azishot
To: 50mm
That is GREAT!
Does she also have bomb belted kids in tow?
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posted on
11/24/2009 6:04:17 PM PST
by
nmh
(Intelligent people recognize Intelligent Design (God).)
To: Red in Blue PA
Wonder if they have one that is already decapitated?
Honor and all that, don'tchaknow
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posted on
11/24/2009 6:04:23 PM PST
by
Las Vegas Ron
(Oath keepers + The NRA = FReeRepublic (.com baby))
To: Red in Blue PA
Thanks God my daughter is a grownup and has no intentions of making me a grandfather.
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posted on
11/24/2009 6:04:46 PM PST
by
LiberConservative
(0bama was elected to lead, not to bow.)
To: 50mm
Will a Ken doll be coming where he has a remote control to blow up his wife and kids? Now that might be a hit with the Islamic males. I don't call them “men”. How about a few “husbands” molesting their male sons and marrying infant brides? Will these new editions be making their debut soon too?
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posted on
11/24/2009 6:06:04 PM PST
by
nmh
(Intelligent people recognize Intelligent Design (God).)
To: 50mm
Gives a whole other meaning to blow up doll...
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posted on
11/24/2009 6:07:44 PM PST
by
MaryFromMichigan
(Today is my 9 year anniversary at Free Republic!)
To: Red in Blue PA
This makes me not want to have dinner.
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posted on
11/24/2009 6:19:37 PM PST
by
EggsAckley
(There's an Ethiopian in the fuel supply. W.C. Fields)
To: Red in Blue PA
Ahhh, too late to celebrate bomadan, uh, I mean, Ramadan.
To: Red in Blue PA
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posted on
11/24/2009 6:25:41 PM PST
by
doc1019
(Obama, not so much.)
To: EggsAckley
This makes me not want to have dinner.
Augh that made me sad - Go ahead Eat,Drink and Be Merry,
enjoy what you can of today, and remember tomorrow is
another day. We can take care of all this mess in the
world - that is now our purpose (We the People).
P.S. just remember if a little girl gets it, she can pull
that dammmm burka off.
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