Posted on 01/17/2012 7:31:27 AM PST by SeekAndFind
Shame on you, Mattel. The makers of Barbie dolls should have known that the blond haired pixie represented "destructive cultural and social consequences" to little Iranian girls according to the morality police.
This is a death sentence for Barbie.
"About three weeks ago they [the morality police] came to our shop, asking us to remove all the Barbies," said a shopkeeper in a toy shop in northern Tehran.
Iran's religious rulers first declared Barbie, made by U.S. company Mattel Inc, un-Islamic in 1996, citing its "destructive cultural and social consequences". Despite the ban, the doll has until recently been openly on sale in Tehran shops.
The new order, issued around three weeks ago, forced shopkeepers to hide the leggy, busty blonde behind other toys as a way of meeting popular demand for the dolls while avoiding being closed down by the police.
A range of officially approved dolls launched in 2002 to counter demand for Barbie have not proven successful, merchants told Reuters.
The dolls named Sara, a female, and Dara, a male arrived in shops wearing a variety of traditional dress, with Sara fully respecting the rule that all women in Iran must obey in public, of covering their hair and wearing loose-fitting clothes.
"My daughter prefers Barbies. She says Sara and Dara are ugly and fat," said Farnaz , a 38-year-old mother, adding that she could not find Barbie cartoon DVDs as she was told they were also banned from public sale.
Pointing to a doll covered in black long veil, a 40-year-old Tehran toy shop manager said: "We still sell Barbies but secretly and put these in the window to make the police think we are just selling these kinds of dolls."
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Islam.
Maybe they should start making them with cane marks on their backs and stumps for arms—that would be more in keeping with the women of Islam.
I wonder if they know Barbie graduated from college in 1963? That should make their heads explode.
They do like Bent-Over Ken!
Anger over cartoons, anger and fear of Barbie.
What else do they fear? Toilet paper, soap and water, pigs, tv, but they sure as heck know how bombs work. These savages are a jole, a very bad joke.
Barbies are great. They depict young adult women doing normal things, like working or having fun with friends, and one respectable boyfriend. The movies, like Swan Lake and Rapunzel, feature Barbie being kind, resourceful, sensible and positive, and introduce young girls to classics of music and literature.
Two Thumbs way up, Barbie.
Now, go cause trouble in Iran!
Seems like a feature.
They just need to market Burka Barbie! They can even include a free genital mutilitation kit.
That’s because Mattel would not provide a suicide belt accessory.
We should create pictures of Islamic atrocities using Ken and Barbie dolls.
You know, like the kneeling woman being shot in the back of the head in the Kandahar soccer stadium by the Tal-ee-bon.
Maybe not. What could possibly be worse than Marines pissing on their dead enemies?
RE: What else do they fear? Toilet paper, soap and water, pigs, tv
DOGS as well. There have been cases where Muslim taxi drivers REFUSE to take passengers who bring their puppies ( or blind men with guide dogs ).
What government by Sharia really means.
Send a copy of this to that court of a-holes in the west who overturned a state anti-Sharia Law.
Soon we will be able to send them pictures of piles of rubble where the Sphynx and Pyramids once stood.
We can already send them pictures of the Christians driven out of Iraq, Libya and Egypt by their “Arab Spring” Democracies.
“We put the curly light bulbs on big displays for the democrat goons to see but most people buy incandescents.”
I forgot that one, thanks.
They actually want to stop people from having dogs as pets. I bet they would accept goats and sheep.
Yeah ... I posed her when I was 7 or 8 ... maybe 9 ... I forget the age.
Islam needs deformed testosterone to survive ... none o'that red-blooded MAN shit for them ... nope, nothing but twisted and mangled thought processes will do.
Even crack whore Barbie?
“We put the curly light bulbs “
Gorebulbs
I’m thinking “Barbie Goats” would go over well, though.
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