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is this the kind of toy we should be giving to kids?

Date: September 27, 2002 | 20 Rajab 1423 Hijriah
Blog: veiled4allah
Subjects: culture
J.C. Penney Catalog: GI Joe Commandeers Barbie's Dream House - I found this on the web and it bothers me a lot. There seems to be so much glorification of violence in American culture sometimes. TV, movies, video games, now toys like this. The toy comes with an American flag, I guess so that the children can show off how "patriotic" they are by playing with it. May Allah SWT protect and guide us all.
~ Posted by Al-Muhajabah, a member of the reality-based community, at 06:59 PM

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Cindy said: Total comments: 63   gold stargold stargold stargold stargold star

Weird.

~ Posted at September 27, 2002 09:32 PM | Comment Permalink
starrysky said: Total comments: 19   gold star

weird, and kinda funny too.
"May Allah SWT protect and guide us all." ameen


~ Posted at September 28, 2002 06:56 AM | Comment Permalink
moderator Al-Munaqabah said: Total comments: 996   gold stargold stargold stargold stargold star

The more I think about it, the more it bothers me that kids are being given things like this to play with. Surely there are much better toys than to let them think destroying people's houses is "fun". I mean, that's a pretty realistic-looking damaged house.

For more discussion see this SV thread

~ Posted at September 28, 2002 10:20 AM | Comment Permalink
davidj said: Total comments: 2  

The question will be answered when we see how sales are for the item. I believe that JCPenney has the right to sell this product, no matter how stupid it is, and that people have the right to buy it.

My hope is that no one buys it.

~ Posted at September 28, 2002 01:19 PM | Comment Permalink
moderator Al-Munaqabah said: Total comments: 996   gold stargold stargold stargold stargold star

Thanks for your feedback, David. I agree with you. What particularly disturbs me about this toy isn't so much that it's warlike. How long have G.I. Joe dolls been around, after all? What bothers me is that instead of showing a soldier taking control of a military target, the soldier doll in in this wrecked house. I hope that people who do buy this toy will take the time to talk to their children about how much hurt and sadness would be caused by destroying a family's house.

~ Posted at September 28, 2002 04:41 PM | Comment Permalink
Krayzie said: Total comments: 4  

Gi Joe had a good run back in the day...but now its just pathetic

~ Posted at September 29, 2002 02:05 AM | Comment Permalink

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