September 10, 2003
THEY PREFER BLOW UP DOLLS (via brian boys):
Saudi Religious Police Say Barbie Is a Moral Threat (Fox News, September 10, 2003)
Saudi Arabia's religious police have declared Barbie dolls a threat to morality, complaining that the revealing clothes of the "Jewish" toy - already banned in the kingdom - are offensive to Islam.The Committee for the Propagation of Virtue and Prevention of Vice, as the religious police are officially known, lists the dolls on a section of its Web site devoted to items deemed offensive to the conservative Saudi interpretation of Islam.
"Jewish Barbie dolls, with their revealing clothes and shameful postures, accessories and tools are a symbol of decadence to the perverted West. Let us beware of her dangers and be careful," said a message posted on the site.
Damn right there's a danger--no one's going to blow themselves up for 72 raisins after they've seen a snappy lookin' Jewess in a pink convertible. Posted by Orrin Judd at September 10, 2003 7:43 PM
Here's a dirty little secret. Barbie has the horizontal measurements of a topless dancer and the vertical measurements of a 12-year-old.
Posted by: Harry Eagar at September 11, 2003 2:22 PMIf 12 year olds were built like that, twelve would be the age of consent.
Posted by: oj at September 11, 2003 2:35 PMYou misunderstand, I think. Barbie is a pedophile's wet dream.
We are already biometricians, and Barbie was made (deliberately, apparently) to combine childish and mature features in a way that does not happen naturally.
Posted by: Harry Eagar at September 11, 2003 7:07 PMI didn't misunderstand, I'm saying: if 12 year old girls looked like that we'd legalize paedophilia. But paedophiles don't want girls who look womanly do they?
Posted by: oj at September 11, 2003 7:21 PMI wouldn't know.
Posted by: Harry Eagar at September 12, 2003 2:36 PM