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Tuesday, February 01, 20051107294000
Doll on the Run
"Military In The 21st Century," by Thomas P.M. Barnett, CSPAN, http://www.fromtheedge.us/Psychological/Barnett%201.htm.
"Toymaker says man in hostage photo looks like action figure," Associated Press, http://www.newswatch50.com/news/world/story.aspx?content_id=4BF90176-4C5C-4A82-BD32-3C7E2ED2B293, 1 February 2005 (from Drudge Report).
Not everybody can handle the content flows. Good example - Barbie the Doll was kicked out of Iran about 2 years ago. Barbie had infiltrated Iranian toy stores through the connectivity of global retail. She began appearing on shelves. The Mullahs called her Trojan horse of western influence. They created Sarah, moon faced doll, covered head to toe in black cloth. Put her next to Barbie on the shelf. Sarah did not sell like hotcakes so Barbie got a sort of a fatwa issued against her. Detain Barbie wherever you see her was the order. Barbie became, for all practical purposes, a doll on the run
If somehow a terrorist was killed in the making of the picture, I doubt he'd qualify as a "martyr."
Will the Muslims vs. Dolls Holy War never end? How many more toys must be removed from their original packaging? Oh the plastic facsimile of humanity!
Update: Coming Anarchy and South Dakota Politics pick up the story.
- tdaxp 2 February 2005
15:40 Posted by Dan tdaxp (Webmaster) in Connectivity, Humor, Iran, Iraq, Thomas Barnett | Permalink | Comments (1) | Email this | Tags: dolls
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i didnt want to know about iran i wanted to know about BARBIE
Posted by: paris | Wednesday, July 27, 2005