This doll has been on the market for a couple of years. Righteous indignation all of a sudden.
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As I said last time around (or “I’m like…I’m like”, as they say in the video) if the doll didn’t “end up in the shopping cart” of Mama and her beach-ball daughter, then wtf are they doing with it outside the store, and why is the kid making plans to take out the batteries and pretend it’s a Christian doll?
So it supposedly says “Islam is the light” and that is “spouting more hate than love”? What does that have to do with hate?
Bush was successful.
A few violent acts attributed to Muslims and then a whole religion is transformed into a Middle-Eastern KKK.
If someone told you it said “Islam is the light” and then you listen to it, that is what you will hear.
This happens quite often. If you hear some music that you’re familiar with, but it’s very faint or distorted, once you recognize the music (or are told what it is) your brain will fill in the gaps.
It works the other way too. You can be told the name of the music/song, then if someone plays a similar (but not identical) piece at a low volume, you will be convinced that it is the music you’ve been told it is.
But Fisher-price should had made the voice clearer in what the dolls are saying. This isn’t a hard thing to do, it’s been done for ages already.
Wow…that daughter needs to be introduced to a comb. Her hair waved at me, did the moonwalk, and then solved some math problems.
#5 – Theone
>>But Fisher-price should had made the voice clearer
>>in what the dolls are saying. This isn’t a hard
>>thing to do, it’s been done for ages already.
Tell that to McDonald’s. I can’t understand the drive-through “associates” for shit.
I swear I heard her say “dvorak.org/blog”.
Balbas! You ignorant lout.
Let me count the ways…
1) “a few”?!?! What, are you 2 years old?
2) loud and clear motive of perpetrators of those violent acts? Religious.
3) Loud and clear repudiation by ‘real’ muslims of the repulsively primitive, barbaric perpetrators of those violent acts in the name of that religion? NONE. Your (inept on your part) invocation of the KKK is apt in at least this way- those morons claim christian motives, and ‘real’ christians don’t allow them to define their religion – they are shouted down.
4) do you REALLY think GW Bush is shaping public opinion? REALLY? Do you ever read any newspapers, surf the internet, or even watch tv news? ’cause if you did I doubt you’d think W had so much influence.
I heard, “Adults can be such dolts” but I’m not sure.
This reminds me of the whole “backmasking” nonsense of a decade or so ago.
Misunderstanding of course. If you listen close it says Ums butt is tight. It wants to go to the bathroom. Little mommies have to learn to change diapers.
gobbletygook to me
My kids swear that a Beatles songs has the phrase “eeplan eesta” in it. But now that they misinterpreted it, that’s all they hear.
And anyway, too many Muslims have condemned the attacks on the U.S. Someone here said none. Looks like they are the one that don’t know anything.
Oh no not that doll again. Its amazing how a small childish thing like this doll gives those who hate Islam another reason to spit fire on blogs like these. As i have said in my previous comment. Its not necessary that this doll is saying Islam is the light. It can be saying anything. It depends on the person who is listening to it to fill in the gaps and interpret it in its own way. Fox new interprets it as “Islam is the light” and calls it hate. Yeah so if Hindus, Christians and Jews say their religion is the light then its OK, but damn be us Muslims if we say Islam is the light. We will be labeled as haters.
Even if this doll is saying “Islam is the light” then perhaps its was to be sold in some Muslim markets but ended up in America? Fisher Price is a well known company in most of the middle eastern countries.
Still i cant get over with fox news calling the doll as spreading hate. Such stupidity!
When the Beatles song, “Day Tripper” came out, I thought they were saying State Trooper. Har!
“‘scuse me, while I kiss this guy”
-Jimi Hendrix
😉
J/P=?
If you hold the doll upside down and make it talk it says
“Turn Me On, Dead Man”
or
“I Get No Spam”
It’s just a babbling plastic headed doll made in china, Aquinas assured us back in the 1200s it has no soul. I doubt it’s made any choices about salvation. If it were a real American doll it would say (drill baby drill)
oh no now I’m starting to babble too… its evil burn it.
…give me all your slack
…
put an AMp on it and some decent speakers…LETS here it at 100 watts..
I said it before on the LEAD PAINT…
Where is the quality control on IMPORTS..
Arnt they testing this stuff when it hits the beach?
#9 – bob
>>Your (inept on your part) invocation of the
>>KKK is apt in at least this way- those
>>morons claim christian motives, and ‘real’
>>christians don’t allow them to define their
>>religion – they are shouted down.
YOU may say they’re not Christian (although I doubt you shout them down), but plenty of other people, including other Christians, say they’re Christians. Check out “Christian Terrorism” on Wiki-whatever; They are one of the most prominent Christian terrorist groups.
Seems like about the same relationship to regular Christianity that suicide bombers have to Islam.
I hear voices in my head.
Have you heard the “humans” talking in that report? They sound as confusing as the doll themselves.
“D’y’all have a light?”
Cleary, the mouth is shaped to accept a cigarette.
I heard it say “Fix me a baloney sammich!”
Just goes to show, you hear what you wanna hear.
Now about that baloney sammich….
I swear to all CCR sings there’s a bathroom on the right
Little Kim is a dyke?
http://www.KissThisGuy.com/ (no, it’s not gay)
“A mind is a terrible thing.” – D. Quayle
#9, bob,
After reading your post I kept getting a mental picture of you, Dallas, and the back of your head emulating your name.
(no offense intended to Dallas, in fact I apologize)
Sure, this is hate speech. Everyone knows that Christianity is the religion of intolerance and suggesting some other religion might have merits is HATEFUL !!!
(no offense intended to Mr. Mustard)
Next scheduled re-run of this story will be approximately two more months down the road.
Here’s the last one from October 8 on this same page.
http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=27155
Maybe we should see more postings of how well McCain and Palin are tearing up the political landscape.
I would put this thing up on e-bay so fast…
“Allah has blessed this doll…..”
Worth a fortune; certainly more than that piece of toast…
Does this mean American mom’s are concerned to expose their kids to dangerous religious content?
Oh, wait. It was this terrorist religion. That’s wrong of course!