> Another commenter suggested a FGM
> (Female Genital Mutilation) Barbie.

Is there room for another smartass joke on top of that?

Probably not. But I'd guess y'all know where I was gonna go with it.

It is a shame that a popular brand such as barbie had been tarnished by the burka. it is not right that barbie was being forced to wear the burka. after all barbie is not a moslem and is NOT run by a moslem company.

How about Burka Bridal Barbie? It is the perfect gift for a 9 year old bride!

Shouldn't Taliban Ken come with four Burqa Barbies?

Genital mutilation Barbie should come "uncut," with a complimentary piece of broken glass so the little future Taliban boys can do the mutilation themselves!

The really sad thing is that there will probably be less outrage about "Burka Barbie" then there was over that Barbie in the Hooters uniform.

I think both Burka Barbie and Hooters Barbie are cool. I like miniature stuff, of all kinds.

There was a really cool Kenyan barbie with a close cropped fro a few years back.

Army Barbie was cool, too, hope they make her again.

"Shouldn't Taliban Ken come with four Burqa Barbies?"

Three Burqa Barbies and a goat. Stoning kit sold separately.

How about Southern Baptist Barbie who must submit herself to Patriarch Ken or risk eternal damnation. That would be hilarious!

How about a red headed advice columnist Barbie who generalizes about an entire religion and the female worshipers as suicide bombers blowing up other female worshipers wearing identical garments? We could call her Red Head 'All Muslims Suck" Barbie!

"Perhaps you hadn't noticed, but while not all Muslims are suicide bombers, almost all suicide bombers are Muslim. "

Perhaps you hadn't noticed that not all conservative Christians are violent towards women's health clinics, almost all perpetrators of violence at women's health clinics are conservative Christians. This means I don't have time to figure out who is a threat and who isn't, so I'm just going to walk a little faster whenever I see an anti-abortion protester.

"Notice any Jews blowing up German restaurants in the wake of the Holocaust?"

No, but I have noticed conservative Christians killing Unitarians and other liberal types they disagree with. It does make one wonder about conservative Christians and their so-called "religion of peace" and their knowledge of the Bible, which, if they have even read it, they seem very willing to ignore on a regular basis. But hey, casting stones is *fun*, especially when one believes they're on top of a pillar of righteousness. So spare me your made up assumptions about Islam and your broad brush. Go back to living in fear under a rock.

Very much agree with you, Amy. We also have to beware of those highly abusive moslems who appeared normal and without the burka.

Martin writes: Three Burqa Barbies and a goat. Stoning kit sold separately.

Ha! Three Burqa Barbies, a goat, and a six-year-old boy that really bleeds from the rectum!

@ Patrick, I can't believe I laughed at your comment about the "six-year old boy that really bleeds from the rectum", but I did and I'm going to hell for it. lol

No, I'm not casting aspersions on Christians. I'm saying that people have a very selective sense of outrage. So, I guess it is a matter of degree for you, since you can't explain away the violence committed by Christians--it's okay because their ministers don't call for it church? That's really weak. And nice touch with your pathetic attempt to bring 9/11 into it. What a disgusting piece of bloody flag waving, and intellectually dishonest to boot. I'm willing to bet that we can find more than 3,000 Muslims in Iraq and Afghanistan who were perfectly innocent of doing nothing more than going to work or a wedding or any number of other quotidian things when their lives were ended by official U.S. government policy. So at what point do we call it even? In your formulation it would seem not until every last Muslim is dead.

I also heard a rumor that they're going to market a Koran Ken, who raises a clenched fist in anger when a string is pulled on his back; Burqa Barbie in turn screams and cowers when the string is pulled on her back.

Forget about Dot, Amy. She's like all the other liberal left-wingnuts not willing to admit that they're wrong about political correctness and diversity, among other things. She won't get it unless and until Sharia law is imposed on her, and by then, of course, it'll be too late.

Didn't an Evangelical Christian preacher tell his flock to pray for the death of the American president?

Yes Kaplan, but did he tell them to do anything but makes wishes to an non existant figment of the imgaination?

Did he tell them to do anything other than think about it?

Kaplan,

Big difference between telling your flock to pray for someones death, and telling the brainwashed idiots to go blow up the infidel to get their 72 virgins. Curious thought..... what do the women who become human bombs get when they get to paradise? 72 male virgins? That's what, all of about 1 1/2 minutes, granting a few with 3 second stamina for the first time, until all are done?

I'll take the prayer command please. If I wasn't a non-believer like Amy.

Um, Slobodan Milosevich? Does he count as a Christian killing for his religion? Likely not, for you lot, given the tone here. But the internets tell me he likely killed thousands of unarmed men and boys for their improper religious beliefs. And unless he had a last minute conversion, he was doing so for Jesus. You can check it out: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Srebrenica_massacre

You know, that link calls the massacre "the largest mass murder in Europe since World War II." Isn't it funny how it never gets mentioned when you types are telling people how Christians, unlike Muslims, don't murder people (any more, mind you) for their religion? I mean, 8,000 unarmed men and boys, you'd think folks like you, who are so outraged by the injustice of the killing of innocents in the name of religion, might have made a note, somewhere.

Fact: Christians were responsible for a whole lot of death in the name of Christ. Who, as I understand it, would not have approved.

Another fact: except for the rabid few, WE GOT OVER IT!

A good Muslim isn't allowed to get over it. Read what Amy is talking about. It's quite clear.

You can consider yourself a good Christian without hurting anybody. In fact, that's the ideal.

Lila: @ Patrick, I can't believe I laughed at your comment about the "six-year old boy that really bleeds from the rectum", but I did and I'm going to hell for it. lol

You're going to hell? I'm the one who said it.

I made that rather disgusting joke for Crid's benefit. He asked, "Is there room for another smartass joke on top of that?"

Yes, there is. You just have to be willing to completely go uncensored and not care how low you sink.

Barbie fan Angela Ellis, quoted in the article:

"The message with Barbie for women is you can be whatever you want to be"

Does Ms Ellis actually believe that girls who are forced to wear burkhas have ANY choice about what they can be?

If those fierce, proud, arrogant, rich , abusive aggressive moslems(who frequently preyed on and bullied disadvantaged people) don't like the burka, they can always revolt against it. they don't need an outsider to disrobe their burka. It is just just one of the tricks they played to gain undue publicity for their religion.

> I made that rather disgusting
> joke for Crid's benefit.

Thanks anyway.

I was looking at it like this: The Judeo-Christian culture of the North American toy business in 1960 had already given us a genitally-mutilated Barbie...

I'm one month older than the Big B. It's often said, as cultural shorthand, that Barbie and Madonna are the same age.... Forced to choose between plastic dolls for a night in bed, I'd go with the Mattel plaything, but that's just me.
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Important Side Note!

Briefly surveying the linked Wikipedia site, I noticed a photo of a "tramp-stamp" Barbie.

Fine— I'm an old man and not supposed to care what cute teenage styles look like anymore. Fashions, long hair, weird clothes, those-crazy-kids-today-with-their-rock'n'roll, whatever....

But last week I learned that many blood collection centers refuse to accept donations from people who've had tattoos within some number of years (and often, ever).

The popularity of tattoos is a tragedy for those collection sites, as was the loss of (all!) homosexual blood donors after the AIDS crisis. There's a dwindling number of non-fashionable, heterosexual, non-needle-using people whose donations can keep the medical machine cranking along.

If you happen to be a stylish young cannibal reading these words, don't get tattoo'd. If you have any young people in your life who trust your judgment, let them know that this trivial fashion choice can have a profound impact on their ability to offer sustenance at the cellular level to strangers in need.
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Hmmm? Me, personally? Well, I've made 21 platelet (apheresis) donations in 2009, and hope to hit the 24-per-year limit before Christmas. Thanks for asking! I'm kinda proud.

(No, please... Your applause is unnecessary... There's no need to thank me until you get cancer, or a transplant, or treatment for third- or fourth-degree burns.)

I'm sorry you went through that, Amy. I myself was raised a Lutheran, and in my hometown it was Lutheran's versus Catholics. Not me, I was the quiet loner as a kid. These days I'd be planning to kill the bullies, back then I just stayed in and read a lot.

I used to hear idealistic adults talk about how honest kids are, and how they don't know about labels. They learn awfully fast, though. Teacher's pet, four-eyes, tattle-tale, crybaby, retard, egghead, fatty, skeleton,and those don't include the ones they learn from their parents, who are proud of them for 'defending their faith'!

My husband and my best friend are both Catholics. Go figure.

Crid writes: (No, please... Your applause is unnecessary... There's no need to thank me until you get cancer, or a transplant, or treatment for third- or fourth-degree burns.)

What's your blood type? Wouldn't it be a shot in the head to find out that I once needed your platelets?

What would be a "shot in the head" would be to learn how the name (and personality?) of "Rod" became affixed to your comment of October 18, 2009 1:37 AM... You've never explained it, and I've always been curious.

Beyond that, "Patrick", donations (of any kind) are an expression of trust that other people in the world are leading lives worth living, and that there's more to life and civilization than the intimacy of private interests and shared persepective.

Feel free to re-read that paragraph until it sinks in, or ask (courteous) questions. Many thoughtful commenters in this group can provide details.

You know, Crid, for the longest time I had no idea what you were talking about. I just figured you were on some weird tangent and wasn't going to trouble myself. But I did have a look down a very long thread, and discovered a post that is obviously mine signed "Rod."

Rod is not me. I absent-mindedly typed his name into the "Name" box when replying to his post.

And I will no more trouble myself over whatever accusation you care to make on this subject. Although if you're that bothered by it, you might ask Amy. She can verify the origin of both the real Rod and the post I accidentally signed as Rod.

(For the record, I have tried to use the "Remember personal info?" checkbox, but it doesn't work for me, probably because I don't Windows Explorer.)

Sorry to put you to all that trouble, darlin'. That was such a long thread. But as you can see, Rod's IP is not mine. If you're referring to why the Remember personal info? doesn't work for me, probably because I use Firefox, not IE, as my browser.

Not my intention to play stupid identity games. Especially since Amy would know if someone was using two different names on the computer.

I have IE and the remember info button doesnt work for me either

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Srebrenica_massacre

Yes, lets also look at:
Iran-Iraq war
Turkey vs. its Kurdish population
Iraq/Saddam vs. its Kurdish population
East Pakistan-West Pakistan war
Arab-Israeli wars
Sudan vs. its non-arab population
Algerian massacres
Iraq-Kuwait war

> I absent-mindedly typed his name
> into the "Name" box

You "absent-mindedly" typed another person's name into a blog comment?

Aside from the inexplicable weirdness of such an event, doesn't autocomplete diminish the probability of such behavior?

I mean, you're saying you "absent-mindedly typed his name into the 'Name' box". That's nuts.

Thats not so unblivable crid, I do it all the time - I always catch myself before I post though

In Amy's defense, she isn't exactly a huge fan of fundamentalist Xians or Jews, either.

In Dot's defense, there are many Muslims who practice a milder form of Islam. Just as there are Xians who don't take the violent parts of the Bible literally, so it is true with many Muslims.

And, now... a confessional. I voted against building minarets in Switzerland. I feel like a hypocrite, because in theory I believe in freedom of religion. But I'd be a lot cooler with minarets if there were less Muslims, and if there wasn't a large percentage of them who were harboring warish thoughts to them.

And whether or not they are right to harbor thoughts of war against us is a moot point. At the end of the day, one has to feel some sense of self-preservation.

> Thats not so unblivable

Do you sign other people's checks, too? Or drive other people's cars off the lot? Inexplicable.

>> Inexplicable.

I'm wearing someone else's underware

I'm wearing someone else's underware

That could either be sexy or nasty... :-D

-Julie

Yah, we could have B52 Barbie, so pissed off at not being invited to Muslims' weddings that she bombs the guests.

Crid foams and spits: You "absent-mindedly" typed another person's name into a blog comment?

Aside from the inexplicable weirdness of such an event, doesn't autocomplete diminish the probability of such behavior?

I mean, you're saying you "absent-mindedly typed his name into the 'Name' box". That's nuts.

No, it's absent mindedness, and I don't have autocomplete on this website. And the "Remember personal info?" checkbox doesn't work for me.

Yah, we could have B52 Barbie, so pissed off at not being invited to Muslims' weddings that she bombs the guests.

Or breaks out in song.

I hear a wind, whistling air...

> No, it's absent mindedness

Do you absent-mindedly pay other people's taxes? Wax their cars? Prepare their meals? Sit in their seats at sporting events? Take their LSAT's?

Poor Crid. It's just so over your head, isn't it? Well, don't you trouble yourself any more about it. Just sit in your nice rocking chair and sip your prune juice. I'll bring you a nice poached egg.

Differences:

The Christian community, as a whole, SHUNS perpetrators of violence, publicly even, especially those who perform said violence in the name of Jesus, or the Bible etc..

The Islamic community, as a whole, FETES, WELCOMES, SUPPORTS, DIRECTLY ASSISTS & CONGRATULATES perpetrators of violence who do so in the name of Allah, or the Koran. At the very least, 'moderate' Muslims do not speak out in any significant way. Haram, don't you know...

When Tiller was murdered, ironically IN his church, you did not see Christians, Conservatives or anti-abortionists dancing in the streets or describing the murder as a 'victory'.

Moderate Muslims often go on NPR. And the Muslims I know personally condemn violence.

Is there a little Ken Predator missle so we can kill the whole Burka Barbie wedding party without risking a single Amurcan life? ( I don;t know why those people hate us.)

Forgiving those nasty moslems misbehaviour is a mistake as they never improve their behaviour.

ShyAsrai writes: The Islamic community, as a whole, FETES, WELCOMES, SUPPORTS, DIRECTLY ASSISTS & CONGRATULATES perpetrators of violence who do so in the name of Allah, or the Koran. At the very least, 'moderate' Muslims do not speak out in any significant way. Haram, don't you know...

Personally, I think they celebrate more the imams who can con these young people into doing their dirty work. They're either skilled manipulators, or their pawns are amazing dupes. Perhaps both.

If someone were to tell me that if I were to kill myself by blowing up a bunch of innocent, I would be rewarded with 72 virgins with tempting vaginas, the first thing I'd say is, "If that's true, then why don't you do it?"

No, actually I'd say, "I'll take 72 bronzed Adonises instead, and I'm not picky about their virginity."

Over 600,000 Iraqi children were killed as a direct result of US sanctions on Iraq. Over 60,000 Iranian were killed by chemical weapons provided to Saddam by the US and allies. You worry about people innocent killing people? You do it in spades.

How about a Jewish Settler barbie, an idiotic East European squatters pretending to be a militant Hebrew terrorists living 5000 years int he past thinking they have the right to steal land and call themselves" "God's people."
Alkon is nothing but another judeofascist zionist hypocrite talking out of her behind. Ofcourse Zionist Jewish terrorists don't blow up restaurants ONLY, they bomb all of Gaza and Lebanon while calling anyone against their barbarism "anti-semitic."
As for "evidence based" belief, have you studied how utterly inhuman and ridiculous Judaism is? Just read the Talmud and we'll see who truly is evil.