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Apr. 22nd, 2003 08:05 pm-.-;
Wal-Mart pulled Barbie's friend Midge from the shelves because she's pregnant. They say it promotes teenage pregnancy. Funny, Midge is married to Alan since 1991, already has a 3-yo son and wears a wedding ring. And this gives a negative image? And the My Scene Barbies aren't promoting a negative image? They only think about clothes, cellphones and boys... oh wait, that's what teenagers are supposed to think about. Not family and icky stuff like that. They sell video games that promote violence, magazines that promote puking up every meal to look beautiful, they even sell Spawn toys that are some of the goriest toys ever seen. But a married pregnant woman? No, that's definitely negative. *nods*
>_< Idiots.
Wal-Mart pulled Barbie's friend Midge from the shelves because she's pregnant. They say it promotes teenage pregnancy. Funny, Midge is married to Alan since 1991, already has a 3-yo son and wears a wedding ring. And this gives a negative image? And the My Scene Barbies aren't promoting a negative image? They only think about clothes, cellphones and boys... oh wait, that's what teenagers are supposed to think about. Not family and icky stuff like that. They sell video games that promote violence, magazines that promote puking up every meal to look beautiful, they even sell Spawn toys that are some of the goriest toys ever seen. But a married pregnant woman? No, that's definitely negative. *nods*
>_< Idiots.
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Date: 2003-04-22 11:26 am (UTC)Angry? Me? No. It's practically a perfect society when stupid people who complain get all the 'progress' they want for their personal fucking morals. /sarcasm
USians
Date: 2003-04-22 01:43 pm (UTC)All it takes is one stupid USian to look at something the wrong way and they can make an entire movement against a product. Where else would a lady win a multi-million dollar court case for pouring scalding coffee on herself, would unnecesary violence, bloodshed, explosives, and gore be rated lower than mild nudity, and would simple toys that aren't even that fun to play with get entire TV series dedicated to them, large scale competitions, and sponsor money from other companies?
The eager people wanting to make a dollar, television and entertainment that people want, combined with the companies who want to keep making money off of substandard products, this is what drives the US economy and society to be what it is now, instead of what it could be.
I should know. I have the pleasure of being a US citizen. All I can say in our defense is please don't judge us all by these few.