"Giving The Gift Of War" ( weird and disturbing toys)

[G_j]

GIVING THE GIFT OF WAR

Nicholas Turse, Tomdispatch.com

>From Bush and Blair dolls to bombs and fighetr-bombers,
here's a list of presents that will make this a jolly
"military-corporate complex" Xmas for you and yours.

http://www.alternet.org/story/20727/

It's that time of year again, folks. The moment to begin the mad scramble to fill those Xmas stockings and so time for the second annual TomDispatch list of gifts that will make this a jolly "military-corporate complex" Xmas for you and yours!

Yes, an entire year has passed since TomDispatch first brought you its list of "Hot as Depleted Uranium Toys for a New Imperial Age." This year we've got great new gift ideas from the Complex. So, if you didn't get that Abrams tank under the tree last year and the neighbors rubbed their new Hummer in your face (before using it to crush your puny "girlie-man" car), don't despair. This Xmas offers a wealth of possibilities, a shot at getting all the games, gadgets, gear, and guns the Complex has to offer.



Heroic Action Figures, Patriot Games, and Terror Toys

Last year, a mangled, bloodied son of Saddam, the Talking Uday doll, topped the list of most wanted evil-doer toys, while "mission-accomplished" Elite Force Aviator George W. Bush led the way for the US of A. This year, the Herobuilders "Hero Action Figures" line has out-Udayed itself, unveiling a plethora of new villains and American icons.


Why not buy that special little someone the weirdly muscled-up Rudy Giuliani ("America's Mayor") figure, the "Talking British Ally" Tony Blair doll, or that Green-Zone favorite, the "Talking Bush in Baghdad" whose startled expression perfectly matches his ill-fitting military garb. Any one of these dolls... er, action figures should be more than a match for the military-fatigues-wearing "Crack Head Saddam," the T-shirt clad "Captured Saddam," or the "Dick, the American Taliban" figurine, let alone those near-terrorists (already heading for the discard pile) like the Talking John Kerry whose shirt might as well say "flip-flopper," the "Michael 'No' Moore" figure which, according to the company, "makes a perfect voodoo doll or pin cushion," or, looking forward to a hateful 2008, the Hillary Clinton doll found lounging sybaritically (and a bit incomprehensibly) on a couch with a mint julep!

..more.. (includes links to pics and descriptions of 'toys')
:puke:

[cybildisobedience]

1. this all makes me want to vomit

What ever happened to, "What will we tell the children?" when Clinton was forced to reveal an affair?
That was supposed to be so damaging, but THIS is okay?

[MadHound]

2. Of course violence, war and graphic displays of gore are OK

In this fucked up society of our, such things have always been OK. You can show Dirty Harry offing a man a minute in minute graphic detail during the supposed "family time" on television, but God forbid, we can't expose the kiddies to sex! It's unnatural and obscene, didn't you get the memo?

This has always been one of the medias' biggest hypocrisies, the favoring of showing violence over sex. It has long ago been proven that showing violence has more negative effects on a child or grownup's psyche than the depiction of sex and sexual matters. Welcome to puritanical America.

Might thought on this is that there is a movement to desensitize the American public to violence, in fact to glorify it. That way the armed forces keep getting their cannon fodder, and the police will always have a job.

We are such a regressive society, it really amazes me that we have progressed this far. Sad to say though, the current misadministration is looking to roll back the clock on what progress we have made.

[G_j]

3. now here is a gift

yikes! :scared:


got any KKK members in the family?

[JawJaw]

4. Jeeeez

This shit really saddens me (and I've been following the depravaties of the Bush cult and its followers for a few years, so I thought nothing would surprise me anymore).

I wonder how some of the sick f***s who buy these "toys" would react if some enterprising Bin Laden supporters started selling 9-11 victim dolls, or wounded US soldier dolls.

There is something very wrong with these people.