Dear Log,
«A clean-up by the Komiteh, or morals police, has ensured that Barbie is no more. In a crackdown on "spiritual pollutants", shopkeepers have had their stocks seized. Peddlers selling Barbie-embossed products have been heavily penalised, and many businessmen in the Grand Bazaar have reportedly been arrested for importing the dolls or making the merchandise.»
countless numbers of fucked up women over body image and implausible measurements might be avoided. People keep smugly pointing fingers at the Islamic part of the world claiming that the US treats women so much better and, really, I don't know that it's true.
Re:I wish they had barbie police around here
jdavidb on 2002-06-17T14:54:56
Ditto. I've got sisters. This is an issue in a way a lot of men don't really understand.
Re:I wish they had barbie police around here
jordan on 2002-06-18T00:54:53
I bet nobody would be wistfully pining for thought police if this were a fundamentalist Christian group banning Barbie.
I guess it's now hip to find something admirable in Muslim intolerance... An ironic backlash if ever I saw one.
Re:I wish they had barbie police around here
jdavidb on 2002-06-18T12:59:11
Oh, I don't really want additional government control. Sometimes I just lament unfortunate situations. Nevertheless, if I ever have kids, I may be the Barbie police in my own household. (There's a huge difference in government control and parental control.)
