Obnoxious Bitch
Wednesday, November 15, 2006
Marines reject scripture-quoting dolls donated to Toys for Tots
Toys for Tots rejects talking Jesus dolls
VALENCIA - A local company that makes talking Jesus dolls that quote the Bible donated 4,000 of its dolls to the U.S. Marine Reserves’ Toys for Tots, only to have the toys rejected.
A spokesman for One2believe, a division of the Valencia-based Beverly Hills Teddy Bear Co., claimed the Marines, in turning down the 4,000 Barbie-size dolls that the company values at $80,000, violated their own mission “to help needy children throughout the United States experience the joy of Christmas.” The company’s Messengers of Faith collection also includes the Virgin Mary, Moses, David and Esther dolls.
“I don’t understand why they can’t accept a toy that promotes good values,” said Michael La Roe, who runs the One2believe division. “I just think that it shouldn’t be that big of a deal.”
I think the Marines did the right thing. They can’t take the chance that a non-Christian kid would end up getting one of these toys, and don’t want to worry that a Muslim kid will end up with a Jesus doll, possibly causing the family offense. But more importantly… does Mr. LaRoe even know any kids (or more particularly, any kids who aren’t Jesus freaks like himself)? I’m thinking he doesn’t - because otherwise he’d know that even for a kid who’s dirt poor enough to be receiving gifts from Toys for Tots, a doll that quotes scripture totally SUCKS as a gift and hardly deserves to be called “a toy.” Perhaps that’s the true reason the donation was rejected, but no one wanted to hurt Mr. LaRoe’s feelings!
At any rate, I’ve no doubt fundy parents will snatch up enough of these abominations to keep One2Believe in the black, giving them one more tool for their indoctrination arsenal.
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Oh… but those dolls are freaking hilarious!!!
(Wonder how long it would take me to HXX0R one to make it play different words?)
decrepitoldfool on 12/27 at 07:35 PM
