Quick, Clean Up Isle Seven!
Posted: Thursday, October 16, 2008
by Judi Lake
Judi Lake Advertising
I know, I know -- I should be working right now. Here I am under tremendous pressure to finish work
related deadlines and yet another news alert filters through my e-mail and,
again, I am distracted. When I read this article from The Oswasso
Reporter, I was amazed:
OWASSO - When Gary Rofkahr
from Owasso heard there was a baby doll on local store shelves that said,
"Islam is the Light," he didn't believe it.
He bought the Little Mommy
Real Loving Baby Cuddle and Coo doll to see for himself and he was shocked to
hear the words, "Islam is the Light" among other baby gibberish
including "Mama."
"I have a 1-year-old
granddaughter," he said. "It makes me mad that someone is trying to
indoctrinate our children with an innocent toy."
He called Fisher Price to
complain. He was told they were aware of the problem and would gladly refund
his money.
This
little cute doll has caused a big ugly stir when it was discovered that among
other baby gibberish, she utters the words "Islam is the Light" and
"Satan is King".
"I told them I didn't
want my money back, I wanted them to pull these dolls off the shelf," he
said. "They told me they can't pull an item just because a customer
requests it, they have to have corporate direction. I told them I would get
corporate direction and get back to them. I told them I'm from a town of 30,000
people with 46 churches in it and I know someone who attends each one. I'm
going to everyone I know to tell them about this and I'm going to call Target
and Wal-Mart and see if we can pull this doll off the shelves."
UPDATE FROM OWASSO REPORTER: I want readers to note that I never said the baby
doll says anything about Satan.I did hear the baby doll very clearly say
Islam is the Light.
Rofkahr said he found various versions of
the doll at local Target and Wal-Mart stores,
which have since pulled the toys from their shelves, reported KJRH.com.
Fisher-Price
and parent company Mattel didn't immediately respond to requests for comment.
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As they say, seeing is
believing don't take my word for it, watch the video yourself:
Unbelievable!
As the late Walter Cronkite
once said, "And thats the way it is!" This is Judi Lake reporting from
Charleston, SC on October 17, 2008.
Well there we go again Judi your telling people facts and truth and even giving them an example that most really don't want to hear and make light of. A harmless little toy why get excited. Then why the need? How about since we are a predominantly Christian nation, oh are we any longer, Jesus is the way the truth and the light. What do you think the reaction would be to that? My God they'd have the toy maker before Congress. Yes mom and dad nothing to worry about, fear you know. A harmless little doll. Yes wrapped in light and innocence. Great job. Robert.
Judi, this is unbelievable but you provided proof! Great reporting. I share RM's sentiments. And I totally understand G's inclination to laugh about this. Thanks for sharing this story.
technically I think the Fox news lady was fibbing about "spreading hate." The doll said "Islam is the light." In and of itself, that's not hate speech, unless you hate Islam.Anon, I think it depends what perspective you are viewing this from -- Islam, in itself is not hateful, but propaganda is; especially indoctrinating children with things they do not understand nor should they - that is the perspective I had taken this from. I suppose it all depends on how something is interpretated.
