"Because politics and religion are two extremely sensitive subjects" in Lebanon." Uh, is Barbie politics or religion?
Anyway, watch the fun when Islamic hardliners in the West begin demanding this kind of censorship, and these demands start colliding with the sensibilities of their Leftist patrons.
"Lebanon: Photos of Jesus, Barbie, Nasrallah Banned From Show," from ANSAmed, November 6 (thanks to Insubria):
(ANSAmed) - BEIRUT, NOVEMBER 6 - Images depicting Jesus Christ, the Shi-ite leader of Hezbollah, Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah, and Barbie have been removed from a photographic exhibition in Beirut. The photographer, Lebanese director Jocelyne Saab, was told by the Solidere society, which is responsible for the exhibition about the removal of nine images "because politics and religion are two extremely sensitive subjects" in Lebanon. The exhibition was then transferred to a private gallery in Beirut, traditionally considered the most liberal of the Arab capitals, but where fierce battles took place in May between Shi-ite Hezbollah and their Sunni rivals. The clashes were the bloodiest since the end of the civil war (1975-90), which also involved the Christian and Druse communities. Saab confirmed that she was "outraged by the censorship". (ANSAmed).
Politics and religion are apparently "sensitive subjects" in Lebanon -- so "sensitive," in fact, that they must not be obliquely hinted at in an exhibition of photographs. On, and toys too, Toys are a "sensitive subject."
But there's plenty to talk about. For example, there's the....well, there's the weather. That can be talked about.
Nice weather we're havin', huh? Pretty warm around here. Say, do you think that might have something to do with global warming? You don't? Oh, well I do. But let's back from the brink right now.
So what would you like to talk about? Be careful, now. Don't slide dangerously close to any forbidden topic.
You want to talk about Obama's puppy? Are you crazy? You know the Zionists put him up to it, so as not to make it any less difficult for Arab ambassadors to enter the White House for that Iftar Dinner. Don't you dare mention it.
Price of gasoline? Sure. That's fine. Let's talk about that for a while.
Back in 2003, Saudi Arabia banned Barbie dolls:
The Saudi government has announced that Barbie dolls are Jewish tools promoting the lewd behavior of the what it calls the perverted Western world, according to a poster distributed to Saudi schools, mosques and hospitals which has been obtained by SIA news.
The poster, titled "The Jewish Doll", is printed and distributed by the powerful Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice, otherwise known as the religious police. This is a government agency headed by a Wahhabi cleric with ministerial rank appointed by King Fahd.
http: //corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=OTk5MzdhNjM5YTA1ODM2NGI1YjFmMDVmNjQ5MmIzODU=
DenverRodeo, the link doesn't seem to work. I sure would like to have one of those posters. . .
I broke the link because when I tried to post it normally I got a message from Jihad Watch saying it would have to review my comment. Since I've posted a few comments before that were warned for review like that, but never were published, I figured the only way to post was to break the link. Just eliminate the one space I put in after the --
http:
-- and paste into your browser.
Thanks DenverRodeo, I didn't notice the space. Too bad the link would show an actual pic of the poster. What a grimly hilarious conversation piece that poster would make.
Jesus, Barbie and Nasrullah? Some kind of new Islamic definition of the Trinity?
Why wait till the hypersensitive deeply religious favorite pets of the Progressives get their own sensibilities offended. We have England to look to for that example.
I get a cramp in my brain just trying to fit Hassan Nasrallah into the same mental space as Barbie.
However, Barbie and Nasrallah probably do have one thing in common - would you care to imagine what?
Geraldine Brooks, 'Nine Parts of Desire', Anchor Paperback edition, 1995, pp. 26-27.
"I'd asked Hamideh to arrange a meeting for me with the women of Lebanon's Hezbollah...
"...meeting the women was instructive....They invited me to join them that evening for tea in their suite, provided that I promised not to name them in any articles I wrote.
"When the door opened to my knock, I thought I had the wrong room. The woman in front of me had frosted blond hair streaming to her waist. She wore a silk negligee with a deep plunge neckline. On the bed behind her, another woman lay languidly in a bust-hugging, slit-sided scarlet satin nightgown.
"Through the filmy fabrics, it was obvious that their bodies were completely hairless, *like Barbie dolls* {my emphasis added: dda}.
"It was, they explained, sunnat, or Islamically recommended, for married women to remove *all body hair* {my emphasis added - dda} every twenty days. The traditional depilatory was a paste of sugar and lemon that tugged the hair out by the roots.
"Muslim men, they said, also should remove their body hair. For men, the recommended time between depilation is forty days."
So: Muslim man, Muslim woman, Barbie doll - NO BODY HAIR.
While Palin was in the running Barbie had a shot at becoming a political figure.
But for now she's back to religion.
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(Don't flame me. I like Palin.)
So: Muslim man, Muslim woman, Barbie doll - NO BODY HAIR.
Posted by: dumbledoresarmy
One other thing in common...Empty headed...and at least one leg is hollow...
Barbie has died for our sins.
Duh Swami, once again I'm ROTFL!!
Thanks for the extreme chuckle.
The Private Sector is Dead if Justices can't even acknoweledge that forms were signed that suggest that the food handlers may have to handle Pork!