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"Agnes Nairn, a Bath researcher quoted by The Associated Press, said that, "The girls we spoke to see Barbie torture as a legitimate play activity, and see the torture as a 'cool' activity." The academic then explicated in gruesome detail that "The types of mutilation are varied and creative, and range from removing the hair to decapitation, burning, breaking and even microwaving."

"The meaning of 'Barbie' went beyond an expressed antipathy; actual physical violence and torture towards the doll was repeatedly reported, quite gleefully, across age, school and gender."
http://www.forbes.com/2005/12/19/barbie-carnage-research-cx_gl_1219autofacescan15.html

Early feminist rage? Perfectly normal child-like behavior? Hidden side effect of Ritalin ridden pre-pubescents? Strange behavior exclusive to the British Isles? Barbie designed for torture?
The questions just don't stop...

Never had barbies, but I've mutilated most of my dolls pretty badly...I actually used burnt matched to draw really thick eyebrows onto some of them... ahh, good times.

This has given me nausea.

I had Barbies, and of course I messed 'em up. But then, I also managed to ruin just about all the toys I had. In fact, I threw one of my Kens out into the lawn before my oldest sister mowed, just 'cause I knew he'd be ruined by the lawn mower. I wanted to see how he'd turn up. We also put a My Little Pony on the grill. I didn't turn out to be anything less than pretty normal.

The hair thing, I think every young girl does. I know for a fact that most of the time that I "removed hair" from a doll it was because I was trying to cut its hair. That's a regular thing for young girls to do when playing with dolls. Decapitation? Bitch, please, those heads would pop off while you're putting Barbie's glamourous hear in a damn ponytail.

I will not deny that many young girls torture their toys. In fact, my ex's little sister, who's four, imagined a scenario wherein she poisoned her Powerpuff Girls to incapacitate them, then she tied them face-down (or, as she put it, "execution style") under the chairs in their dining room. Why did she do all this? "Because they were bad". This is not a disturbed child in the least bit. This is not a violent individual from a bad home. This is a child who's taken the sort of influences she gets from her older siblings (and much of the rest of the world) and applied them into playtime.

Gruesome photo of crime scene in Brooklyn: http://www.lisawhiteman.com/hfiles/photoalbum/nyfall02/3.html

i'm losing faith in humanity now...

Never had barbies, but I've mutilated most of my dolls pretty badly...I actually used burnt matched to draw really thick eyebrows onto some of them... ahh, good times.

I had Barbies, and of course I messed 'em up. But then, I also managed to ruin just about all the toys I had. In fact, I threw one of my Kens out into the lawn before my oldest sister mowed, just 'cause I knew he'd be ruined by the lawn mower. I wanted to see how he'd turn up. We also put a My Little Pony on the grill. I didn't turn out to be anything less than pretty normal.
I will not deny that many young girls torture their toys. In fact, my ex's little sister, who's four, imagined a scenario wherein she poisoned her Powerpuff Girls to incapacitate them, then she tied them face-down (or, as she put it, "execution style") under the chairs in their dining room. Why did she do all this? "Because they were bad".

Geez, and I thought our action figures were supposed to be tough :p

i'm losing faith in humanity now...

The very existance of Barbie should have made you do that.

Gruesome photo of crime scene in Brooklyn: http://www.lisawhiteman.com/hfiles/photoalbum/nyfall02/3.html

Interesting. They've kitschefied the Two Towers. (http://www.lisawhiteman.com/hfiles/photoalbum/nyfall02/10.html)

Interesting. They've kitschefied the Two Towers. (http://www.lisawhiteman.com/hfiles/photoalbum/nyfall02/10.html)
Now, I've lost my faith in humanity...
Though it's not as bad as the hand held two towers video game I heard about...

The very existance of Barbie should have made you do that.

Actually, my friend's found that the clothes for the 80's barbies don't fit onto the present-day barbies anymore, especially in the bust.

Now, I've lost my faith in humanity...
Though it's not as bad as the hand held two towers video game I heard about...

I wonder how long it will be until Hollywood comes out with a September 11th movie. All tragedies get movie status eventually so... I'd say only a matter of time.

Actually, my friend's found that the clothes for the 80's barbies don't fit onto the present-day barbies anymore, especially in the bust.

Ew...Weird...<_>

I wonder how long it will be until Hollywood comes out with a September 11th movie. All tragedies get movie status eventually so... I'd say only a matter of time.
Ummm...
Oliver Stone and some other guy are already coming out with one each.

I wonder how long it will be until Hollywood comes out with a September 11th movie. All tragedies get movie status eventually so... I'd say only a matter of time.

It's Hollywood. They'd put a good ending in it even if they have to change history. It'd probably end up with Bush and Bin Laden having a sword fight, and Bush impaling Bin Ladin's body 100 times and cutting of his head.

kill barbie:sniper: :sniper:
:mp5: :mp5: :gundge: :sniper:
:gundge: :headbang: :sniper:

kill barbie:sniper: :sniper:
:mp5: :mp5: :gundge: :sniper:
:gundge: :headbang: :sniper:
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I wonder how long it will be until Hollywood comes out with a September 11th movie. All tragedies get movie status eventually so... I'd say only a matter of time.

You must not have heard of United 93, then. It's a movie set in one of the flights that crashed on 9/11, and trailers are already in theaters.

kill barbie:sniper: :sniper:
:mp5: :mp5: :gundge: :sniper:
:gundge: :headbang: :sniper:

A n00b only gets to do the annoying smilie thing before getting mocked and shunned by all on NS. I hope you've got all that out of your system now.

You must not have heard of United 93, then. It's a movie set in one of the flights that crashed on 9/11, and trailers are already in theaters.

It is based around the fourth hijacked plane from the trailer I just saw. They don't deal with the WTC directly from what it seems.

Gruesome photo of crime scene in Brooklyn: http://www.lisawhiteman.com/hfiles/photoalbum/nyfall02/3.html
MY EYES!

You must not have heard of United 93, then. It's a movie set in one of the flights that crashed on 9/11, and trailers are already in theaters.

Honestly, can you blame them? Think of other devastating times, such as World War II.... there are dozens of games and movies about it. Maybe it helps with healing, maybe its just fun. Sure 9/11 was a catastrophic wakeup call for America, but I'm not surprised at all by it.

Honestly, can you blame them? Think of other devastating times, such as World War II.... there are dozens of games and movies about it. Maybe it helps with healing, maybe its just fun. Sure 9/11 was a catastrophic wakeup call for America, but I'm not surprised at all by it.

Neither was I, but still, this is just cold. Think about people who knew victims from that flight going to see a movie and suddenly seeing that trailer pop up. I hope that the filmakers will at least donate some of the proceeds from it to charities for the families, or at least to some kind of charity. Five years after a tragedy is still too short a time for something like this.

Neither was I, but still, this is just cold. Think about people who knew victims from that flight going to see a movie and suddenly seeing that trailer pop up. I hope that the filmakers will at least donate some of the proceeds from it to charities for the families, or at least to some kind of charity. Five years after a tragedy is still too short a time for something like this.

if the market wants, the market must get...trust the market

if the market wants, the market must get...trust the market

Just because the majority wants something doesn't mean it isn't a majority of morons.

Neither was I, but still, this is just cold. Think about people who knew victims from that flight going to see a movie and suddenly seeing that trailer pop up. I hope that the filmakers will at least donate some of the proceeds from it to charities for the families, or at least to some kind of charity. Five years after a tragedy is still too short a time for something like this.

Maybe. I didn't know anyone, but I can empathize with those that did. Maybe its too early. But its going to happen eventually. And you can probably give up on that hope; the film industry is about making money. Those high officials tend to be pretty greedy. Why else would they make a movie after only 5 years?

The very existance of Barbie should have made you do that.

It ALMOST did...

And you can probably give up on that hope; the film industry is about making money. Those high officials tend to be pretty greedy. Why else would they make a movie after only 5 years?

The still need people to watch the movie, and releasing something like this so soon could rub a lot of raw nerves and get a lot of negative press. Then the attendance drops and they've taken a loss. By donating to a charity some part of the profit, the producers could at least avoid looking like greedy bastards.

Alcoholic Barbie?? Iron Lung Barbie??

"A 4-year-old girl chose Barbie-sized tobacco in the pretend store and said: “I need this for my man. A man needs cigarettes.”

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The study included 120 children, ages 2 to 6. An adult researcher led a standardized play activity in which each child, acting as a Barbie or Ken doll, shopped for a visiting friend. A store stocked with 133 miniature items gave the children choices—including meat, fruit, vegetables, snacks, nonalcoholic drinks, cigarettes, beer and wine."
http://cbs2chicago.com/watercooler/watercooler_story_248150056.html

When I was in third grade my friend and I threw our Barbie's onto and electric wire and on the roof of her house...

Then of course, we had to get them down...

Well, if it's encouraging children's creativity it should be supported: "The types of mutilation are varied and creative,"

On a more serious note, they seem to be vastly overeacting; they're almost implying that this is going to raise a generation of torturers and maniacs.

Well, if it's encouraging children's creativity it should be supported: "The types of mutilation are varied and creative,"

On a more serious note, they seem to be vastly overeacting; they're almost implying that this is going to raise a generation of torturers and maniacs.
Oh God... I just realized. People may think that I really do believe this is a problem...

Oh God... I just realized. People may think that I really do believe this is a problem...

Well, I can say I'm not one of those people before you make assumptions.

Well, I can say I'm not one of those people before you make assumptions.
I didn't think you were, you just brought it to mind.

Neither was I, but still, this is just cold. Think about people who knew victims from that flight going to see a movie and suddenly seeing that trailer pop up. I hope that the filmakers will at least donate some of the proceeds from it to charities for the families, or at least to some kind of charity. Five years after a tragedy is still too short a time for something like this.
Actually, I know I should've pointed this out way earlier, but apparently the events in the movie were approved by surviving members of the passengers' families before they put everything into post production. Therefore, anybody who comes out afterwards and says "That's not fair, that's incredibly fictionalized, none of us were ever consulted before they put that in!" are going to be found to be complete liars, or complete morons. The sensitivity behind the issue is actually one of the reasons that they refrained from putting very many "big name" actors in the movie.

Just my two cents.

Children are pure. Children are evil. They will kill and destroy all they want and can for fun. Jet said it best though.:p

Just because the majority wants something doesn't mean it isn't a majority of morons.


The majority are always morons. That's why people should just do what I say instead.

My brother made a porno involving a Barbie and an action man at the time he was 23! (needless to say I’m not going to post any of the images)

so as you can see the evil exists in us all

This shows the demand for prison uniform Barbie, rendition Barbie and Abu Gharib Barbie.

This shows the demand for prison uniform Barbie, rendition Barbie and Abu Gharib Barbie.
You know, I've always pushed for the "My Size Barbie" market to include a Barbie of so-called "average" proportions. Let's see if that makes any difference in the torture stats.
It likely won't, but I just personally can't wrap my mind around how the current Barbie is the idealised picture of a young woman....

This shows the demand for prison uniform Barbie, rendition Barbie and Abu Gharib Barbie.

I think pregnant Barbie is enough.

My brother made a porno involving a Barbie and an action man at the time he was 23! (needless to say I’m not going to post any of the images)

so as you can see the evil exists in us all
Holy crap... was that the wheel chair one???

"Agnes Nairn, a Bath researcher quoted by The Associated Press, said that, "The girls we spoke to see Barbie torture as a legitimate play activity, and see the torture as a 'cool' activity." The academic then explicated in gruesome detail that "The types of mutilation are varied and creative, and range from removing the hair to decapitation, burning, breaking and even microwaving."

"The meaning of 'Barbie' went beyond an expressed antipathy; actual physical violence and torture towards the doll was repeatedly reported, quite gleefully, across age, school and gender."
http://www.forbes.com/2005/12/19/barbie-carnage-research-cx_gl_1219autofacescan15.html

Early feminist rage? Perfectly normal child-like behavior? Hidden side effect of Ritalin ridden pre-pubescents? Strange behavior exclusive to the British Isles? Barbie designed for torture?
The questions just don't stop...
Wait...

Girls are brutally mutilating Barbies and it's being seen as a bad thing? I'd have thought destruction of one of the many factors that can result in the development of anorexia and bulimia nervosa would be a good thing.

I think pregnant Barbie is enough.

I thought neo-feminest Barbie drew the line. :eek:

I think this is pretty normal, I didn't have barbies when I was little, but I did make mutant soldiers out of my toy soldiers, by burning them and sticking 'em back together

Kids being destructive!? OH MY FUCKING GOD!!??

I didn't do that to either of my two Barbies. What is with these freaks?

I didn't do that to either of my two Barbies. What is with these freaks?
HA HA!! You only had two Barbies!!!

Only two? Now I feel spoiled... we had a whole tub full. A lot were my moms old ones but still....

I bring to you: VISIBLE BARBIE.

"We had no way of knowing (since, obviously, a standard autopsy could not be performed without causing irreparable damage to the subject) whether the doll had been marked down as a result of BSE (Barbie Simplygone Encephalopathy). Some researchers have hypothesized that BSE has already jumped the species barrier to computers and, thence, possibly, to computer programmers and hardware designers.

The most compelling evidence for BSE transmission from doll to computer to programmers/designers is the increasing frequency of incidents of empty-headed computer program designs and the peculiar fascination computer designers have had lately with developing colorful plastic colors and fashions with which to adorn new computer designs, rather than making products that work better or, in some cases, at all."
http://www.trygve.com/visible_barbie.html

or to make a long story short:
http://www.leepotts.com/030604barbie.jpg

"Agnes Nairn, a Bath researcher quoted by The Associated Press, said that, "The girls we spoke to see Barbie torture as a legitimate play activity, and see the torture as a 'cool' activity." The academic then explicated in gruesome detail that "The types of mutilation are varied and creative, and range from removing the hair to decapitation, burning, breaking and even microwaving."

"The meaning of 'Barbie' went beyond an expressed antipathy; actual physical violence and torture towards the doll was repeatedly reported, quite gleefully, across age, school and gender."
http://www.forbes.com/2005/12/19/barbie-carnage-research-cx_gl_1219autofacescan15.html

Early feminist rage? Perfectly normal child-like behavior? Hidden side effect of Ritalin ridden pre-pubescents? Strange behavior exclusive to the British Isles? Barbie designed for torture?
The questions just don't stop...

It lets the aggresion out. See also - making tiny parachutes, tying them to their hair and lobbing them out of your sister's window. It's scientific and amusing - yes - sciencemusing!

Meh, they're only plastic dolls. I say they should be made out of materials that will harm the enviroment less when they're burned. They should be anatomically correct too. And anatomically compatible with ken dolls. :fluffle: