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Doll Section Turns Into A Porn Shop: Godless Capitalism Now Presents Far More Greater Threat To The Lives Of Christians Than Communism |
http://www.markshea.blogspot.com/2006_12_01_markshea_archive.html#116646726234497785
On an ordinary day by day basis, capitalism unmoored from the Christian
tradition presents a far more greater threat to the lives of western
Christians than communism
Exhibit A
http://www.powers-point.com/2006/12/ho-ho-ho-dolls-to-make-you-cry.html
Exhibit B: Your television
Exhibit C: Ukraine Babies in stem cell probe
Memory verse: I tell you, my friends, do not be afraid of those who
kill the body but after that can do no more. I shall show you whom to
fear. Be afraid of the one who after killing has the power to cast into
Gehenna; yes, I tell you, be afraid of that one. - Luke 12
Counterintuitive as it may sound, Jesus is much more worried about a
Church that lives in the midst of temptation than a Church that lives
in the midst of persecution. That (obviously) does not mean we don't
have to care about those suffering under the Commies, Islam or
elsewhere. It does mean that our easy tendency to view the triumph
democratic capitalism over the commies as a sort of divine imprimatur
on Our Way of Life may be a bit premature.
http://www.nypost.com/seven/12142006/postopinion/opedcolumnists/ho__ho__ho__dolls_to_make_you_cry_opedcolumnists_kirsten_powers.htm?page=0
HO', HO', HO': DOLLS TO MAKE YOU CRY
By KIRSTEN POWERS
December 14, 2006 -- WHEN did the doll section turn into a porn shop?
I'd gone to FAO Schwarz with a friend and her three small children;
while they shopped for stuffed animals, I wandered over to recapture
some of the innocence of my childhood. What a mistake.
Just feet from the Etch-A-Sketches and paint-by-numbers were dolls
dressed in garter belts, bustiers, fishnet stockings and high heels.
"Ella" was in a teddy; "Justine" in an evening gown with her breasts
overflowing. Cleavage and lingerie were the order of the day.
As small children filed by, I felt myself panicking, wanting to cover
their eyes or steer them away, as if they were going to be exposed to
something they weren't meant to see. Never mind that they were the
target audience for these hyper-sexualized dolls. I was, after all, in
a toy store.
A 4-year-old girl was mesmerized by one of the dolls with the flowing
cleavage. Next to her was another doll wearing just a black bra and
panties, set on a mini sofa, with legs splayed. The girl's father
mindlessly pulled her away, seemingly unconcerned.
A few feet down was the worst of the dolls - with baby faces, but the
bodies of grown women. The cherubic faces, with painted lips and eyes,
sat incongruously atop stick-figure bodies - interrupted only by the
requisite bustiness - clad in revealing evening gowns and other adult
outfits. None were named JonBenet, but the point was clear: What's sexy
is a child made up to look like a woman. Bizarrely, parents seem to by
buying it.
What's next? Dominatrix Barbie?
My lawyer/mom friend helped me cross-examine a store clerk, who claimed
that "it is in the eye of the beholder" whether these dolls are too
sexualized for children - then led us to an installation of dolls set
in glass boxes high up (but not too high for a child to see). Most
looked like hookers.
These, the clerk proudly explained, were done by a famous designer, and
created for adults, not children. So why were they on sale in a doll
section for young girls in a toy store? She wasn't sure.
The now-famous Bratz dolls - which imitate celebutante Paris Hilton,
actress Lindsay Lohan and their pop-tart cohorts - seem to have just
been the warm-up act. What an act they are: Dressed for a night of
clubbing in hip hugger jeans and tight tank tops, these dolls reinforce
the message of MTV and the cottage industry of celebrity magazines that
being female means baring it all, sexing it up and being really, really
tacky.
Feminists used to complain that Barbie sold girls an unrealistic body
image. Modern dolls make Barbie look like what she was meant to be:
child's play. There were no bustiers and garters for Barbie when I was
growing up, nor did she sell a particular lifestyle. She could be a
stay-at-home mom or a working woman, depending on who was dressing her.
The new dolls have gone beyond selling a body image and now sell a
materialistic, hyper-sexualized, party lifestyle. Where Barbie had no
real-life counterpart, the newer dolls are clear rip-offs and
reinforcements of what's already being sold 24/7 to girls through
movies, reality TV, music performers, MTV and glossy magazines:
Be like Spears - the fading pop star who made out with Madonna on
national TV and has been photographed in the last few weeks drunk,
falling out of her dress and wearing no underwear.
Be like Lohan - actress and party girl, who at 20 attends AA meetings.
Be like the girls in the MTV videos, nameless bodies gyrating to the
tune of another. Dress like a hooker, just because. (Needless to say,
there will be no "washed up" Bratz girl doll - after she parties so
hard she loses her career and respect of the public or ends up in
rehab.)
And by all means, make sure you send these messages to girls as young
as possible by buying them these dolls. Why wait for MTV or US magazine
to tell them what females should be like when you can corrupt their
views when they are 3 or 4 years old? Why wait until marketers start
trying to sell them their first thong at age seven (you can get a
"Hello Kitty" one if you like). You can start before they can even
speak.
Kirsten Powers, a Fox News political analyst, was a political appointee
in the Clinton administration.
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| Title: Re: Doll Section Turns Into A Porn Shop: Godless Capitalism Now Presents Far More Greater Threat To The Lives Of Christians Than Communism |
18 Dec 2006 08:45:24 PM |
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"Sound of Trumpet" <sound_of_trumpet@myway.com> wrote in message
news:1166495594.299698.45640@48g2000cwx.googlegroups.com...
http://www.markshea.blogspot.com/2006_12_01_markshea_archive.html#116646726234497785
On an ordinary day by day basis, capitalism unmoored from the Christian
tradition presents a far more greater threat to the lives of western
Christians than communism
Since when was capitalism ever 'moored' to Christianity in the first place?
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| User: "655321" |
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| Title: Re: Doll Section Turns Into A Porn Shop: Godless Capitalism Now Presents Far More Greater Threat To The Lives Of Christians Than Communism |
18 Dec 2006 09:12:22 PM |
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In article <45875136$0$1602$9a6e19ea@news.newshosting.com>,
"Gandalf Grey" <gandalfgrey@infectedmail.com> wrote:
"Sound of Trumpet" <sound_of_trumpet@myway.com> wrote in message
news:1166495594.299698.45640@48g2000cwx.googlegroups.com...
On an ordinary day by day basis, capitalism unmoored from the Christian
tradition presents a far more greater threat to the lives of western
Christians than communism
Since when was capitalism ever 'moored' to Christianity in the first place?
That "invisible hand" you're hearing about? Jesus's, natch.
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655321
"We are heroes in error" -- Ahmad Chalabi
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| User: "2942 Dead" |
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| Title: Re: Doll Section Turns Into A Porn Shop: Godless Capitalism Now Presents Far More Greater Threat To The Lives Of Christians Than Communism |
18 Dec 2006 09:48:43 PM |
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On Mon, 18 Dec 2006 18:45:24 -0800, "Gandalf Grey"
<gandalfgrey@infectedmail.com> wrote:
"Sound of Trumpet" <sound_of_trumpet@myway.com> wrote in message
news:1166495594.299698.45640@48g2000cwx.googlegroups.com...
http://www.markshea.blogspot.com/2006_12_01_markshea_archive.html#116646726234497785
On an ordinary day by day basis, capitalism unmoored from the Christian
tradition presents a far more greater threat to the lives of western
Christians than communism
Since when was capitalism ever 'moored' to Christianity in the first place?
Usually when the merchants wanted to cheat the Jews out of debts owed.
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| User: "Mark K. Bilbo" |
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| Title: Re: Doll Section Turns Into A Porn Shop: Godless Capitalism NowPresents Far More Greater Threat To The Lives Of Christians Than Communism |
19 Dec 2006 09:21:58 AM |
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On Mon, 18 Dec 2006 18:45:24 -0800, Gandalf Grey wrote:
"Sound of Trumpet" <sound_of_trumpet@myway.com> wrote in message
news:1166495594.299698.45640@48g2000cwx.googlegroups.com...
http://www.markshea.blogspot.com/2006_12_01_markshea_archive.html#116646726234497785
On an ordinary day by day basis, capitalism unmoored from the Christian
tradition presents a far more greater threat to the lives of western
Christians than communism
Since when was capitalism ever 'moored' to Christianity in the first place?
Since about the first of never...
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Mark K. Bilbo
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of 'coming from apes' and say that man is more noble than
that, and then have sermons where man is called a miserable
worm worthy to be burned eternally in hell."
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| User: "Attila" |
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| Title: Re: Doll Section Turns Into A Porn Shop: Godless Capitalism Now Presents Far More Greater Threat To The Lives Of Christians Than Communism |
19 Dec 2006 06:55:23 PM |
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On 18 Dec 2006 18:33:14 -0800, "Sound of Trumpet"
<sound_of_trumpet@myway.com> in alt.abortion with message-id
<1166495594.299698.45640@48g2000cwx.googlegroups.com> wrote:
http://www.markshea.blogspot.com/2006_12_01_markshea_archive.html#116646726234497785
On an ordinary day by day basis, capitalism unmoored from the Christian
tradition presents a far more greater threat to the lives of western
Christians than communism
Try to find someone who cares.
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| User: "raven1" |
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19 Dec 2006 01:33:05 AM |
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On 18 Dec 2006 18:33:14 -0800, "Sound of Trumpet"
<sound_of_trumpet@myway.com> wrote:
On an ordinary day by day basis, capitalism unmoored from the Christian
tradition presents a far more greater threat to the lives of western
Christians than communism
Probably because the original Christians were essentially
communists...
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Fortibus es in ero
O Nobili! Themis trux
Sivat sinem? Causen Dux"
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