posted on Dec, 22 2008 @ 11:01 AM
This past weekend I was shopping with my sister who had never heard about this doll. We split up in the toy section & a few minutes later she came
over to me with one of these dolls in hand. This is what she said:
Sister- "You won't believe what this doll says!"
Me- "What, does it say, poo or something?"
(I hadn't realized it was "that" doll yet.)
Sister- "It says Islam is the light. Can you believe they would slip that in and think no one would notice?"
Me- "Maybe it is geared towards muslim children, sort of like those dolls that pray to jesus that we got when we were kids?" (I know which doll it
is now, but I decide to play along to get her opinion)
Sister- "That would be fine, if the box said it was muslim baby or something, but theres nothing on the box. What if I bought this for the girls?"
(We're not muslim)
Me- "It wouldn't bother me."
Sister- "It wouldn't bother me either if the box said it was a muslim doll, but it doesn't.... What business does a toy company have in putting
subliminal messages in dolls?"
And that is where I finally got a little upset. I heard this doll in person. My sister heard this doll & she heard the same phrase as many others....
So I just don't see this an accident any longer. It was probably one programmer who thought no one but the kids would actually listen to the doll. It
is afterall, just a doll.
My biggest beef at this point is the deception involved. The company could of pulled the product, owned up to the misguided employee & it would of
ended the whole thing. Instead they continue to deny what many people have heard independantly & won't accept public responsibility for their product
being misrepresented.
Even if this was just a flub in the vocal program that makes it sound like it is saying that. (sorry, just can't see that being the case after
hearing it clearly with my own ears) they still should remove the doll long enough to either rebrand it or modify the internal sound components.
Just wanted to add, my sister's in-laws are muslim & she has no problem with the faith itself. She has a problem with deception.
[edit on 22/12/2008 by lynn112]