Comments on: Won’t somebody think of the children? http://www.robertblum.com/articles/2006/05/14/wont-somebody-think-of-the-children Rachel Blum on Software, Games And The Rest Of Life Thu, 15 Jul 2010 17:03:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: AtlantiCat http://www.robertblum.com/articles/2006/05/14/wont-somebody-think-of-the-children/comment-page-1#comment-789 AtlantiCat Mon, 15 May 2006 18:06:45 +0000 http://www.robertblum.com/articles/2006/05/14/wont-somebody-think-of-the-children#comment-789 <p>Oddly enough, older Barbies didn't have panties, they just had a small cleft with no hair that vaguely resembled external female genitalia. I believe the idea was that little girls would understand this to mean that Barbie looked just like them. My oldest Ken doll had molded, flesh-toned undies and probably still does....</p> <p>The horrors of war are natural things that any soldier or anyone from a strife-torn land or one with competent news coverage can see. But in spite of the fact that everyone has one, nekkid bodies are still shameful things. Just goes to show that given enough indoctrination (aka religion), people will believe anything....</p> Oddly enough, older Barbies didn’t have panties, they just had a small cleft with no hair that vaguely resembled external female genitalia. I believe the idea was that little girls would understand this to mean that Barbie looked just like them. My oldest Ken doll had molded, flesh-toned undies and probably still does….

The horrors of war are natural things that any soldier or anyone from a strife-torn land or one with competent news coverage can see. But in spite of the fact that everyone has one, nekkid bodies are still shameful things. Just goes to show that given enough indoctrination (aka religion), people will believe anything….

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