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Islam is the Light Fisher Price Doll

Posted by calais50 • 10/16/08 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
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Saw this on the news last night.
A doll being sold in the US and abroad coos like a baby, then in kind of a monotone, it says something that sounds a lot like "Islam is the Light." It's being pulled off shelves in some stores. It does indeed sound like that is what it is saying to me. What do you think?

www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKahCRbWnkw

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10/16/08

kdawg68

Wouldn't be my cup of tea, but an Islamic person might want to give such a toy to their child. I'd have no problem with that. Certaily there are Christian themed toys available if one wishes to procure them.

Edit to add: Didn't read the article, so I may be missing the point here.

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1. 10/16/08
  
  calais50
  
  It's not meant to be a religious toy. If it's really saying that, it's like someone is sneaking in religious indoctrination. I'm not commenting on the appropriateness of it. The company says the doll is merely saying nonsense syllables, but they sound like more than that. To me, it's an interesting oddity. I remember a Lion King toy sold a few yrs back that parents thought was saying, "smashed bananas up his ass." Disney said it was saying "asante sana smashed banana" which is totally believable.
2. 10/16/08
  
  kdawg68
  
  Oh, I get it now. So it's not marketed as an Islamic toy but seems to be imparting pro-Islamic messages? It's probably just some sort of honest mix-up, like with the Disney toy.
3. 10/16/08
  
  calais50
  
  maybe, or an overzealous worker. The weird thing is the other sounds the baby makes are real sounding tiny baby noises. Then the "phrase" is totally out of place b/c it is in a monotone. You never can tell.
4. 10/16/08
  
  kdawg68
  
  you know, I'm reminded of a time I was changing my child's diaper, and I couldn't be certain, but I thought said something about being "Ghozer the Ghozerian." Moments later I was certain he muttered (through his infantile cooing) "the traveller has come!"
5. 10/16/08
  
  calais50
  
  ROFL!
10/16/08

farangrakthai

I think it is not true

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1. 10/16/08
  
  calais50
  
  Did you listen to the doll say it? I'm usually very skeptical about these things, but when I heard the doll, I heard the phrase without anyone telling me what it said.
10/16/08

farangrakthai

I do not really think Fisher Price is targetting the muslim community in the US.
So well, this is youtube...

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1. 10/17/08
  
  timethief
  
  I agree that this "claim" is circumspect and that this is probably another tempest in a teapot considering the sound segment in question has no been eliminated.
  
  Fisher Price denies the claim. The Edenfields called the company and a spokesperson told them the doll is only programmed to say the word "mama." Fisher Price went on to say they have no plans to pull the doll from store shelves. There is a sound that may resemble something close to the word 'night, right, or light,'" the company said. "To avoid any potential misinterpretation, we have eliminated that segment of the sound file from future production." em>
  
  October 13, 2008
  Statement by: Mattel, Inc.
  Re: Little Mommy Cuddle ‘n Coo Dolls
  tiny.cc/OOlHi
10/17/08

poisonapplesauce

sounds like it to me.

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10/17/08

offendedblogger

It is all part of Canada's plan to divert our attention so they can invade us.

They did this before with that whole clown porn thing.

Ignore them.

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10/17/08

dsriharsha

If you listen to it with an open mind, it sounds more like "Is Mommy's delight" which is not so bad.

But I really think that youtube poster should be banned. In the video info, he says "it's spouting a message of hate."
Now, I myself am an Agnostic bordering on Atheist who couldn't care less about religion but I am not sure how "Islam is the Light" can be a message of hate. Bad choice of description.

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1. 10/17/08
  
  timethief
  
  Islam means "peace" and we all know that America could use a whopping dose of it.
2. 10/17/08
  
  poisonapplesauce
  
  now now, the anti-American sentiment usually takes a break from Friday to Sunday, weekends are for fun, not making fun
3. 10/17/08
  
  jadedconformist
  
  Right - I don't know why Islam is considered a pejorative. People just tie their negative connotations to it that they hear repeated as talking points in the media.
  
  I'm the last person to be an apologist for any religion - but I'm just saying. Come on, people.
10/17/08

jadedconformist

I don't see a problem with that. People associate Islam with terrorism, so by that logic - they should ban things from all religions - since each one has their bad apples.

Now if it said, "I want to be a terrorist, mommy" then...yeah.

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1. 10/17/08
  
  offendedblogger
  
  comment removed by the community.
2. 10/17/08
  
  poisonapplesauce
  
  lol they really should, those punks used to steal our mail! and the pricing of shoe fly pie? It's robbery!?! Price gauging amish
3. 10/17/08
  
  jadedconformist
  
  @offendedblogger No one is above scrutiny. not sure if you were being facetious:
  
  www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/07/AR2006100700394.ht...
  
  www.crimelibrary.com/notorious_murders/family/gingerich/1.html
  
  Either way - I would buy an amish doll in a heartbeat. Handmade, of course
10/17/08

gamecherry

I'm not religious, but I don't understand how saying "Islam is the light" is hate speech.

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1. 10/17/08
  
  calais50
  
  I don't see it either. I just posted the first you tube clip I found and the poster happened to label it as such.
2. 10/17/08
  
  jafabrit
  
  Me neither?
10/17/08

jafabrit

Here is a link that talks about previous cases of the power of suggestion similar to this.
urbanlegends.about.com/b/2008/10/10/talking-doll-allegedly-says-islam-is-th...

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