Hat tip Plank's Constant.
Good news! Surgical strikes against Iran's Nukes may not be necessary after all. According to Prosecutor General Najafabadi, his country is defenseless against tiny plastic dolls.
Iran's toy market is being inundated by models of Barbie, Batman, Spiderman and Harry Potter and the young must be protected from their harmful cultural effects, the prosecutor general was quoted as saying on Sunday.
"Promoting figures like Barbie, Batman, Spiderman and Harry Potter and the uncontrolled import of CDs of video games and films should alarm all the country's officials," Ghorban Ali Dori Najafabadi was quoted as saying by the student ISNA news agency.
"We need to find substitutes to ward off this onslaught, which aims at children and young people whose personality is in the process of being formed," he added.
Dori Najafabadi's comments came in a letter to an Iranian vice president, urging measures to protect "Islamic culture and revolutionary values".
Translation: Beyond her good looks and wardrobe, Barbie is capable of doing anything that Ken does. You can purchase a Veterinarian Barbie, Olympian, Flight Attendant, Princess...and those are just the ones my daughter had. Therefore, Barbie is dangerous.
While officials regularly lambast Western culture for polluting the minds of the public, Western toys have become a regular and popular feature on the shelves of toy shops in Iran in recent years.
Translation: People prefer freedom to Iran's overbearing, sharia-style iron fist.
Affluent Iranian parents are known for indulging their children and the purchase of such toys has become for many an obligatory treat.
But Dori Najafabadi said: "These toys, which do not respect the required norms, present dangers for the health of children and affect the survival of toy factories in this country."
Translation: Barbie's flying off the self and our own toy makers are pissed!
Two years ago, police raided toy shops to put black stickers on the packaging of Barbie dolls to hide their bodies. In public in Iran, women must cover all bodily contours, a rule that Barbie conspicuously fails to obey.
Translation: Barbie encourages little girls to think for themselves. When they grow into women, they're going to demand rights.
Iran has already launched its answer to Barbie and her partner Ken -- Sara and Dara, who show full respect for the country's Islamic rules. But they have not succeeded in countering the popularity of Barbie.
Here's Sara and Dara, dutiful automatons to the State, how fun!
Woman Honor Thyself has her say.
Barbie, Batman and Spiderman are added to the List. Harry Potter (Zionist Agent) is already on it.
