Reply #17: Umm...well... [View All]

I destroyed and mutilated all the barbies that my brothers didn't get to first when I was younger (we also did some horrible things to GI Joe and little green army men, too), and I'm about the most peace-loving humanitarian you'll find. The authors of this study really shouldn't use the words "torture" and "mutilation" when talking about dolls...they aren't real people, they don't have feelings; they're just pieces of plastic molded to resemble us. I may have removed my barbies' heads, arms, and legs as a kid, but I would never ever do that to a person. There's a huge distinction between a firecracker strapped to a plastic doll and electrodes strapped to an actual person, and the vast majority of children understand that...even if Bush doesn't.

Oh crap...this is antigone382 accidentally posting under my mom's username again, by the way...mom probably wouldn't want to take responsibility for the acts I just described, lol.