So this is the end product of all those years of sancitimonious liberals refusing to let their children play with anything related to the military or guns (or even learn the word "gun" in school). This is the end product of those folks trying to convince the world that it's child abuse to allow a boy to play with a toy gun or plastic sword. For when these "violent" toys are used in place of a real human being, the sharp-eyed folks at Associated Press are unable to tell the difference. The Command Post has the full timeline of events, and there's a nifty animation here.
The AP deserves every bit of the mocking it's getting right now, especially when many of those debunking this hoax were able to use their own kids' toys to do so. I love it when fact-checkers can say, "Confirmed by my 8-year-old son."
Don't miss the comments from that densely-packed and chaotic center of the universe, Fark:
See!? he's being held hostage by a miniature plastic gun! THAT'S why they don't let you take toy plastic guns on airplanes! And you all laughed at the TSA taking away GI JOE's 2 inch gun....
This is usually when I would send in that giant Samauri guy from the Thundercats. He was always my enforcer.
Closeups reveal the soldier's tattoos identifying him as a member of Mattel division.
They were gonna shoot him with his own gun too.
The stern expression on the hostage had less to do his imminent decapitation and more to do with his having been born blatantly bereft of genitalia.
Do not miss this Top Ten list, either. My favorite:
We have captured Rainbow Brite, and we will hang her as an infidel at dawn.
Can they hang Smurfette as well? She always annoyed me. Such blue trash, wearing those white shoes year-round.
Posted by kswygert at February 1, 2005 07:53 PM