[kattracks]

More psychobabble.

[LJLucido]

Geez, can't these people take ONE Christmas off? I think this year I'll buy the kids a G.I. Jesus, the one that turned over the money tables and tolds his disciples to sell their cloaksto buy a sword.

[keats5]

Here's the deal, from the mother of boys. Most parents who encourage their boys to play with dolls, wouldn't buy their boys a G.I. Joe, because he's a gun owner. Conversely, most parents who urge their little guys to accept a masculine role don't buy their boys dolls at all.

[FreedomPoster]

Great. More feminization (or is that feminazi-isation?) of the American male. < /sarcarm>

Sorry, girls, we aren't buying that crap at this point in our country's history. We need all the red-blooded American men we can develop, and fewer of the girly-men you want to raise.

[lavaroise]

psychobable, semantics, potemkin victims, potemkin links to victimhood, potemkin psychologist heroes, this nation needs to wake up, especialy the media. America used to be a place where its democracy allowed people to choose the best and brightest to run the various institutions and corporations. Nowadays it is about chosing whoever will make it more cool, more cute or more pleasant. It's democracy run amok.

[Caipirabob]

I'm taking my child through it in steps, starting with medieval combat with knights and castles, working our way through pirates, and eventually into higher tech modern toys like good ol' Joe and his assorted goodies (included that freakin' tank you can get for under $200 -HooAHHH!) The Star War toys are still brand new in their boxes hidden away until he's old enough to appreciate the movies.

Despite all the goodies (which are probably just as much to placate dear old dad as much as for his amusement) half of the time he'll still pull out the lego blocks and build his own gun. Ahhhhh... my boy! ;)

I guess we'll be homeschooling, eh?

[Ward Smythe]

That's news to G.I. Joe's parent corporation, Hasbro. "G.I. Joe has been a part of our culture for nearly 40 years and represents core American values - patriotism, honor and bravery," said Hasbro spokesperson Audrey DeSimone.

I felt old enough this morning without being reminded that I have an original G.I. Joe (mine since childhood) and an an orginal talking G.I. Joe. I've thought about selling them on Ebay, but my wife keeps telling me I should save them for the boys...

Wish I still had "Johnny West," "Major Matt Mason" and the 200+ "Matchbox" cars I had. I could be a wealthy man...

[perez24]

My brothers and I played with G.I. Joe's (the real ones, pre-lifelike hair and Kung Fu grip) and I can say that I'm not any more violent than any of the other psychos on my cellblock!!!!!

[Mercat]

There's a GI Code Talker Navaho. We didn't buy our sons toy guns when they were little so they made their own. They also pushed their little cars around with sounds very much like a triumph spit fire which is, of course, why a good internal combustion engine sounds the way that it does, notthe other way around. Sort of like the word "mother."

[Peter W. Kessler]

Ugh. Gag me with a backhoe.

G.I. Joe came out just as I was leaving toys behind for other pursuits.

But I had some real neat Mattel rifles, and a sub-machine gun with a crank that would go through caps like crazy. My folks got pretty tired of buying caps!

We played "Army" all day long.

I grew up to be a healthy, well adjusted, productive member of society.

I wish these peaceniks would just go away.

[Skooz]

If I had all the GI Joes and assorted gear (uniforms, jeep, weapons, etc) I had as a kid, I would retire today. Those things are worth a fortune now.

[JCG]

More psychobabble.

Indeed.

In my 1940s childhood we played army from dawn to dusk -- or cowboys and indians -- or cops and robbers.  We had all manner of toy guns.  We shot each other with caps, suction cup darts and water.  We heaved dummy hand grenades and fought hand to hand with rubber knives.  Such conduct was far more prevalent among us than it is today.

So the question is: if so-called "violent" toys are the problem, why wasn't my generation far more violent than the ones that have succeeded it?

 America's Fifth Column ... watch PBS documentary JIHAD! In America -- here

 For better viewing download 8Mb file here

[R. Scott]

What? No Barf Alert?
If we were to work our way into being a completely non-violent society, with no aggressive or violent tendencies, how long would we – as a Nation – survive?
It would be extremely difficult to suddenly turn a generation of non-violent non-aggressive youth into the killers we would need in time of war.

[governsleastgovernsbest]

"groups . . . claim the toy promotes violent behavior."

Wrong. The toy doesn't promote violent behavior, it responds to the fact that little boys, like grown men, have aggressive impulses.

You could put a thousand Barbies in a room with typical little boys, and it wouldn't "promote" feminine qualities in them. Within a few minutes, the boys would be happily bashing each other the head with the dolls, building skyscrapers with them and delighting in knocking them down, etc.

Our behavior lies in our genes, not in our toys.

[Feckless]

That "violent behavior" and the ability to mold, harness, channel, and enhance it has kept this country free for over 200 years.

[Boonie Rat]

"G.I. Joe has been a part of our culture for nearly 40 years and represents core American values - patriotism, honor and bravery,"

Therein lies the problem, it represents American values. And Lord knows we can't have that kind of stuff 'round here.

Boonie Rat

MACV SOCOM, PhuBai/Hue '65-'66

[Orual]

Next Senate hearing: How to prevent violence against Daphne.

[ICU812]

If you think about it Osama and his terrorist network are kind of like COBRA... Only with camels.

[Gunner9mm]

Sounds like a good time to support good ole Joe. Although my kids are now grown, and I don't have any little guys around the house to amuse me, I think I'll go buy one or two GI Joe dolls just to aggravate the libs.

[jackbill]

Perhaps Daphne White should try marketing a set of "inaction" figures like Susan Sontag, Prof. Robert Jensen, et al, and see how many she can sell.

[WALLACE212]

Earth to liberal panty waists, if you want to be unarmed, unprotected, and non-violent, move to Tibet and see all the good non-violence has done for them. The rest of us prefer to be free, have real heroes, and teach our children that violence isn't good; but is a neccessity in dealing with EVIL MEN WHO WANT TO KILL US.