Recently, a Bill was proposed to ban the sale Barbie dolls on the market. When I read this I presumed it that she was created using hazardous materials like lead or Uranium 238. Instead I find out that she is giving something more deadly, a thin body. "Delegate Jeff Eldridge says such toys influence girls to place too much importance on physical beauty, at the expense of their intellectual and emotional development." So government officials are doing their job after all, worrying about banning a children's toy and putting even more jobs at risk. Honestly I believe this to be very trivial because it's a toy used to inspire imagination of the child, not invoke the future of person. Not only that there are people who's jobs are to manufacturer and supply toys that children might want. Politicians never fail to prove they are the most idiotic people on the planet, worrying about something as surreal as this and not paying attension to what the people real need, hope and guidance in a declining economy.
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While I'm not sure I entirely agree with your argument (I believe such toys do more harm than good and think, thus, that it's not necessarily a trivial issue), I think you make a great point about the issues we ought to focus upon these days. That said, does focusing on the declining economy mean that other, less pressing issues be completely relegated to the backburner? Is that the solution?
ReplyDeleteEither way, this is well-written and powerfully put.
Love the title of the blog, by the way.
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