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Kraken
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 Posted: 03-Apr-2003 15:36 Post subject: [Repressing the Urge to Chew Someone Out] |
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Some of you may remember how last November McDonald's gave out some little Transformers toys with their Happy Meals. Two of them- figures called Megatron and Demolishor- transformed into tanks.
A few weeks ago, those toys finally hit Australia. You'll need Adobe Acrobat to read it, but on www.seibertron.com in their news bar (right-hand side of the screen on the main page) they have a copy of a report stating that these two toys have been pulled. The reason? A bunch of child psychiatrists protested the toys, saying that kids would be traumatized if they had to see tanks in their Happy Meals during a time of war.
I wonder if any of these brainiacs ever considered the possibility that war toys may just *help* kids by allowing them to work out their anxieties and that if they didn't work that's what the parents were there for.
Quacks. All of them. Quacks.
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Kyu Kage
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| Posted: 04-Apr-2003 05:23 Post subject: RE: [Repressing the Urge to Chew Someone Out] |
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Ummmmmm, they're still available.....
The ads are still running on TV, and if you go in and buy a happy meal, you get a choice between one of a whole bunch of transformers, or these little dolls (I forget what they are exactly).
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chihawk
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| Posted: 04-Apr-2003 06:06 Post subject: RE: [Repressing the Urge to Chew Someone Out] |
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On 2003-04-04 05:23, Kyu Kage wrote:
Ummmmmm, they're still available.....
The ads are still running on TV, and if you go in and buy a happy meal, you get a choice between one of a whole bunch of transformers, or these little dolls (I forget what they are exactly).
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Which is what happens here when McDonalds has a toy which may not be appropriate for a some kids, they offer a different toy.
Classic case of over-reaction here.
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Sir Henry
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| Posted: 04-Apr-2003 07:38 Post subject: RE: [Repressing the Urge to Chew Someone Out] |
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Just a little bit......
Typical...............
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chihawk
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| Posted: 04-Apr-2003 15:47 Post subject: RE: [Repressing the Urge to Chew Someone Out] |
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I wasn't refering to McDonald's....
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