[Peace] Action? JC Penney War "Toy" (Unbelievable...) (fwd)

[Jim Buell]

Disgusting, says this dad. The somewhat good news is that Toys R Us (and 
Amazon, which markets their stuff as well) have removed this piece of trash 
from their wares. Due to outrage, no doubt.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000067R0E/qid=1039674335/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_1/103-6016032-6347866?v=glance&s=toys&n=507846 
- where a range of comments can also be found


This is a good time to remind people of this weekend's Peace Bazaar, by the 
way. And to put in a plug for a website that campaigns against violent toys 
- www.lionlamb.org. They put the 'Forward Command Post' at the top of their 
"Dirty Dozen" list of toys to avoid - http://www.lionlamb.org/Dirty_02-03.htm

jb

At 08:26 PM 12/11/2002 -0600, peterm at shout.net wrote:
>---------- Forwarded message ----------
>Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2002 11:42:44 -0800
>From: Alison Bailey <baileya at ilstu.edu>
>Subject: JC Penney War "Toy" (Unbelievable...)
>
> >
> >Dear Peace & Justice Friends,
> >
> >If it seems that the world is spiraling into an enormous black hole
> >these days, well then this JC Penney "war toy" goes beyond even what
> >I thought was possible to come out of our greedy and
> >unbridled/violent capitalist system, but take heart and let's not
> >give up this monumental struggle.  PLEASE do contact JC Penney to
> >make them take this "pre-bombed home" off their
> >shelves.
> >jmk/cjpe/fort collins, co
> >
> >Why?  JC Penney is offering a very disturbing gift for the kids this
> >year: "Forward Command Post," a "pre-bombed" home complete with a
> >soldier & an American flag to crown it with; all that's missing are
> >dead babies and their maimed refugee family.  JC Penney also offers
> >a "World Peace Keepers Battle Station" to help the innocents better
> >understand how it  is that War Is Peace.  For a photo of this
> >monstrosity, try:
> >
> ><http://www3.jcpenney.com/jcp/Products.asp?GrpTyp=PRD&ItemID=05b5baa& >am 
> p;RefPa>http://www3.jcpenney.com/jcp/Products.asp?GrpTyp=PRD&ItemID=
> >05b5baa&amp;RefPa
> ><http://www3.jcpenney.com/jcp/Products.asp?GrpTyp=PRD&ItemID=05b5baa& >am 
> p;RefPa>http://www3.jcpenney.com/jcp/Products.asp?GrpTyp=PRD&ItemID=
> >05b5baa&amp;RefPa
> >
> >or go to www.jcpenney.com search in the "Toys" section for: Forward
> >Command Post E-mail them at:
> >
> ><http://www.jcpenneyeservices.com/csrv/emailus.asp>http://www.jcpenne
> >yeservices.com/csrv/emailus.asp
> >Re: Item# IH655-0158A.  Please email and/or call J. C. Penney to protest.
> >
>
>
>
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