Comments on: Al Qaeda Lego Toys!

By: Al

Al — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 15:08:11 +0000

I remember when I was playing with my toy soldiers (early 1950’s), the ‘bad’ guys had German WWII helmets.

This didn’t make me hate Germans just what the Nazi stood for.

By: Felice

Felice — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 13:06:16 +0000

“I am very passionate about speaking out against terrorism and extremism.”

Mr. Shafiq is also a very strong supporter of Obama (he cried when Obama won), calls the war in Iraq “illegal”, wants the closure of Gitmo, and has a healthy use of “neocons” on his blog.

By: Jason Trommetter

Jason Trommetter — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 19:11:19 +0000

I agree with Robert. It used to be boys would designate half the kids on the playground as Indians and the other half as Cowboys then chase each other around shooting pretend arrows and guns. Because of political correctness, you can’t do that anymore. I would think a more appropriate game for these times would be soldiers vs. terrorists. Imagine the arguments about who was in the blast radius when the suicide bomber blew up!

By: Mohammed Shafiq

Mohammed Shafiq — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 18:18:04 +0000

I must stress that I have been very outspoken against terrorism and extremism, just read our press releases and watch our videos on Yoube before you make statements that are not true.

I am very passionate about speaking out against terrorism and extremism.

By: Robert Jacobs

Robert Jacobs — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 16:22:01 +0000

Uh, need to calm down. Children always play with the good and bad guys. Cowboys & Indians, Cops & Robbers, toy soldiers (two sides, remember?) Pirates, Luke Skywalker & DarthVader, etc.

Anyone with a son knows that they play opposite sides and imagine battles between good and bad, with the child not always taking the side of the “good”. This is normal developmental play.

I think it is great. So many children have been thrust into the reality of terrorism that their “play out”, dealing with good and bad, are probably beneficial.

As to the Nazi, that is also fine, giving the child a chance to work with clearly “bad” guys and play/imagine fighting/winning and losing. I am a religious Jew and have no problem with it. I even take my kids to the nearby (San Diego) LegoLand from time to time and will continue to do so.

These are TOYS.