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Elmo Live may be the hot toy of the season this year, but it's a cute little baby doll who is getting all the attention right now. Fisher Price's Little Mommy Real Loving Baby Cuddle and Coo doll is supposed to utter only one actual word: Mama. The rest of the sounds emanating from the speakers inside the doll are just cooing and giggling sounds. Or are they? Some say they hear the words "Islam is the Light" among the baby babble are demanding the toy be removed from the shelves. Gary Rofkahr of Owasso, Oklahoma says he bought the doll and was shocked by what he heard. "I have a 1-year-old granddaughter," he said. "It makes me mad that someone is trying to indoctrinate our children with an innocent toy."
But wait, there's more. Others say in addition to promoting Islam, the doll also utters the phrase "Satan is King". Now, that makes absolutely no sense to me as Islam is most definitely not a pro-Satan religion. Is someone trying to indoctrinate our children or just confuse them?
This may sound like a few parents getting up in arms over what is in all likelihood just a misunderstanding, but the Wal-Mart in Owasso is taking it seriously. They've pulled the doll from the shelves. And in response to emails from a local television station, Fisher Price's parent company, Mattell, has issued a statement on the matter. They admit that one of the baby noises may indeed sound like the word "light", but insist that the rest is just gibberish. "We have found that if told to listen for a particular phrase, you may hear something similar due to the power of suggestion," the statement says.
Have a listen for yourself and tell us what you hear.
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ReaderComments (Page 5 of 23)
10-10-2008 @ 8:42AM
FRANKEE said...I HEAR "GOO IN MY EYE"
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10-10-2008 @ 8:45AM
Katrina said...I worked for Parker Brothers Games and toys when it was in Salem but I've noticed since the job have sent over seas they have lead paint say such words as listed and even worse plus other defects .... BRING BACK OUR JOBS TO AMSERICA where we have control over the quailty and safety plus it would give America jobs that is needed.... no we weren't union and was paid very well and great benifits .... I'd work for them once again if they came back ..... unions, and sending our jobs over seas and people wanting cheap prices and junk for toys with poor quality, has broke this nation....
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10-10-2008 @ 8:45AM
Gail said...I doubt that "Islam is the light" will suddenly make a child Islamic!
If you live in America you can choose your religion. Being so paranoid that a doll will convert your one year old grandchild is truly a silly thing. By the time the child is old enough the toy will be history anyhow....it is probably made in China!
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10-10-2008 @ 9:33AM
Patrick philips said...Yea!! But we already see what the replublicans done for this country !!! With George W bin ladden bush. Putting Mccain in office is like replacing one idiot with another!!! Its like this if you want war and resession all the time then keep a replublican in office if you would notice (re)tard an (re)plublican to much alike for sensible people
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10-10-2008 @ 8:47AM
Boggie said...Islam is Evil!
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10-10-2008 @ 8:52AM
billd said...While I am sure this peron is mistaken and looking for a reason to perpetuate have. Maybe you shouldn`t be shopping at Wal mart... They are an evil company. Sending all of your money to China on cheap junk and offering their employees low salaries and no benefits.
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10-10-2008 @ 8:52AM
Natalie said...Has anyone thought about the fact that the sentence "Islam is the light" is pretty nonsensical, and for a small child probably completely meaningless? If your kid picked up on those words in that incoherent babbling they've got bigger issues then needing their doll taken away.
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10-10-2008 @ 2:04PM
Didi said...Whether or not a child understands the message, the fact remains that the message should not be there in the first place. We saw the dolls on the news today, and while I couldn't understand it, my husband, whose hearing is more acute than mine (unless I'm calling him), heard the message "Islam is the light." Call me any kind of phobic you like, but I wouldn't want my granddaughter to receive messages of any kind from a toy, without her parent's knowledge.
10-10-2008 @ 8:54AM
Lu said...How about "Science rocks" and "Richard Dawkins is the way"?
Whatever happened to the gay Teletubby and boycotting Hollywood over The Golden Compass??
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10-10-2008 @ 8:54AM
Lois said...Sometimes it seems at first read...that someone is getting over-excited over nonsense...being paranoid...but more than not lately...there does seem to be truth to these seemingly crazy accusations...some old sayings come to mind..."nip it in the bud'..."all it takes for evil to prevail is for good men to do nothing"...Rome burned while Nero fiddled...America is most certainly under attack from within..its primarily Christian beliefs...its freedoms...and its way of life...is reviled by certain groups...and they will insinuated themselves anywhere they can...to break America...if you refuse to believe that..you are either ignorant...or too scared to face it...neither of which can be helped unless you open your eyes to the harsh reality...the proof of an entities intent or character...lies not in what they profess...what they say...but in what they have done...to ignore that...is to ignore all logic...
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10-10-2008 @ 8:54AM
speedy5900 said...What do to expect from Wal-Mart shoppers.....Low prices = bad products! You get what you pay for. These overweight / cigarette - thin freaks think there getting a deal, nothing is free!
I think these are the same people that think Wall Street is the devil's work.
Please get a life and add to society to improve it............!
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10-10-2008 @ 8:59AM
CSNOWFLAKE01 said...I COULD CARE LESS WHAT HALF OF YOU ARE SAYING I TURNED THE SOUND ON MY COMPUTER TO MAX..... AND YES IT DOES SAY....... ISLAM IS THE LIGHT !!!
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10-10-2008 @ 8:58AM
lional said...I also heard "Israe-e-e-el, Israel is the light"
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10-10-2008 @ 9:03AM
speedy5900 said...What do to expect from Wal-Mart shoppers.....Low prices = bad products! You get what you pay for. These overweight / cigarette - thin freaks think there getting a deal, nothing is free!
I think these are the same people that think Wall Street is the devil's work.
Please get a life and add to society to improve it............!
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10-10-2008 @ 9:35AM
cb9670 said...I hear "Islam is the light" plain as day!! No babbling or baby coos in this doll. This is sick and creepy. How could anyone do this? I buy the Little Mommy dolls for my 2 year old neices. I wont be buying any now.
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10-10-2008 @ 9:04AM
Diane said...You can sure see who the people with an agenda are here. Please, go back to the country you left.
No, thanks, no subliminal messages for my little kids.
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10-10-2008 @ 9:03AM
babycakes said...This doll says Islam is the light. Hearing and seeing 100%!!
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10-10-2008 @ 9:09AM
INMATEWRANGLER said...JUST CHECKED THE DOLL AND IT SAYS IT LOUD AND CLEAR.
"ISLAM IS THE LIGHT"
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10-10-2008 @ 9:10AM
Jim Pike said...I am not surprised at this crap/. The Muslims are trying every way they can to alter our society to their craxy beliefs. They are dangerous and have ultimate goals that include murder of the "infadels" which they say are non-Muslims. What a bunch of crap. Check out how they treat their women, and the men are not really men. They dominate and abuse - lots of people. The Jews are right and the Muslims are secondary.
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10-10-2008 @ 9:20AM
donstillings said...Paranoia will destroy ya. This doll acts like an ink-blot test, giving each person the opportunity to tell us all what they are scared of. People who are scared of Muslims will hear, "Islam is the light." Scared of the devil? Then you hear a satan message.
My advice...Stop listening to plastic dolls.
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