I was xmas shopping on target.com for Playmobil toys, which I loved when I was a kid. Among their offerings are two different Roman arena playsets. I thought they were pretty cool, but I couldn't believe what these two stuck-up prigs wrote in their product reviews:

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"I'M APPALLED AT YOUR JUDGEMENT AND SELLING THIS "TOY" Reviewer: Proud to be a Christian "Mandy B" (Florida) Are you kidding me??! You need "0" stars above or a space where we can give our "real" feedback. What kind of sadistic toymaker would come up with this "toy" for a child age 4-8? or for any age for that matter? What was fun about the slaughtering of Christians by the Roman empire? What do you think the lions were for?? This is nauseating. I can't believe Target would sell such a disgusting toy just to make some $. I will not ever shop in your store again unless this toy is removed from your shelves. Mandy Bradstreet Past loyal Target cardholder and past frequent shopper"

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"Reviewer: Concerned Mother I am acutely disappointed with Playmobil for creating this toy and for Target offering it for sale. How can any thinking person consider a Roman arena an appropriate toy for a child? It begs the question: Where are the Christian martyr figures? The decadence and violence of the Roman arena is not an appropriate theme for anyone's play let alone that of a child. Are Playmobil and Target totally ignorant of history, or do they simply not care about children, violence and truth."

Yeah, why would you ever want your kids to learn about history?

11/20/2008 10:42:09 AM

Goddamn these people piss me off.

11/20/2008 10:44:20 AM

i thought you were a cash only guy


how you going to shop online with cash

11/20/2008 10:44:40 AM

didn't the coliseum games extend past and into the points where the the roman empire was christian? not all the games were means of attacking and persecuting christians.

11/20/2008 10:44:46 AM

this just in: crazy religious folks posting dumb shit on the internet

11/20/2008 10:45:35 AM

I want the Third Reich Concentration Camp playset

11/20/2008 10:46:32 AM

why do kids want to play with something lame like that anyway?

11/20/2008 10:49:20 AM

just buy them a bb gun instead

11/20/2008 10:51:35 AM

for real

11/20/2008 10:51:54 AM

That sounds like a cool toy

11/20/2008 10:53:44 AM

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"i thought you were a cash only guy how you going to shop online with cash"

Target gift cards work online. I use a debit card for online purchases if it's something I can't get elsewhere.

11/20/2008 10:53:49 AM

Because their 4-8 y/o kids obviously connect a roman arena with Christianity. It's all a myth anyways, so it shouldn't matter.

11/20/2008 10:54:24 AM

Personally, I can't wait for the Twin Towers Destructicon set to come out, complete with burnt plastic bodies and terrorist DVD!!!

11/20/2008 10:59:26 AM

^^I'm pretty sure there was nothing 'mythical' about many Christians meeting their gruesome death in Roman coliseums

[Edited on November 20, 2008 at 10:59 AM. Reason : ^^]

11/20/2008 10:59:36 AM

^ I'm not talking about the actual history, just the religion

11/20/2008 11:12:09 AM

ceiling cat wins thread

11/20/2008 11:18:08 AM

^^ah gotcha, that's opening a whole different can of worms.....

but i won't hijack this thread for a religious debate

and i need to get back to work

11/20/2008 11:21:18 AM

THERE'S NOTHING TO DEBATE. THEY BELIEVE SOMETHING WITH ZERO EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT IT.

UNTIL THEY PROVIDE ACTUAL EVIDENCE SUPPORTING THEIR SUPERNATURAL "THEORIES" THERE WILL NEVER BE A NEED TO EVEN ACKNOWLEDGE THEIR CLAIMS.

11/20/2008 11:23:18 AM

i don't think people will ever quit bitching about toys.

11/20/2008 11:25:13 AM

11/20/2008 11:28:46 AM

ahahah can't say I'm surprised SAAB showed up to troll on some religion

11/20/2008 11:29:52 AM

I bet those women don't even realize that many of the Christian martyrs went willingly to their deaths in the arena as a sign of faith.

11/20/2008 1:15:54 PM

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11/20/2008 1:37:17 PM