{"id":7864,"date":"2012-08-22T09:18:34","date_gmt":"2012-08-22T14:18:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/kathyschiffer\/?p=7864"},"modified":"2016-09-30T15:58:48","modified_gmt":"2016-09-30T20:58:48","slug":"a-good-idea-morphs-into-skinhead-barbie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/kathyschiffer\/2012\/08\/a-good-idea-morphs-into-skinhead-barbie\/","title":{"rendered":"A Good Idea Morphs Into \u201cSkinhead Barbie\u201d?"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/148\/2012\/08\/Bald-Barbie.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-7867\" title=\"Bald Barbie\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/148\/2012\/08\/Bald-Barbie-300x228.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"372\" height=\"294\"><\/a>A few days ago, I posted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/kathyschiffer\/2012\/08\/vatican-newspaper-makes-the-case-for-bald-barbie\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\">an article<\/a> about <em>L\u2019Osservatore Romano<\/em>\u2019s expressed support for \u201cBald Barbie.\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0 In a weekend column, the Vatican newspaper had encouraged Mattel to consider selling the hairless doll in stores, for the benefit of children who have lost their hair due to chemotherapy or illness.<\/p>\n<p><strong>A reader sent me <a href=\"http:\/\/articles.orlandosentinel.com\/2012-05-30\/news\/os-white-supremacist-arrests-bail-20120530_1_sniper-rifles-fbi-agent-ak-47s\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">this link from the<\/a><\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/articles.orlandosentinel.com\/2012-05-30\/news\/os-white-supremacist-arrests-bail-20120530_1_sniper-rifles-fbi-agent-ak-47s\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\"> <em>Orlando-Sentinel<\/em><\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>KISSIMMEE \u2013 A <span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>\u201cskinhead\u201d Barbie doll<\/strong><\/span>,<!--more--> a knotted noose and AK-47s were seized in this month\u2019s raid of a compound in eastern Osceola County where a white supremacy group prepared for a race war, court records obtained Wednesday show.<\/p>\n<p>\u2026Other items included a silencer, a night-vision telescopic sight for a rifle, a sniper\u2019s camouflage suit, a sniper handbook, bullet-proof vests and black face masks, records show.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>I am confused:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Did the white supremacy group steal, then repurpose \u201cBeautiful and Bald Barbie\u201d from a local hospital\u2019s children\u2019s ward, disguising her in Army fatigues?\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Did they shave the head of a sexy fashion model Barbie?<\/li>\n<li>Did the \u00a0Osceola County Sheriff\u2019s Office misunderstand their find and mistakenly retitle a sick child\u2019s \u201cBald Barbie\u201d doll?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>It remains a\u00a0mystery.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A few days ago, I posted an article about L\u2019Osservatore Romano\u2019s expressed support for \u201cBald Barbie.\u201d\u00a0 In a weekend column, the Vatican newspaper had encouraged Mattel to consider selling the hairless doll in stores, for the benefit of children who have lost their hair due to chemotherapy or illness. 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