Love to see you say something to someone's face who has tats. Fellin big from behind your keyboard? If you have a problem with the toys, don't buy them. If you don't like drugs, don't take them. If you don't like gays, that's your business. Don't like pole dancers, then you're either gay or a fat chick. It's intolerant people like you who are making this world worse.

What in the heck does that have to do with Obama? Really, doomed if he do doomed if he don't. That is the kind of society our kids are being raised in. Get a life

It has NOTHING to do with Obama, or tats, or Christians, for that matter. It has to do with intolerance, and nothing prettier.

Christ demanded that those "without sin" cast the first stone... not a single stone was cast.

I wonder if that would work the same today.

good to know that 0% of christians have had committed crimes. really glad.

sin knows no religion, get your head out of the sand

I think the tatoo barbie is sexy. If it weren't for her disproportionate boobs, I'd do her.

Studies indicate that 30% of Americans have tattoos, and that number is north of 40% for those under 30. So I hope you realize you're dismissing nearly a third of the population.

(As for myself, I'm an exec with a major software vendor, and I have, let's see, 11 of them. I guess I'm a lowlife by your standards.)

Already have a number of times, "can't use you". And Roger, yep and I doubt you're even a manager with showing tata.

"Don't like pole dancers, then you're either gay or a fat chick. It's intolerant people like you who are making this world worse".

so.. dissing tattoos and pole dancers isn't cool but gays and fat chicks are fair game? isn't that the same intolerance you were angry about? I agree, if you don't like the toys, don't buy them. That is the power of the consumer!

what a jackazz he is(cmon)..he must be drunk typing for it worries me someone like him might actually exist

Saintlov, not that i even care how you interpreted my comment, but i have many friends who are gay, and fat chicks rule! Merely pointing out the fact that we all need to appreciate hot girls who take their clothes off for money.

"Deemo-2034081 Love to see you say something to someone's face who has tats."

So all of a sudden a TAT makes you tough??? I'm going to quit the gym and get me a tat instead! You are a dumbars!!!

As for the Tattoo Barbie, if you don't like don't buy it.

Like Barbie has morals without tattoos??? Fake boobs, bleach blond hair, all of that porn star makeup, the stripper clothes, and people are complaining that the tattoos are immoral? LMFAO!!!

Watching Deemo and Cmon argue is like watching two retards trying to mate...only to have both of them fake their own orgasms.

Wow. Just wow. Frostbyte, I don't think I've read a more ridiculous screed in quite some time. Tattoos have absolutely nothing to do with competence in one's field, and if looks is what you want, you'd be better off in Hollywood. I don't have any tattoos, but if you're really the sort of person that wrote a post like this, I wouldn't want to work for you. You're a narrow-minded bigot.

And I wouldn't want to do business with you either. I'll take my money elsewhere.

and a dumba$$

Very Interesting yeah, acceptance and tolerance are SO sad. bonehead

And people with unstable morals need to reevaluate their lives

I agree with you totally. People these days don't have morals or common sense to know what is right or wrong.

exactly! s

Kids use fake tattoos all the time...my kids have been to some that did them at birthday parties. Relax people...tattoos don't make a person bad. I'm more disturbed by the barbie doll being unrealistic looking than her fake sticker tattoos.

Want to get upset about kid toys....try fake machine guns, plastic knives with fake blood oozzing from them and video games where it's cool to rape and murder women.

THAT"S DISTURBING!!!

Yeah, but the thugs, in the video games, murdering and raping women are sporting TATTOOS! Tats are trashy no matter how "artsy" they are thought to be, imo. Pole dancers...now that is definitely worth considering....without ink, of course.

Crazy.......

you are so right about the Thugs in those video games having tattoos....and it's to bad that they are correlating tattoos with bad people. Just another stereotype we have to fight against. Tattoos and body art has been around for centuries as a way to adorn the body. It's original meaning was nothing more than jewelry, hairstyles and long finger nails. It can be a beautiful artistic expression......but it has such a negative connotation because it has been seen on and used by gangs, bikers, prisoners and anyone portrayed as bad.

Adding a bit of historical context and how social morals evolve over time...lipstick was originally used by "ladies of the night" to advertise their willingness to perform oral sex.

Tattoos were originally used to mark a rite of passage, usually that of a young male into manhood. Today, the reasons run the entire gamut from wanting acceptance to honoring a lost loved one.

Barbie has always mildly paralleled social trends. Why not trend a little closer to reality...maybe Biker Slut Barbie, a one-boobed Breast Cancer Survivor Barbie, Lesbian Barbie, Goth Barbie, Emo Barbie, Trailer Trash Barbie, Psycho (insert your favorite hated party here) Politician Barbie, Meth Whore Barbie, Astronaut in a Diaper Barbie, Overworked Cube Dweller Barbie, Homeless Barbie, Child Killing Blame It On Another Racial Group Barbie...

Adding a bit of historical context and how social morals evolve over time...lipstick was originally used by "ladies of the night" to advertise their willingness to perform oral sex.

K Man, I don't know where you got that idea, but it's not true. Humans, both male and female, have colored their lips (and cheeks and eyes) for millennia. The idea that makeup signals sexual availability is a Victorian notion, and has not a lot to do with historical context or sexual morals, outside of that narrow frame.

Prostitutes in ancient Egypt for starters used lip stick to advertise oral availability. My comment wasn't a broadbrush assessment of the moral underpinnings of human facial adornment. It was made to illustrate how things taboo or socially / morally unacceptable are relative and mutable in terms of the meaning a particular culture assigns them.

Italy in the renaissance era actually legalized prostitution, and it was ran by the government. I think it still holds true today, some kind of brothel, maybe in Vegas..who knows? Get the idea?

It is a big deal ! These stickers could be the start of a child thinking tats are OK and that one day this child will be an adult who gets tattos and look like someone from the circus....Is that what you want ? Wise up, think of your children and grandchildren, get them on the right path....You might want to find a good Bible believing church that will tell you what God says about tattos.

We had fake tattoos when I was a kid, back in the 60s. I got them out of Cracker Jacks. I'm not sure but they might have been in Bazooka bubble gum too. You rubbed them on with the back of a spoon.

"Pole dancing, tattoos, drug addicts, and homosexuality is becoming the norm these days"... this statement is not only not "realistic", it's ridiculous. These things aren't the "norm"; sure, we may hear about it more, or see it more, but that does not mean it is the "norm", nor does it mean that some of these things are any more prevalent today than they have been since the beginning of time.

I agree with you totally. These things are not the norm and we should not expose our children to it. The world is in such a mess .....don't influence the kids with this garbage.People are not following Gods word they disobey him continually and will pay the price. Children are precious , don't teach them that tatoos are ok..... homosexual is ok or it the norm, The Bible says it's an abomination....Do you want your children to be this kind of person ? Think ...and do whats right , not what others do because you think it's normal. Don't disobey God for you will answer for it in the end .

Lindy - actually Realistic is somewhat right. One in four Americans are now tattooed - 40% of those between the ages of 26-40 have a tattoo. I don't personally have one. But while these other toys are way out there, I don't see anything wrong with the Tattoo Barbie. The kids are given temporary tattoos all the time at birthday parties, school, community events like the big Easter egg hunt and even at church events. Tattoos are pretty mainstream now and not a big deal anymore.

Deemo, this "free" country demands conformity in all things. It has become a real creepy place to live.

Lindy said:

These things aren't the "norm"; sure, we may hear about it more, or see it more, but that does not mean it is the "norm", nor does it mean that some of these things are any more prevalent today than they have been since the beginning of time.

Interestingly enough, as best as we can ascertain from a variety of historical sources, about 11-13% of the population is gay, and this has been the case for quite some time. It's not the *being* that is new. It's out there more because it is now (generally) possible to be honest about it without risking serious consequences.

You left out republicans and the tea-baggers (I mean partiers...) They definitely think it's their right...duty, even...to tell everyone else how to raise their kids. Just look at the Texas board of education (now there's an oxymoron) (Or should I say bunch of morons)

If there is any group that thinks it's their moral imperative to tell everybody else how to live, the prize must surely go to liberals.

There is constant judgement from the left on how people live their lives. And liberals are the ones pushing for bigger and more gov't, not the right.

Sorry, fiscalconserv, it's the opposite. You want to be in the bedroom, the classroom, the church... Get your republican big government out of my, and my family's, lives.

Tattoos won't keep you out of heaven but... you are not following God's word ,which is not to make any cutting on your body. You will pay and answer to GOD when the time comes.

To SayWhat?: You write "it's ok to be me & you" and yet you criticize all those who don't agree with your views. And to make fun of the overweight? What's YOUR addiction?

To SayWhat?: You write "it's ok to be me & you" & yet you criticize those who don't agree with your views. And to make fun of the overweight? What's YOUR addiction?

There's a radio station here that called it "Tramp Stamp Barbie" when it came out. They were making jokes about how we'd see "Crack Ho Barbie" and "Meth Mouth Barbie" next.

I'm not saying I support the viewpoint. Just saying that's what some folks see when they see Tattoo Barbie. They see tramp stamps, not body art.

In fairness not Christian, but "Christian"... these folks are not the people that Christ exemplifies. They're just not.

Christ demanded that those "without sin" cast the first stone... not a single stone was cast.

I'm sorry, but why would "Ivy League" be out for kids who play with these toys? I had several of these toys, or toys like them, and attended one of those Ivys. Playing with fake tattoos (and, later, getting a real one), helping my mom with chores with my own mini-tools, and fiddling with stylist and designer games, did not make me any less intelligent or any less of a person.

I do not believe that our "moral pole" has been shifted any more significantly than any other generation's. What was socially acceptable in 1910 was not acceptable in 1850, just like what is acceptable in 2010 was not acceptable in 1950. Times change, and often for the better. I think it is fantastic that girls today can grow up in a world where every avenue is open to them - whatever they may like to become... and even if she has a pole dancing dolly (a questionable choice, admittedly), she can still go to Harvard to get her PhD in Astrophysics. Or she can be pole dancer; who are we to say that she wouldn't have a fantastic life as a pole dancer? Peoples' interests, career choices, and personal choices do not necessarily have any bearing on their moral capacity.

Until the Ivy League recognizes the tatoo artistry to the level of being offered as dicipline(which to me is an art for some) or the art of pole dancing (I've heard the stories of Julliard as well - but the real world is frowned upon - may need to teach them the art of annomity), or validated research that the chances of having a fantastic life is not more of a probability than slim luck, then filling little childrens' dreams with the glamour of these sort of lifestyles is not only deluded but reckless. The realities of these worlds are dirty, dangerou, full of chemical use and dependancy, violence and a catalyst for underlying mental illness to brew to full fruition. Sure some mental illness give the psychosis of fantastic for the person, but not recommended that as a society that this becomes unleashed. Guarantee that the deviances we see in our now, will pale in comparison. :)

Also have heard of lawyers making their way through law school pole dancing and escort services, but do you think a child can mock that world with toy life with the mind of a child? That is age appropriate and only if you really need to due to dire straits. Best time spent is teaching children how to make solid decision with deductive reasoning.