9/11 "Toys"
Small toys showing an airplane flying into the World Trade Center were packed inside more than 14,000 bags of candy and sent to small groceries around the country before being recalled.
Lisy Corp., the wholesaler that distributed the candy, said Friday that the toys were purchased in bulk from a Miami-based import company.
The toys came in an assortment purchased sight unseen from L&M Import (search) in Miami and included the toys depicting the Sept. 11, 2001, attack on the twin towers, whistles and other small toys, said Luis Pedron, Lisy's national sales manager. The invoice said the toy was a plastic swing set.
"I hate to blame the importer. He probably did not know what he was getting. He brings them in 40-foot containers. But whoever made it knew exactly what they were making," Pedron said.
Pedron said Lisy did not notice the small plastic figurines until two people complained, but there is no mistaking what the toys represent: At the bottom of each is the product number 9011.
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How about a few toys distributed around the Middle East showing American planes dropping bombs on the Kaaba and/or a particular mosque on Medina?
I know, it's not a war on all of Islam, just an extreme faction. And there really are moderate Muslims, such as the Muslims for Bush (hat tip to Donald Sensing). I'm just saying, "Imagine the outrage."
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Poisonous Rhetoric
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