Oh, what? Now you're outraged?

So apparently, BrickArms, who've been around for a few years, are suddenly attacting the ire of whiny adults with nothing better to focus their attention:
{numbers in brackets correspond to my comments below}

A Lego-style figurine resembling an Islamic terrorist strapped with explosives and made by a small American company has caused an uproar among Muslims and non-Muslims alike.
The controversial miniature figure, created by Seattle-based Will Chapman as part of his BrickArms military fighters line, is a bearded militant with a face-covering hood, a tiny toy assault rifle, a little grenade launcher and plastic bombs that can be attached to an explosives belt. {1}
The character is called "Bandit — Mr. White" and sells for $14.
The jarring toy has outraged the British Muslim organization known as the Ramadhan Foundation, which called the figurine "absolutely disgusting," according to Sky News.
The foundation's chief executive, Mohammed Shafiq, complained that the toy is "glorifying terrorism." {2}
"I don't think there's any difference between someone that shouts hatred through a megaphone and someone that creates a doll that glorifies terrorists," he told Sky. {3}
"As a parent myself, I'm going to teach my children respect for the law and respect for each and every community. These are the lessons parents should be giving to their children — not lessons about weapons and violence."
Chapman, a father of three who operates the company from the Seattle suburb of Redmond, Wash., bristles at the notion that he is celebrating terrorism.
"We do not sell an 'Osama bin Laden' miniature figure," he wrote in an e-mail to FOXNews.com. "We sell a generic bad guy minifigure with a Ninja scarf head wrap, the same minifigure that we have been selling for over a year now, {4} with no associated 'outrage.'

{1} Uh, those are grenades (see image below) and pretty much every soldier out there carries them, so why not the bad guys?
{2} Do the criminals in the LEGO police sets glorify crime? Why not have bad guys to chase around?
{3} Didn't realize LEGOs were dolls. Hmmm. And how is it 'glorifying' a terrorist if he's there to be a target dummy?
{4} What he said - it's been on the market for over a year. Why are you outraged now?




By: Brant