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could hardly believe this sick 'gift' in M&S..

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hovely · 04/12/2006 15:08

...a desk-top rocket launcher (with little foam missiles)

Fabulous. Why not package it up with a few photos of children's bodies being carried out of buildings in Lebanon? Or a couple of shots of tanks on fire with soldiers in them from Iraq?

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GiraffeGotTheLastRoomInTheInn · 04/12/2006 15:10

eh? A joke, surely?

It would only be sick if you bought it for, say, a refugee from a war torn country IMO.

Lighthearted fun, it may not be to your taste but surely this is an extreme reaction, no?

zippitippitoes · 04/12/2006 15:11

is it that different to paint ball guns, and balster with foam discs and Warhammer games and Halo etc?

I si tbecause it is M&S it seems worse..?

PinkTinsel · 04/12/2006 15:12

odd thing to get upset about in the grand scheme of things. far worse things out there to be mad about imo

ruty · 04/12/2006 15:15

it sounds in fairly bad taste to me too.

ClementClarkeMoore · 04/12/2006 15:16

What??????????????????????

ruty · 04/12/2006 15:17

more comparable to a hand grenade paperweight or a desk top firing tank i think.

DizzyBinterWonderland · 04/12/2006 15:17

what's so odd about that? water pistols? spud guns? paint balling?

ClementClarkeMoore · 04/12/2006 15:18

I 'can hardly believe' your reaction tbh

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hovely · 04/12/2006 15:22

I guess it seems different because it is intended to be lifelike (miniaturised). It's not paintball or Halo or yet cowboys and indians or Dr Who galactic blasters or whatever. It is a detailed replica of something which in real life is currently in operation killing people.
and no, it's not because it is in M&S. They probably sell other kinds of toy guns, but to my mind this is different. It's menacing and thoroughly unpleasant.

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noddyholder · 04/12/2006 15:28

In bad taste maybe in teh current climate but hardly shocking Lighten up its Xmassssssssssss!

ruty · 04/12/2006 15:28

Great present for Tony Blair....

DoesntChristmasDragOn · 04/12/2006 15:34

There are things that are really worth getting worked up about. This isn't one of them.

I can think of someone it would be ideal for but I can't say who...

snowleopard · 04/12/2006 15:34

Hovely I do think it sounds revolting. Agree it is a sliding scale though. There are spud guns and toy swords and water pistols and they are more acceptable (though some people might not like them) - and at the other end of the scale things like landmines and torture implements would be sick as toys and I think this sounds more towards that end of the scale. I can't put my finger on exactly why, but I'd be shocked.

zippitippitoes · 04/12/2006 15:35

I think that was my first thought too!

WonderCod · 04/12/2006 15:35

lol
iod LOVE one of thsoe in an office

IdrisTheRedNosedReindeer · 04/12/2006 15:37

I don't feel shocked. Now am worrying that I should.

2shoes · 04/12/2006 15:39

me neither. sounds quite funny

WonderCod · 04/12/2006 15:40

oh fofr fucvks sake
they dotn FIRE babies into south;lebanon
tis a JOKE

fro GODs sake you lto willbe offended abotu anything

PinkTinsel · 04/12/2006 15:44

btw, was i the only one who thought m&s had started doing sex toys when they read the title of this thread

MrsArchieTheInventor · 04/12/2006 15:45

I think dolls dressed up as suicide bombers complete with suicide belts are a more valid thing to get upset about. Desktop toys like this have been around for years and years.

MerryMegandSnowySoph · 04/12/2006 15:48

bought my dad one of thoses missile things for his birthday loves it!!!

BethleCAM · 04/12/2006 15:48

Sounds like an office "toy", bit like a replica gun cigarette lighter

WonderCod · 04/12/2006 15:48

we got a rocket thign that FLEW OVER OUR HOUSE
it was unlebluivable

BethleCAM · 04/12/2006 15:52

That was one of your speeding fine crims trying to get you Cod

MerryMegandSnowySoph · 04/12/2006 15:52

and it says "Intruder you have five seconds to get away" or something like that. It looks like a robot.

He always gets my mum with it, when she goes in to make him a brew lol