They Should Nuke the Little F**ckers!
UNICEF bombs the Smurfs
UNICEF has produced a short Smurfs movie in which the Smurf village is bombed into rubble, leaving behind dead and dying Smurfs in a scene reminiscent of an Hieronymus Bosch painting. The video is part of a public education campaign on the ravages of war.
"We wanted something that was real war - Smurfs losing arms, or a Smurf losing a head -but they said no."
See? The UN can get tough.
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UNICEF bombs the Smurfs
UNICEF has produced a short Smurfs movie in which the Smurf village is bombed into rubble, leaving behind dead and dying Smurfs in a scene reminiscent of an Hieronymus Bosch painting. The video is part of a public education campaign on the ravages of war.
The short film pulls no punches. It opens with the Smurfs dancing, hand-in-hand, around a campfire and singing the Smurf song. Bluebirds flutter past and rabbits gambol around their familiar village of mushroom- shaped houses until, without warning, bombs begin to rain from the sky.
Tiny Smurfs scatter and run in vain from the whistling bombs, before being felled by blast waves and fiery explosions. The final scene shows a scorched and tattered Baby Smurf sobbing inconsolably, surrounded by prone Smurfs.
The final frame bears the message: "Don't let war affect the lives of children..."
"We wanted something that was real war - Smurfs losing arms, or a Smurf losing a head -but they said no." Boing Boing
Beyond my first reaction of WHY, is why would UNICEF want to anoint a generation of children to Post Traumatic Stress Disorder? It's bad enough adults get it and wrangle with it for years, but to purposefully give the disorder to kids who just want to play at recess ? ?
Am I in the Twilight Zone here ? I mean, why trash Smurfs - little kids like them, don't they? Why not really do a bang-up job and show real children getting blown up or getting squashed in earthquakes or drowned in floods or impaled on fence posts in a tornado or homeless because of a hurricane or kidnapped and raped or begging for food in a war zone? This world sucks bad, and all little kids should know the truth - not some cartoon caricature of some ephemeral bombing.
When I was a kid, I was traumatized when Bambi's mother died. I never got over it. Sheeesh.
Why do these assholes think teaching little kids the 'ravages of war' is a good thing? They will learn soon enough. Let them have a childhood.
Posted by: Phoenix | 10/09/2005 at 08:49 AM
NUKE THE SMURFS!
NUKE THE SMURFS!
NUKE THE SMURFS!
Posted by: Barney the Purple Dinosaur | 10/09/2005 at 04:12 PM
NUKE you, Barney, you little pervert.
Posted by: Phoenix | 10/09/2005 at 05:46 PM
I LUV YOU!
Posted by: Barney the Purple Dinosaur | 10/09/2005 at 06:30 PM
God, you are so disgusting.
You need to go over to that blog where everyone is a Beanie Baby and has about twenty asinine emoticons for each comment. OH G A G .....
Posted by: Phoenix | 10/09/2005 at 07:08 PM
CAN WE BE FRIENDS?
Posted by: Barney the Purple Dinosaur | 10/09/2005 at 07:55 PM
I hate you, you hate me!
Let's hang Barney from a tree!
Posted by: Macker | 10/09/2005 at 09:17 PM
I DON'T HATE YOU MACKER - I LOVE YOU!
YOU LOVE ME!
I LOVE YOU!
YOU LOVE ME!
THAT'S HOW IT GOES
DON'T YOU SEE?
Posted by: Barney the Purple Dinosaur | 10/09/2005 at 10:20 PM
Okay, Barney. We can play. Come on over and let's play Hide the M80 In Barney's Belly.
It is way fun. You will love it.
Posted by: Phoenix | 10/10/2005 at 09:45 AM
That...was one of the few GOOD things I got from my ex-wife's family!
Posted by: Macker | 10/10/2005 at 06:08 PM
What? You got an M80 or a Barney Belly?
:}
Oh! That lovely little Barney rhyme. hahahahaha.....
Posted by: Phoenix | 10/10/2005 at 07:13 PM