WARSAW — A Roman Catholic priest has touched off a controversy in Poland after news media quoted him describing toys like LEGO’s Monster Fighters as tools of Satan that lead children to the ‘‘dark side.’’
Then all our war criminal leaders must have played with them.
The Super Express tabloid quoted the Rev. Slawomir Kostrzewa urging parents to dump the LEGO series as well as Mattel’s Monster High. The remarks at a Sunday service in the town of Wolsztyn touched off discussion in predominantly Catholic Poland, which holds priests in high esteem.
Mainstream newspapers seized on the report, as did state radio. Parents took to Twitter to mock Kostrzewa.
Kostrzewa told the Associated Press the faces of the monsters and zombies are scary and undermine a child’s right to live in security.
So does war and poverty.
Though he denied connecting the matter to Satan, he underscored that corporations bent on profit do not have the best interests of children in mind.
That's why he is in trouble!
‘‘Toys are increasingly ugly and aggressive in form,’’ he said. ‘‘Many of them promote negative emotions and the aesthetics of death. In my opinion they have a negative influence on a child’s development.’’
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