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Candy Pistol
Perhaps the most disquieting development in the candy novelty world is the 'Candy Pistol'. You place the barrel between your lips and pull the trigger to fire a candy bullet into your mouth. (These photos show a spontaneous quasi-performance piece that could have been titled 'Candy Darling' at the Lisson Gallery.)
Posted by anothersam at April 19, 2009 3:19 PM. 5 Comments
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Horrific! Take it off the market immediately!
Ummm.... I don't think kids equate this with suicide at all. I wouldn't. I think I remember having something like this as a kid. They just think it's cool that something shoots the candy into their mouth. But it is kind of weird.... hmmm... I don't know.
My first concern would actually be chocking. It matters not that the candy is small-the movement of the candy into the mouth in the manner at just the right angle could in fact cause the candy to become dislodged in the windpipe.
Secondary to that is that children do learn by emulation. Anythign a small child does teaches them soemthing-even if an adult refuses to admit it teaches them soemthing. When we give children toy kitchens what do they learn-to stir, to put lids on and off, and so on.
When we give our children toy guns of any kind they generally don't make the connection that they actually make people permanently dead. A real gun does not in fact dispense candy. What are we teaching our children with this.
This is wonderful, I'm ordering one for my kid pronto.
and to think they stopped making candy cigarettes ...