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Guy Fawkes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-04 04:03 PM Original message |
To: Parents of tweens Subject: Dressing |
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skooooo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-04 04:07 PM Response to Original message |
1. No dress codes? |
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Guy Fawkes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-04 04:09 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. They have tried, but to no avail. |
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goddess40 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-04 07:13 AM Response to Reply #1 |
92. They selectively enforce them or don't enforce them at all |
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genius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-04 02:43 PM Response to Reply #1 |
145. There is no correlation between clothes and sex. Adam and Eve were naked |
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Endangered Specie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-04 12:05 AM Response to Reply #1 |
165. Yeah, all you need is some perverted administrator... |
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gollygee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-04 04:09 PM Response to Original message |
3. "Pluck my cherry" ??? Where is that OK? (m) |
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Guy Fawkes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-04 04:11 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. That is another problem... Someone has to get the stores |
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greenbriar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-04 04:13 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. as a mother of a tween, it is hard to find decent clothes that don't make |
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Guy Fawkes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-04 04:20 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. As a theater geek, I have known many "goths" |
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leftistagitator (701 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-04 06:11 PM Response to Reply #5 |
61. So they banned the black cloths? |
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Guy Fawkes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-04 06:15 PM Response to Reply #61 |
62. Schools do allow hair dye once you hit HS... |
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leftistagitator (701 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-04 12:43 PM Response to Reply #62 |
99. Mine didn't... |
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salin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-04 12:54 PM Response to Reply #5 |
135. Great Response! |
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Endangered Specie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-04 12:06 AM Response to Reply #5 |
166. Why ban the "Goth" look, |
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RivetJoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-04 11:37 AM Response to Reply #5 |
172. You get to dress other people's kids? |
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Randers (252 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-04 11:46 AM Response to Reply #5 |
175. As a teen, my daughter chose |
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MrSandman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-04 05:15 PM Response to Reply #4 |
30. People buy them, thet will stock... |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-04 05:16 PM Response to Reply #3 |
31. Me too |
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Guy Fawkes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-04 05:18 PM Response to Reply #31 |
34. I helped out at a middle school "rec night" once... |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-04 05:25 PM Response to Reply #34 |
40. It's bad |
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GodHelpUsAll2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-04 06:29 PM Response to Reply #34 |
65. Amen |
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LibertyLover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-04 11:38 AM Response to Reply #3 |
173. Clothing for kids |
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LibertyLover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-04 11:46 AM Response to Reply #3 |
176. Clothing for kids |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-04 04:16 PM Response to Original message |
6. Pubescent girls have always wanted to dress like tarts |
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cally (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-04 07:43 PM Response to Reply #6 |
75. Finally, another person who called certain shoes |
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Zookeeper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-04 10:16 PM Response to Reply #75 |
121. I've always called them... |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-04 09:03 PM Response to Reply #121 |
158. I Think We May Have Hung Out |
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Zookeeper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-04 09:22 PM Response to Reply #158 |
160. Hmm, I remember... |
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genius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-04 09:42 PM Response to Reply #6 |
163. Good advice. |
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BeHereNow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-04 04:17 PM Response to Original message |
7. Consider this... |
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Cheswick2.0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-04 05:37 PM Response to Reply #7 |
49. you have got to be kidding me |
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BeHereNow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-04 02:38 AM Response to Reply #49 |
86. I am a Christian |
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progressivebydesign (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-04 03:38 PM Response to Reply #86 |
111. Actually, pornographic addiction is a HUGE Christian issue! |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-04 10:24 PM Response to Reply #111 |
122. Hmmm |
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Atheist-Archon (1 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-04 02:07 PM Response to Reply #86 |
141. Heyya BHN! [NT] |
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BeHereNow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-04 03:34 PM Response to Reply #141 |
149. Well Heyya to you too! |
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Big Kahuna (903 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-04 04:18 PM Response to Original message |
8. When I was a kid, the adults said the same thing. |
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Guy Fawkes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-04 04:21 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. You have to draw the line someplace! |
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moez (638 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-04 04:31 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. My guess is... |
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Big Kahuna (903 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-04 05:28 PM Response to Reply #11 |
42. Keep guessing. |
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Guy Fawkes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-04 05:33 PM Response to Reply #42 |
45. Tell me, have you ever heard of "rainbow parties"? |
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Big Kahuna (903 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-04 05:39 PM Response to Reply #45 |
50. Ok.. |
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Guy Fawkes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-04 05:45 PM Response to Reply #50 |
53. In a nutshell... |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-04 06:23 PM Response to Reply #53 |
64. Lipstick was (re?)INVENTED for exactly that reason. |
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Massacure (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-04 07:43 AM Response to Reply #42 |
94. This 16 year old hasn't done anything of that. |
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barackmyworld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-04 02:14 PM Response to Reply #94 |
106. that does not occur |
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YellowRubberDuckie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-04 02:16 PM Response to Reply #42 |
143. Welcome to DU Big Kahuna!! |
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Big Kahuna (903 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-04 04:54 PM Response to Reply #10 |
16. Not really. |
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Guy Fawkes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-04 04:57 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. There is something else behing teen sex. That would require another rant.. |
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kath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-04 05:03 PM Response to Reply #16 |
21. Wait just a minute now, Kahuna -- you're not implying that abstinence |
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Big Kahuna (903 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-04 05:40 PM Response to Reply #21 |
51. No. |
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bo44 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-04 05:17 PM Response to Reply #16 |
116. It's a start. Consider the consequences of letting kids play act adult |
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bread_and_roses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-04 05:37 PM Response to Reply #8 |
48. I support you on the impact of a warped |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-04 07:38 PM Response to Reply #8 |
73. There's a difference between being open about sexuality |
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KitSileya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-04 06:59 AM Response to Reply #8 |
89. I'm sorry, but Europe's got the same problems. |
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Only Me (631 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-04 04:40 PM Response to Original message |
12. I really applaud this post. This is really aproblem. |
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bread_and_roses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-04 05:27 PM Response to Reply #12 |
41. Yes, and I know parents just like you |
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Only Me (631 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-04 05:54 PM Response to Reply #41 |
55. While I understand your point... I have no plan to back fire. I agree |
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bread_and_roses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-04 06:09 PM Response to Reply #55 |
60. Of course |
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Nikia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-04 04:40 PM Response to Original message |
13. We had a pretty strict dress code at my school |
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Guy Fawkes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-04 04:42 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. We have the same rules... I wonder why so many students don't get |
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Nikia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-04 05:15 PM Response to Reply #14 |
28. At our school, it was actively enforced |
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Massacure (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-04 07:48 AM Response to Reply #13 |
95. These are similar to the rules at my highschool right now. |
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LizW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-04 04:52 PM Response to Original message |
15. Where is this? |
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Guy Fawkes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-04 04:56 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. The school police officer had not yet arrived to break up the smokers... |
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in_cog_ni_to (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-04 04:59 PM Response to Original message |
19. Thank G-d I have a son. |
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bread_and_roses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-04 05:03 PM Response to Original message |
20. My guess is that the sixth grader was lying |
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Guy Fawkes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-04 05:05 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. True to a point, but parents socialize you from a very early age... |
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bread_and_roses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-04 06:02 PM Response to Reply #22 |
57. And kids start hearing "sex talk" in Kindergarden |
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progressivebydesign (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-04 03:46 PM Response to Reply #20 |
112. My 8th grader wouldn't know what it means... |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-04 05:08 PM Response to Original message |
23. Maybe this is a good argument for school uniforms. |
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Guy Fawkes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-04 05:10 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. I still don't like the idea of school uniforms... |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-04 05:19 PM Response to Reply #25 |
36. Well, it's only conformity in school, not elsewhere. |
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Nikia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-04 04:21 AM Response to Reply #36 |
88. I wear a uniform at work |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-04 05:22 PM Response to Reply #23 |
38. I never thought I would, but I like uniforms now |
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kayell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-04 05:24 PM Response to Reply #23 |
39. I used to hate the idea of uniforms, but |
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Nordic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-04 05:09 PM Response to Original message |
24. It's very disturbing what they're selling in shopping malls |
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kitkatrose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-04 01:29 PM Response to Reply #24 |
101. Uhhhh, IIRC, |
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TransitJohn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-04 01:47 PM Response to Reply #101 |
103. Isn't it from Apocalypse Now? |
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JPJones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-04 02:28 PM Response to Reply #103 |
108. Full Metal Jacket n/t |
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TransitJohn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-04 09:17 PM Response to Reply #108 |
118. Doh!! (nm) |
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TransitJohn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-04 01:45 PM Response to Reply #24 |
102. I'm with you |
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Ravenseye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-04 05:12 PM Response to Original message |
26. My Plan |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-04 05:13 PM Response to Original message |
27. Call me crazy but this is the symptom, not the problem |
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Guy Fawkes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-04 05:15 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. Very little media influences this sort of thing. Perhaps we should just |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-04 05:17 PM Response to Reply #29 |
32. Not just the media...but they are culpable |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-04 05:30 PM Response to Reply #32 |
43. This may be a biased survery, but . . . |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-04 05:35 PM Response to Reply #43 |
47. Oh I definitely don't think we're having more or less sex |
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kayell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-04 05:31 PM Response to Reply #32 |
44. "sexuality is sold as a product in all of our media" |
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progressivebydesign (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-04 03:50 PM Response to Reply #27 |
113. Perhaps my 12 year old is such a gem because we don't watch tv. |
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TrustingDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-04 05:17 PM Response to Original message |
33. everywhere you turn, it seems like there is a deliberate... |
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otohara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-04 05:18 PM Response to Original message |
35. My Son & The Pants Thing |
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Guy Fawkes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-04 05:21 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. I always enjoyed my Cargo pants... tons of places to put my computer gear |
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bobbieinok (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-04 01:53 PM Response to Reply #35 |
104. is it true that this 'pants style' is what sex victims in prisons wear???? |
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lazarus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-04 12:08 AM Response to Reply #104 |
167. No |
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RazzleCat (336 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-04 01:17 PM Response to Reply #35 |
136. Them Hanging Pants on the Boys |
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neebob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-04 05:35 PM Response to Original message |
46. Parent of pants-around-the-ankles here |
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barackmyworld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-04 05:43 PM Response to Original message |
52. it's getting them earlier and earlier... |
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Nevernose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-04 05:50 PM Response to Original message |
54. Maher on hookers; I can't buy my kid any decent lothes |
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LizW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-04 06:08 PM Response to Reply #54 |
59. I buy decent-length shorts from |
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progressivebydesign (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-04 03:54 PM Response to Reply #54 |
114. No pants with words on the ass, here! |
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onebigbadwulf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-04 05:59 PM Response to Original message |
56. Damn, I wish I went to your highschool. |
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Guy Fawkes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-04 06:02 PM Response to Reply #56 |
58. You, sir, disgust me. |
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neebob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-04 06:46 PM Response to Reply #58 |
69. Aw, c'mon |
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Guy Fawkes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-04 06:52 PM Response to Reply #69 |
70. I am a member of society. This is society's problem |
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neebob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-04 07:42 PM Response to Reply #70 |
74. OK, I agree it's a societal problem |
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Guy Fawkes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-04 07:47 PM Response to Reply #74 |
77. The hitting was sarcasm... |
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Djinn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-04 09:18 PM Response to Reply #70 |
159. I think you need to look into paedophilia a bit more |
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JanMichael (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-04 06:19 PM Response to Reply #56 |
63. You either forgot the < /sarc > or you're about, hmmm, 12 years old? |
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onebigbadwulf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-04 06:41 PM Response to Reply #63 |
67. I'd expect this kind of thread at free republic not at DU |
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Guy Fawkes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-04 06:46 PM Response to Reply #67 |
68. You don't care that a 6th grader is sending a "come take me home" message |
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DrWeird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-04 06:54 PM Response to Reply #68 |
71. Yes, you can never be to careful. That's why I advocate uniforms |
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Easy (52 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-04 12:49 PM Response to Reply #71 |
134. I agree 100% |
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Djinn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-04 09:23 PM Response to Reply #71 |
161. thanks DrWeird |
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onebigbadwulf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-04 09:45 PM Response to Reply #68 |
85. I think you're over-reacting |
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jonnyblitz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-04 08:31 AM Response to Reply #67 |
98. I thought the same thing. Sounds like prissy right-wing whining. |
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DrWeird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-04 06:36 PM Response to Original message |
66. Age old problem. |
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Djinn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-04 09:27 PM Response to Reply #66 |
162. I got an education from my grandmother before she died |
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walldude (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-04 07:10 PM Response to Original message |
72. Maybe instead of |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-04 07:06 AM Response to Reply #72 |
91. Now wait. |
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walldude (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-04 10:10 PM Response to Reply #91 |
120. Well mine are only 6, 8, and 10 |
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Cats Against Frist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-04 05:28 PM Response to Reply #72 |
117. Shunning and humiliation are actually an excellent solutions to this |
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juslikagrzly (646 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-04 07:45 PM Response to Original message |
76. This is a problem |
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Zookeeper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-04 10:45 PM Response to Reply #76 |
123. When my daughter was eight... |
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TheCentepedeShoes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-04 07:50 PM Response to Original message |
78. Don't know quite where to jump in but |
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stavka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-04 07:55 PM Response to Original message |
79. Kids and wearing knickers! Balderdash! |
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cally (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-04 08:08 PM Response to Original message |
80. The cherry shirt is a dubplicate of one that I flipped out |
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AlFrankenFan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-04 08:09 PM Response to Original message |
81. Being a freshman in high school |
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sadiesworld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-04 08:12 PM Response to Original message |
82. I always laugh when I hear the "uniforms stifle individuality" tripe. |
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Sugarbleus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-04 09:43 PM Response to Reply #82 |
84. My student goes to a school out here in the west where the |
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barackmyworld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-04 02:10 PM Response to Reply #82 |
105. not everybody does that |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-04 02:20 PM Response to Reply #82 |
107. I'm of the same opinion |
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barackmyworld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-04 12:08 AM Response to Reply #107 |
127. so how do you propose kids express themselves in school? |
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Ron Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-04 12:22 AM Response to Reply #127 |
128. Ideally, in English (or another language), with music, poetry, |
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LeftPeopleFinishFirst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-04 11:54 AM Response to Reply #128 |
132. What about art? |
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Ron Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-04 03:43 PM Response to Reply #132 |
150. Yes, clothing is art. But there are many times and places other than the |
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LeftPeopleFinishFirst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-04 05:29 PM Response to Reply #150 |
153. Or... |
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Ron Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-04 11:59 PM Response to Reply #153 |
164. How about this plan for a school day: |
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LeftPeopleFinishFirst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-04 10:19 AM Response to Reply #164 |
169. How about let's just produce lots and lots of clones? |
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Ron Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-04 11:30 AM Response to Reply #169 |
170. I don't understand how the sort of schedule I proposed would produce |
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LeftPeopleFinishFirst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-04 11:35 AM Response to Reply #170 |
171. Doing your own thing... "Traditional" threw me off, I suppose. |
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Ron Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-04 11:54 AM Response to Reply #171 |
177. Right. It's like not allowing your kid dessert until he eats his |
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LeftPeopleFinishFirst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-04 12:00 PM Response to Reply #177 |
178. But instead of doing it that way... |
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Ron Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-04 01:45 PM Response to Reply #178 |
180. I fully agree that the kid's solo project should be part of the academic |
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LeftPeopleFinishFirst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-04 05:45 PM Response to Reply #180 |
181. We agree mostly... |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-04 12:31 AM Response to Reply #127 |
129. I really don't understand the neccesity... |
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LeftPeopleFinishFirst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-04 11:53 AM Response to Reply #107 |
131. But what about people who alter/design their clothes themselves? |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-04 01:45 PM Response to Reply #131 |
138. Sure...O-kay. |
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LeftPeopleFinishFirst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-04 01:54 PM Response to Reply #138 |
139. Creativity isn't taught. Only the individual can cultivate it. |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-04 03:13 PM Response to Reply #139 |
146. Hmmm... |
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LeftPeopleFinishFirst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-04 05:27 PM Response to Reply #146 |
151. This isn't about the six year old issue |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-04 06:15 PM Response to Reply #151 |
157. Great! |
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LeftPeopleFinishFirst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-04 11:50 AM Response to Reply #82 |
130. That's not always true. |
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sadiesworld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-04 12:22 PM Response to Reply #130 |
133. Is anyone preventing you from making your own clothing? |
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LeftPeopleFinishFirst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-04 01:43 PM Response to Reply #133 |
137. Who says I don't get involved in that sort of thing? |
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sadiesworld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-04 03:30 PM Response to Reply #137 |
148. I referred to theater b/c of costume design. |
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LeftPeopleFinishFirst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-04 05:28 PM Response to Reply #148 |
152. Yeah, I got that after i re-read |
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Ms. Toad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-04 02:28 PM Response to Reply #133 |
144. As a former teacher |
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Mysterious (4 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-04 12:25 PM Response to Reply #82 |
179. Good Point |
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progressivebydesign (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-04 09:10 PM Response to Original message |
83. Our schools have dress codes... and they stick. |
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LibDemAlways (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-04 03:09 AM Response to Original message |
87. In my So. Calif. suburb |
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SarahB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-04 07:04 AM Response to Original message |
90. It's called parenting. |
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progressivebydesign (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-04 03:32 PM Response to Reply #90 |
110. Did you read my post a few above yours? |
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bobthedrummer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-04 07:18 AM Response to Original message |
93. "Boy Magnet" with graphics is printed on the crotch of some girls cotton |
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October (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-04 08:29 AM Response to Original message |
96. Agree |
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October (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-04 08:29 AM Response to Original message |
97. Agree |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-04 12:49 PM Response to Original message |
100. Whatever the maket will bare..er, bear. Not a problem in Darfur. |
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genius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-04 02:53 PM Response to Original message |
109. Lighten up. Kids like that often have parents following to protect them |
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Christof (469 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-04 03:55 PM Response to Original message |
115. I don't like the thought of kids being forced to wear uniforms. |
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kittykitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-04 10:05 PM Response to Original message |
119. anyone familiar with the cartoon "For Better or for Worse? It |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-04 11:37 PM Response to Reply #119 |
125. I love that comic strip. |
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kittykitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-04 03:26 PM Response to Reply #125 |
147. Me too! Michael was in middle school, and Elizabeth was still in |
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LeftPeopleFinishFirst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-04 11:00 PM Response to Original message |
124. I'm 17, and even I don't remember clothes being this bad when I was a kid |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-05-04 11:55 PM Response to Original message |
126. I am totally with you on this. |
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Catholic Sensation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-04 02:01 PM Response to Original message |
140. most of you can't say anything about modern trends |
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LeftPeopleFinishFirst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-04 05:30 PM Response to Reply #140 |
154. Or oh! wait! |
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JohnKleeb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-04 12:09 AM Response to Reply #154 |
168. eeeeek those are hideous |
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SayitAintSo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-04 02:08 PM Response to Original message |
142. The 60 Minutes clip on Porn suggested that the widespread |
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Trahurn (297 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-04 05:33 PM Response to Original message |
155. I can understand you concern |
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LeftPeopleFinishFirst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-04 05:49 PM Response to Reply #155 |
156. If I may... |
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Ripley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-04 11:43 AM Response to Original message |
174. Faith is always in Fashion. |
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