Things That Should Be Illegal

[Uncanny Web-Slinger]

They were selling lingerie for kids over here, and shirts that say things like Pornstar, they stopped after complaints, but it shouldnt have happend in the first place.

That should seriously be illegal.

I gotta say i hate thos kiddie beauty pageants they do in America, the parents are psychos who live through their kids and doll em up in skimpy clothes and make-up.

Why the hell cant kids be kids anymore?

 

[Lejuan]

Difference being though, this, while likely inappropriately displayed among the other Barbies, is clearly marketed to the adult collector whereas the other is solely for underage children.

I dunno Nam, 6+ should still be 16+ IMO. But yeah, it's the point-of-sale context that grates rather than the product itself.

The Hello Kitty thing is part of the whole Japanese chic thing that started a few years back with manga and anime getting a foothold in mainstream Western culture. I haven't been to Japan, but I spent a few weeks in Taipei a couple years back and I couldn't get over the dress sense of the girls, who take their fashion cues from Tokyo rather than Beijing. Short skirts and knee-high socks seems to be the norm as soon as girls hit puberty. I can't put my finger on it - whether it was in the demeanor of the girls and/or those around them - but there didn't seem to be an overt sexual flavour to what they were wearing or how they were wearing it. So I kind of wonder about the sexualisation of our kids that comes from embracing styles and trends that assume a sinister character once placed in our cultural context.

That image of the girl in the pic only emphasises the sexual nature of the outfit by the pose she's assumed - every aspect of it is sexually charged (no doubt at the direction of the photographer or agent). Sexualising children to sell products is rampant in Australia - nowadays you can hardly walk into a kids' clothing store without being bombarded by images of girls assuming eroticised poses to sell otherwise innocuous looking apparel. WTF.

 

[devilof76]

Why the hell cant kids be kids anymore?

Because too many adults are insane. I've seen television clips of toddler beauty pageants where the girls were wearing fake breasts.

To be honest, I think any business, such as bars, etc. should be able to have smoking, just make sure it's posted outside saying it's a smoking establishment. You've been warned. If you go inside anyway, that's on you.

Absolutely. (Bars are just the ones that make me resent those laws the most.)

I'm so proud of you Ween.

 

[Lejuan]

They were selling lingerie for kids over here, and shirts that say things like Pornstar, they stopped after complaints, but it shouldnt have happend in the first place.

That should seriously be illegal.

I gotta say i hate thos kiddie beauty pageants they do in America, the parents are psychos who live through their kids and doll em up in skimpy clothes and make-up.

Why the hell cant kids be kids anymore?

Because too many adults are insane. I've seen television clips of toddler beauty pageants where the girls were wearing fake breasts.

US Pageant Star Eden Wood - isn't she just the CUTEST??!

(but yeh, she'd look heaps better with fake breasts - c'mon Mom, lift your game!)​

 

[devilof76]

What should not be illegal is pounding the crap out of the mother who dressed her child like that.

 

[Lejuan]

What should not be illegal is pounding the crap out of the mother who dressed her child like that.

Sadly I think she's second in line for a beating:

https://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/di...y-queens-botox-injections-20110514-1enb3.html

 

[thenammagazine]

What should not be illegal is pounding the crap out of the mother who dressed her child like that.

Nah, I'd prefer having her kids taken away and having her sent to prison after carving out her uterus with a spoon. Look at the ____ing **** in the background eyeballing the kid. I really don't understand this ____.

 

[devilof76]

It's called moral bankruptcy.

 

[thenammagazine]

It's called moral bankruptcy.

That implies they had morals to bankrupt.

 

[devilof76]

There are lots of moral codes out there. Just like there are lots of currencies. I think you'd be surprised how many aren't worth the paper they're printed on when it comes right down to it.

 

[thenammagazine]

There are lots of moral codes out there. Just like there are lots of currencies. I think you'd be surprised how many aren't worth the paper they're printed on when it comes right down to it.

Not really. One of the most common, and easiest ways to supplant a government is through counterfeiting it's currency (beit outside forces or the government themselves).

 

[devilof76]

Ok then. So you can see how a moral code can be equally worthless. People can profess their justifications, but logic dictates whether or not they have a leg to stand on in the end.

 

[thenammagazine]

Ok then. So you can see how a moral code can be equally worthless. People can profess their justifications, but logic dictates whether or not they have a leg to stand on in the end.

But then it becomes oxymorinic using "moral code" to describe their complete lack of ethics.

 

[devilof76]

That's because when people say ethics, ethical, etc., they are making the assumption that there is only one morality, it is the one they abide by, as does everyone else. They don't believe in judging moral codes, wouldn't know how, and lose their minds if someone questions theirs.

 

[azurepred]

To be honest, I think any business, such as bars, etc. should be able to have smoking, just make sure it's posted outside saying it's a smoking establishment. You've been warned. If you go inside anyway, that's on you. There is a bowling alley near me, a big one, that until the law was passed had smoking. They would only turn on the ventilation system when they got complaints. The air used to be so thick with smoke, that I used to stink of it. My hair and clothes smelled awful! I quit going there because it would burn my eyes to be in there. That was my choice not to go there anymore and I would've never insisted on the place going non-smoking.

And that's why most businesses won't have smoking. I say ____ that ____, I would not go into any bar, restaurant, etc that allows smoking, and a lot of people feel the same way, so that's business they would be losing. It's not like there's a lot of smokers that won't go to a bar or restaurant just because they don't allow smoking. Tbh, I hope they make cigarette taxes even higher and ban more and more places people can smoke cigarettes

 

[thenammagazine]

And that's why most businesses won't have smoking. I say ____ that ____, I would not go into any bar, restaurant, etc that allows smoking, and a lot of people feel the same way, so that's business they would be losing. It's not like there's a lot of smokers that won't go to a bar or restaurant just because they don't allow smoking. Tbh, I hope they make cigarette taxes even higher and ban more and more places people can smoke cigarettes

I dunno. Vegas seems to be doing pretty ____ing well despite allowing it.

 

[Darth Cruel]

Anti-smoking Nazis.

 

[Lejuan]

And that's why most businesses won't have smoking. I say ____ that ____, I would not go into any bar, restaurant, etc that allows smoking, and a lot of people feel the same way, so that's business they would be losing. It's not like there's a lot of smokers that won't go to a bar or restaurant just because they don't allow smoking. Tbh, I hope they make cigarette taxes even higher and ban more and more places people can smoke cigarettes

Depends on the nature of the business - restaurants shouldn't allow smoking IMO as the last thing I want to be invading my palate whilst I'm eating is someone's second-hand smoke. The primary function of a restaurant is for dining. But bars are different, and the clientele is typically different. The primary function is more social, and drinking and smoking are a part of that for many people.

I still remember when planes had a smoking section. Yeah, right, a smoking 'section' in a pressurised metal tube. Nice one humans

 

[azurepred]

I dunno. Vegas seems to be doing pretty ____ing well despite allowing it.

Well they allow everything in Vegas, so

Anti-smoking Nazis.

Damn straight!, now that's a war worth fighting

Depends on the nature of the business - restaurants shouldn't allow smoking IMO as the last thing I want to be invading my palate whilst I'm eating is someone's second-hand smoke. The primary function of a restaurant is for dining. But bars are different, and the clientele is typically different. The primary function is more social, and drinking and smoking are a part of that for many people.

I still remember when planes had a smoking section. Yeah, right, a smoking 'section' in a pressurised metal tube. Nice one humans

My point is that someone that doesn't smoke shouldn't be subjected to all the toxins in cigarette smoke. I've never ever ran into a problem with a bar or what not that had smoking, so it's never been an issue for me. This would not be an issue of any sort if cigarette smoke didn't have all the toxins that it does. If this was about Marijuana smoke, I wouldn't have such an opinion on it. I've tried cigarettes before and I'll never understand how ppl can pay so much in a year just for those stupid things. I wander if Marijuana was legal, if cigarette sells would plumit?

 

[devilof76]

Restaurants do make sense as non-smoking venues, but they still have the right to decide for themselves.

Er, had the right, until it was stolen.

And that's why most businesses won't have smoking. I say ____ that ____, I would not go into any bar, restaurant, etc that allows smoking, and a lot of people feel the same way, so that's business they would be losing. It's not like there's a lot of smokers that won't go to a bar or restaurant just because they don't allow smoking. Tbh, I hope they make cigarette taxes even higher and ban more and more places people can smoke cigarettes

You are aware that all bars had smoking up until ten years ago, right? It's not like they were struggling.

You have a right to not be subject to smoke, and it is within your power to not go into places that allow smoking. Don't subject yourself to it. What you don't have is a right to force places which you do not own to obey your whims using the power of brute police force.