Jeebus, people, give it a rest. It's Halloween. A boy in a princess costume has as much likelihood of growing up to be a transvestite or gay as a kid in a vampire costume is to become a blood-sucking fiend. Okay, maybe a marginally better chance, but do people not understand what a COSTUME is? My boy is dressing as a hot-pink fish/frog monster this year.
Lame! Those are almost all commercially made costumes. Where's the creativity? I'd rather see pics of costumes people made themselves. I'm making my kid a murlock costume this year from World of Warcraft.
The writer of this article needs to do some research. Pole dancing hardly started out in strip clubs. In East Asia, (India? Indonesia?) pole dancing has been a men's sport for quite some time. Watching the athletes compete on a wooden pole is pretty amazing, and I'm certain that's where the guy mentioned got his "body flag" maneuver, since that's a standard staple of the indigenous competitions.
This is a non-issue to me. Of course he's perfectly in his rights to offer discounts to whomever he wants. He's not a gov't agent in any sense, so there's not a problem. He loses my business, but he'll get all the church-folk who like his style. More power to him.
I know that when I spend a couple thousand years buried under tons of dirt, I feel pretty flat myself. Let some filly in heat prance by, and they'll perk right up.
So she won the contest, I wonder if American Apparel will actually give her the job? I think she'd have grounds to sue if they didn't at this point. I look forward to seeing how this all shakes down.
I would prefer neither of the above. Instead, lets look at some methods that are actually corrective or reparative, rather than just punitive. Flogging is barbaric, and prison is both expensive and counterproductive.
Your modern smoke detector probably has fissionable material in it still. They use tiny amounts of Americium usually. When smoke in the air interrupts the glow of alpha particles, the alarm goes off.
Borders going under was one of the nicest bits of good news I'd heard all year. Borders ran my and gods only know how many other independent, local bookstores out of business. They're the Wal-mart of bookstores; they move in, dominate the market, then decide if it's worth staying. If not, they pack up & leave a town destitute for good books. Now if only Amazon would go down in flames...
Note the o-ring. This is an airtight container. Handy for holding some spare cash, but you could also have a Tardis that can warp time and space inside. Use with caution!
I'm an American who wears a Utilikilt regularly. Why exactly does the "Authority" think men should wear underpants under their kilt? It's not unhygenic, unless you're filthy anyway. A kilt is heavy enough, nobody gets to see under it unless you show them. I think Mr. Wilton is just being a neo-Victorian prude. That said, even in Victorian times, men did not wear anything under their kilts. Why start now?
Now if only Amazon would go down in flames...