with reference to the skin lightening stuff in India, while I agree that a lot of that ties into the Indian caste system, but a huge part of is tied in strongly with the concept of 'brown englishmen' etc #brangelinajewelry
@rd2uk: I don't know, I saw skin lightening lotions all over Asia. I think it's just used to be a marker of wealth/beauty, like how it used to be cool to be overweight and pale in the US if you were wealthy and you weren't working all the time.
A side note, my friend was absolutely shocked when we first came across lightening cream, because she was so used to pale being undesirable. #brangelinajewelry
@Heidi Lengdorfer: totally agree with both of you, just saying that in the case of india colonization plays a huuuuge role in people wanting to be lighter skinned/speaking english/wearig western clothes etc. obv theres loads of other factors that play into all of this, such as those that ya'll have mentioned. #brangelinajewelry
I'm sorry but those are some butt-ugly necklaces Angelina. They look like that weird Lord of the Rings themed jewelry section in SkyMall magazines. #brangelinajewelry
I hope to god Regina Dinwiddie is not a "normal person." Call me an optimist, but I'd like to think that normal people don't glorify baseless murderers. #scottroederauction
Of course they have an agenda. They are a corporation and their agenda is making money. Bottom line Regina, it will cost them more money to defend allowing you to sell your shit than they will make allowing you to sell your shit. Case closed. #scottroederauction
Asked whether she believes the items glorify violence, Dinwiddie said she did not believe they did. "David and Goliath -- that's from the Bible," she said.
Yes. Because David and Goliath agreed to sit down and work out their problems amicably. Like it says in the Bible. #scottroederauction
Lawyer Jezzies - does this sort of thing fall under Son of Sam laws, with profiting from material related to a crime? I don't really have a grasp on the US legal system. #scottroederauction
@Dauphine: No it's not really about that. It's just a simple case of violating the auction policy at Ebay. I'm pretty sure you have to be convicted for it to be considered profiting from a crime (see: O.J.'s horrific "If I Did It" book pitch, canned not because it was illegal but because it was the worst idea in human history). #scottroederauction
Let's discuss profitting from MURDER shall we? Even if they share your "political" views on the supression of half the population, a business is in no way shape or form required to help you profit from an evil.
And I don't even think these views are political - I think they're religious, and as such on par with superstition.
I have to say, while these people defy reason and make me roll my eyes and throw up my hands, after Dr. Tiller's murder I was more upset after about my seemingly progressive friends that said things like, "Well, he shouldn't have been killed like that but he was a criminal and he did kill children."
At least you know where you stand with these crazies.
Where did Regina Dinwiddy find time to be an anti-abortion asshole-ivist? Shouldn't she be busy acting as a cartoonish antagonist in a Roald Dahl novel? #scottroederauction
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A side note, my friend was absolutely shocked when we first came across lightening cream, because she was so used to pale being undesirable. #brangelinajewelry
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Yes. Because David and Goliath agreed to sit down and work out their problems amicably. Like it says in the Bible. #scottroederauction
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And I don't even think these views are political - I think they're religious, and as such on par with superstition.
So there *tongue* #scottroederauction
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eBay is a private business. It is not a public forum. It has the right to take down whatever it finds offensive.
Ironically, if eBay were government-run, your whine about free speech would have merit.
But you're probably one of those liberty-lovin', governent-hatin' Republican cowgirls.
Suck it. #scottroederauction
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At least you know where you stand with these crazies.
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