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sybann
08/20/09

In reply to Burkini Ban
RIIIIIGHT! Fabric is so foul and full of bacteria. Fucking stupid men.
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MargaretMoony
08/20/09

In reply to Burkini Ban
"children might be alarmed by the suit" really? Really? What's scary about a head covering, long sleeve shirt and pants? I'm pretty sure that kids have seen them all before.
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leukothea
08/20/09

In reply to Burkini Ban
In related news, cold-water divers die en masse due to the banning of dry suits. "It's a damn shame," one widower said, "but at least she didn't kick the bucket dressed like a terrorist."
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youbehim
08/20/09

In reply to Burkini Ban
I just bought a neon pink, zip up, one piece bathing suit from american apparel.
I think the kids will be more alarmed by me.
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wednesdayam
08/20/09

In reply to Burkini Ban
Damnit, nothing bugs me more than "the children might be frightened" as a reason for banning much anything. Especially a different swimsuit. You know what good parents do if the kids are alarmed? They explain things to the kids. Yeah. Crazy, I know!

And unhygienic? Please. Test the piss levels in a public pool and then come talk to me about hygiene...

Sounds like it's a good excuse for the mayor to exercise some xenophobic tendencies to me.
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shorty63136
08/20/09

@wednesdayam: This.
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Breamworthy
08/20/09

In reply to Burkini Ban
I wonder whether the "children might be alarmed" attitude is more "children might start questioning why they have to wear stupid frilly toddler-two-pieces when they'd be more comfortable in something like this".
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Meg
08/20/09

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I can't find a really extensive article related to this particular incident, with regards to the unhygienic factor, but if it's following the whole, these clothes could have been worn outside and therefore transmit germs line of thinking...yeah, no. This isn't street wear.
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ShanaElmsford
08/20/09

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I was hanging out on the beach with a friend whose twins (a boy & a girl) are very, very fair. She put them in a swimming outfit very similar to this. It was made out of swimsuit material and the swim cap also had a brim to keep the sun out of their eyes. She said it was more effective than smearing sunscreen on them every 20 minutes. I wonder if such a suit would be acceptable at this pool?
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SarahMC
08/20/09

@ShanaElmsford: "Either you wear a teeny bikini or you wear a full body suit that's extremely form-fitting so we can see every curve of your boner-inducing body."

I imagine that's what's going through some of these creeps' heads.
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shorty63136
08/20/09

@ShanaElmsford: That's a really good question. I've seen the effects of very fair children (and adults) who've been exposed to too much sun. Poor things. I had to set my cousin in front of a box fan in just his diaper and (carefully) smear aloe vera gel on him. I can't imagine that they would deny a child - so why an adult?
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boobookitteh
08/20/09

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There's always cause for alarm when people go out in public in a bathing suit. As for the hygeine - they should do as the Icelanders do. When you go to a public pool in Iceland they have you strip down to nothing do a short walk of naked shame to the showers where you wash your suit with soap and water and wash your self with soap and water - with helpful little cartoon people with soapy areas in their genitals and armpits - and then put on your suit and get in the water.
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Breamworthy
08/20/09

@bbk: Do Icelanders wear different swim gear than North Americans? Because putting on a women's one-piece swimsuit when both you and the suit are wet is damn near impossible.
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boobookitteh
08/20/09

@Breamworthy: It made for some interesting theater.
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o-line
08/20/09

In reply to Burkini Ban
Oh yeah, because the leather-skinned, collagen-stuffed elderly lady in a leopard print bikini isn't frightening to children at all.
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TheExperience
08/20/09

In reply to Burkini Ban
What a BS reason. Kids might be alarmed by it. The hygenic argument holds some water, but the 'Someone please think of the children' argument almost always makes the person stating it come out all wet.
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flaxen_vixen
08/20/09

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Unhygienic (!?!?) yet they let little kids swim in diapers. Mindboggling.
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Hiroine Protagonist
08/20/09

@flaxen_vixen: Not in France or Italy they don't! Or any pool I've ever been in ! They're called "swimmers" and they're diaper look-alikes. No pool wants the expense of draining and refilling the pool because one little turd escaped.
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Cerridwen
08/20/09

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Oh for goodness' sake. It's called a teachable moment. If children are alarmed, talk to them about it. How hard is that?
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SarahMC
08/20/09

@Cerridwen: I, for one, am alarmed by Western Europe's adoption of this American tradition of shielding children from anything "different," because then they might ask questions and we can't have that.
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feather_spin
08/20/09

@SarahMC: Parenting should be left to the government. They know what's best for our children, even the unborn ones.
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morninggloria
08/20/09

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This ban was imposed when seven Italian schoolchildren caught the jihad.
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Zombie Ms. Skittles
08/20/09

@morninggloria: Well, there is a vaccine for that now a'days. Really, there's just no excuse for letting your children around Muslims if you haven't had their jihad shots up-to-date.
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morninggloria
08/20/09

@Zombie Ms. Skittles: Jenny McCarthy says that jihad vaccinations cause autism.
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funzette
08/20/09

In reply to Burkini Ban
"oh GOD, MOM! there's a smurf in the pool!!!"

"no, vincenzo, it's a muslim lady"

"oh GOD, MOM! it's a MOSLEM!!!"

"so what, vincenzo?"

"she's clearly hiding a bomb in there!"

"no, vincenzo. she's swimming."

"oh GOD, MOM! she's so OPPRESSED!!"

/mom backs away slowly

/fin
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MissFiFi
08/20/09

@funzette: Bravo!
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