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    Image of chicanafalsa chicanafalsa
    10/15/09

    In reply to Miss California Pageant Distances Itself From Swimsuits, Carrie Prejean
    And David Lee Roth cries a single tear as the California girls are denied their God-given right to wear French bikinis. #misscalifornia
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    Image of jigglyball jigglyball
    10/15/09

    In reply to Miss California Pageant Distances Itself From Swimsuits, Carrie Prejean
    I distance myself from Carrie Prejean every day by thinking and speaking with an open heart and mind.

    But I guess tossing the sequined bikinis couldn't hurt, either. #misscalifornia
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    10/15/09

    In reply to Miss California Pageant Distances Itself From Swimsuits, Carrie Prejean
    If California looks much further forward, it'll be in the ocean. And then they'll regret abandoning swimwear. #misscalifornia
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    Image of Jenloveshercurves Jenloveshercurves
    10/15/09

    In reply to Miss California Pageant Distances Itself From Swimsuits, Carrie Prejean
    Ehem, Miss California is part of the Miss America Pageant circle. This is Miss California USA. You all interviewed the King of Crowns, you should know this!

    I'm surprised at this change because the Miss USA circuit has always been about the beauty and boobs and pretty much nothing else (no talent portion or interview portion, ect.). #misscalifornia
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    Image of Eldritch Eldritch
    10/15/09

    In reply to Miss California Pageant Distances Itself From Swimsuits, Carrie Prejean
    Strange, California (or Florida) would be a state that I would imagine would keep the bathing suit portion. Beaches and swimming are a large part of that "culture". Or am I insane? #misscalifornia
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    jigglyball promoted this comment Eldritch was starred Eldritch was unstarred
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    10/15/09

    @Eldritch: I live in San Diego, and bathing suits really are just part of the everyday wardrobe. #misscalifornia
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    Image of sybann 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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    Image of MargaretMoony 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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    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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    Image of youbehim 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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    IBleedGlitter: The High Priestess of Tinsel promoted this comment youbehim was starred youbehim was unstarred
    Image of wednesdayam 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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    08/20/09

    @wednesdayam: This.
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    Image of Breamworthy 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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    Image of Meg Meg
    08/20/09

    In reply to Burkini Ban
    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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    Image of ShanaElmsford ShanaElmsford
    08/20/09

    In reply to Burkini Ban
    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 promoted this comment ShanaElmsford was starred ShanaElmsford was unstarred
    Image of SarahMC 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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    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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    Image of boobookitt boobookitt
    08/20/09

    In reply to Burkini Ban
    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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    Image of Breamworthy 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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    08/20/09

    @Breamworthy: It made for some interesting theater.
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    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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