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The French Senate has banned beauty pageants for those under 16. The bill must be passed by the National Assembly before becoming a law. Proponents of the measure say such contests sexualize minors.

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[Snark Plissken]

What's wrong with sexy miners?

[invisible furry hand]

Organisers of such pageants may face a jail term of up to two years and a fine of 30,000 euros (?25,000; $40,000).

The first rule of Pageant Club is that you don't talk about Pageant Club.

[Mickey Rat]

Is France weird now about what it considers right and wrong?

[Rufus J. Firefly]

France is just weird.

Quarrelsome bunch.

[SomeGuy]

is it just me or do pageants for little kids creep you out?

WTF!!!!!
http://justcallingthecrapouton.....01/pic.jpg

OMG WTF ROFL!!!

http://www.culturedviews.com/w.....tchild.jpg

[Snark Plissken]

It's like someone photoshopped a obese middle-aged woman's head onto a six-year-old's body.

[Matrix]

Yeah... that is disturbing. *Shudders*

I can just see like a small group of them staring an adult down with their dead eyes as they slowly approach. I can even see a ginger one singing "la la lalala la la lalala".

Oh god! It's horrible! _

[Robert]

You are not alone.

You're getting this from someone who also coaches children in contests wherein the outcome is determined by a combination of their physical attributes and their prepar'n: football. And yet somehow when the contest is about "Look at me!" instead of a game, it creeps me out. Even child cheerleading doesn't creep me out as bad as this, because although cheerleading is also about "Look at me!", it's more like dancing.

[np]

sexualize minors

wouldn't that still be the case here at 16?

I know some countries allow certain legal rights before majority, or sometimes align them with age of consent, or have a separate age of sexual majority.

[Rich]

Not just "sexualize" -- "hyper-sexualize", which I understand is even worse than "ultra-sexualize".

[Lady Bertrum]

Where does Roman Polanski live? Right, France.

So, sexualizing minors is fine as long as you do it privately and make sure to annually rape them. cool.

[WTF]

Yeah, make sure they get it once a year.

[Zakalwe]

The reported surge in interest among married women in trying annual sex makes a lot more sense now.

[Lady Bertrum]

anal sex annually? not even.

[Snark Plissken]

Annual sex is over-rated.

[Lady Bertrum]

TMI

[Snark Plissken]

Subtlety ain't your strong point.

[Lady Bertrum]

TMI?

[Snark Plissken]

Okay, that made me laugh.

[Lady Bertrum]

😉

[Zakalwe]

Does Nicole know she's now our expert on annual sex? I expect she'll be annoyed.

[Snark Plissken]

It's not that the French condone rape, it's just that flipping the US the bird is more important that prosecuting famous European directors for rape. BTW, the demonisation of poor Polanski by some members of the left (obviously not Whoopie) is what forced poor Carla Bruni to the right.

[Rich]

"Let us not make our girls believe from a very young age that their worth is only judged by their appearance."

Isn't that why these pageants have a "talent" segment?

[ElCiD]

And yet the age of consent in France is 15...

[Rufus J. Firefly]

Is it me or was Gomez of the Brewers kinda acting too much like a punk the other night against the Braves? McCann meeting him before he touched home plate after the dinger was classic. Don't think I ever saw a brawl start off that way.

[Mongo]

Gomez apologized profusely after the game.

Too bad he still isn't playing for the Twinks - he was entertaining.

[Old Man With Candy]

McCann deserves a good beating. Someone called him "Bobby Hill," and that's a perfect description.

[A Secret Band of Robbers]

The fuck is wrong with:
1) beauty pageant people
2) the French

[Sevo]

"2) the French"

They're hypocrites; notice how they won't extradite Polanski, and yet pageants for kids are icky!