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Originally posted by: DisgruntledVirus
But then us grammar nazi's have nothing to nazi![]()
"we" grammar Nazis, not "us".
Originally posted by: DisgruntledVirus
But then us grammar nazi's have nothing to nazi![]()
Originally posted by: acheron2112
Originally posted by: DisgruntledVirus
But then us grammar nazi's have nothing to nazi![]()
"we" grammar Nazis, not "us".![]()
Originally posted by: seemingly random
She does indeed have a kentucky accent - I used to live there. She may have a lisp and/or she may have a pierced tongue.
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This isn't a lot different from the woman who was harassed by southwest airlines last year. I never did hear if she got any money from anyone.
Originally posted by: Injury
Yes, I'm THAT bored.
The show the dress later in the news report and it doesn't look but 5-10 inches from her knees. The problem is that she's holding the dress against herself and not actually wearing it.
Originally posted by: compman25
On the news last night one of the stations went to the store she got it from and the store claimed it wasn't a dress but was a shirt.
Originally posted by: compman25
On the news last night one of the stations went to the store she got it from and the store claimed it wasn't a dress but was a shirt.
Originally posted by: seemingly random
She does indeed have a kentucky accent - I used to live there. She may have a lisp and/or she may have a pierced tongue.
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This isn't a lot different from the woman who was harassed by southwest airlines last year. I never did hear if she got any money from anyone.
Originally posted by: DisgruntledVirus
Originally posted by: compman25
On the news last night one of the stations went to the store she got it from and the store claimed it wasn't a dress but was a shirt.
Well it was long enough to be a sundress and looks like one.
True, but still terribly terribly stupid.Originally posted by: JTsyo
Well since malls are private property they can create the dress code to their discretion.
Originally posted by: sdifox
Originally posted by: Injury
Originally posted by: sdifox
Are you saying that dress is not fit to wear in public? Her answer was in response to being ejected from the mall because of the dress. Seems natural to me to say "But I bought this dress here yesterday!"
Again, it's a dress, yes, definitely short. But she is not parading in her undies.
My response to Injury was about his theory on responsibility to the stores but it is one of the stores that sold her the dress. So if his theory is true, this is just hypocrisy.
To say "Is the dress fit to wear in public" is a bad choice of words because "Public" encompasses too many places. Is it fit to wear in a club/bar? Yes. Is it fit to wear to church or an office environment? Nope.
Are you telling me you have never seen anyone wear dress like that in a mall?
Originally posted by: compman25
On the news last night one of the stations went to the store she got it from and the store claimed it wasn't a dress but was a shirt.
Originally posted by: Injury
Originally posted by: sdifox
Originally posted by: Injury
Originally posted by: sdifox
Are you saying that dress is not fit to wear in public? Her answer was in response to being ejected from the mall because of the dress. Seems natural to me to say "But I bought this dress here yesterday!"
Again, it's a dress, yes, definitely short. But she is not parading in her undies.
My response to Injury was about his theory on responsibility to the stores but it is one of the stores that sold her the dress. So if his theory is true, this is just hypocrisy.
To say "Is the dress fit to wear in public" is a bad choice of words because "Public" encompasses too many places. Is it fit to wear in a club/bar? Yes. Is it fit to wear to church or an office environment? Nope.
Are you telling me you have never seen anyone wear dress like that in a mall?
No, I didn't say that at all. What I was implying is that just because you can buy the dress in a mall doesn't mean it's appropriate to wear anywhere and everywhere.
Rly? Our country has come to this?
Originally posted by: DisgruntledVirus
Originally posted by: Injury
Originally posted by: DisgruntledVirus
Unless my eyes failed me, that dress is not much higher then her knees. I would put money on there being at least one fattie there in a miniskirt (13 inch or shorter) and tube top that day....
Yes, I'm THAT bored.
The show the dress later in the news report and it doesn't look but 5-10 inches from her knees. The problem is that she's holding the dress against herself and not actually wearing it.
My big problem with the news report is that if they didn't at least feel in a similar manner, they would have asked her to put on the dress and turn around for the camera. But the truth is that it probably was too short and they make "Sally the Average Viewer" out to be the bad guy instead of "The Big Bad Mall".
One thing you have to understand about the news is that with most human interest reports like that they always try to make a hero and a villain out of the story. It makes for better ratings. By making the mall out to be some sort of villain here, they managed to make a story good enough that it's on its second page on ATOT.
As Jules said, this shouldn't have even been a story.
No question this shouldn't have been a story. Since it was though I will debate it with ya.
I don't think it's "Big Bad Mall", and in fact I think it's "Big Bad Women Whose Husbands Can't Stand Them" that is the issue. The mall was completely within its right to ask her to leave because it is private property. I agree that I can't wear everything I buy in a mall/store TO said mall/store. When it's a dress though I don't see the issue.
Lets turn this around. Does this mean when I go to the mall when I see fat ugly girls in skirts with their guts hanging out, if I have enough people go and complain about it they get kicked out as well? You want to kick her out for her dress, thats fine. Now let's apply it equally and kick all the fat gross chicks out (and dudes for that matter), because I don't want to get grossed out looking at them.
As for the pic you got, the dress is shorter then I had thought. I still would bet there was at least one other girl in a miniskirt shorter then that there that day. Put on your dress code "skirts may not be more then x inches above the knees" then if it's a problem. The issue still lies with the women who are insecure about their husbands looking at a hot chick, not the hot chick.
Originally posted by: Injury
Originally posted by: sdifox
Originally posted by: Injury
Originally posted by: sdifox
Are you saying that dress is not fit to wear in public? Her answer was in response to being ejected from the mall because of the dress. Seems natural to me to say "But I bought this dress here yesterday!"
Again, it's a dress, yes, definitely short. But she is not parading in her undies.
My response to Injury was about his theory on responsibility to the stores but it is one of the stores that sold her the dress. So if his theory is true, this is just hypocrisy.
To say "Is the dress fit to wear in public" is a bad choice of words because "Public" encompasses too many places. Is it fit to wear in a club/bar? Yes. Is it fit to wear to church or an office environment? Nope.
Are you telling me you have never seen anyone wear dress like that in a mall?
No, I didn't say that at all. What I was implying is that just because you can buy the dress in a mall doesn't mean it's appropriate to wear anywhere and everywhere.
Originally posted by: sdifox
Originally posted by: Injury
No, I didn't say that at all. What I was implying is that just because you can buy the dress in a mall doesn't mean it's appropriate to wear anywhere and everywhere.
But it's a dress, not g-strings or undies or anything like that. It's a short dress... I find the low cut jeans + g-string combo more annoying.
Originally posted by: Injury
Originally posted by: DisgruntledVirus
Originally posted by: Injury
Originally posted by: DisgruntledVirus
Unless my eyes failed me, that dress is not much higher then her knees. I would put money on there being at least one fattie there in a miniskirt (13 inch or shorter) and tube top that day....
Yes, I'm THAT bored.
The show the dress later in the news report and it doesn't look but 5-10 inches from her knees. The problem is that she's holding the dress against herself and not actually wearing it.
My big problem with the news report is that if they didn't at least feel in a similar manner, they would have asked her to put on the dress and turn around for the camera. But the truth is that it probably was too short and they make "Sally the Average Viewer" out to be the bad guy instead of "The Big Bad Mall".
One thing you have to understand about the news is that with most human interest reports like that they always try to make a hero and a villain out of the story. It makes for better ratings. By making the mall out to be some sort of villain here, they managed to make a story good enough that it's on its second page on ATOT.
As Jules said, this shouldn't have even been a story.
No question this shouldn't have been a story. Since it was though I will debate it with ya.
I don't think it's "Big Bad Mall", and in fact I think it's "Big Bad Women Whose Husbands Can't Stand Them" that is the issue. The mall was completely within its right to ask her to leave because it is private property. I agree that I can't wear everything I buy in a mall/store TO said mall/store. When it's a dress though I don't see the issue.
Lets turn this around. Does this mean when I go to the mall when I see fat ugly girls in skirts with their guts hanging out, if I have enough people go and complain about it they get kicked out as well? You want to kick her out for her dress, thats fine. Now let's apply it equally and kick all the fat gross chicks out (and dudes for that matter), because I don't want to get grossed out looking at them.
As for the pic you got, the dress is shorter then I had thought. I still would bet there was at least one other girl in a miniskirt shorter then that there that day. Put on your dress code "skirts may not be more then x inches above the knees" then if it's a problem. The issue still lies with the women who are insecure about their husbands looking at a hot chick, not the hot chick.
I agree completely.
In regards the "Big Bad Mall" comment... I don't feel that way personally, but the news bias is an attempt to make people feel that way.
I'm split on whether it's an issue of it being women that are insecure with themselves and conservative views. Probably a combo of both. As I said in a previous post if the mall has a target audience of middle-aged women then it makes sense that they would try and cater to them.
The girl didn't help her case in that interview when she started saying something along the lines of "I'm 20 years old I wanna show off my body and I should be able to do what I want yadda yadda yadda"
