Incidentally, I don’t think Michelle comes off so much outraged. She asks a really good question: where were the adults in this girl’s life? If we are going to stand up for civilization, we need to come up with a better response than “kids these days are out of control”. That is Sixties-style defeatism based on the belief that people are basically animals. Kids can be taught manners and it is adults that need to do the teaching. But it doesn’t happen by accident, and it doesn’t happen at all if the adults themselves don’t know what good manners are for.

Am I the only person who thinks this is stupid? She wore a tacky dress, her bad parents didn’t care and her school said no way. Her dress isn’t different than a bikini or dresses worn at the Oscars and I’m with Allahpundit on this one. She’s likely 18 and if she wants to dress like a stripper than I say it’s her right as an American to do so.

Rob Taylor on May 14, 2008 at 11:48 AM

She doesn’t have a right to dress like this. The prom is a school event, and thus school rules apply. This includes the dress code. The school has the right to decide what is or is not appropriate in both dress and behavior, and can ask anyone not complying to leave. Frankly it is part of the school’s responsibility to ensure all students attending dress in an appropriate manner, and in this case they were acting in the responsible manner most parents wish was prevalent in schools.

Am I the only person who thinks this is stupid?

I dont know – maybe you are. The bottom line is the so-called “conservative” republican party has let the young people in this country down by not taking a stand in the culture war over the last 40 years.
I dont want to see ANY young girl walking around looking like a hooker/porn star. Why does she feel she has to draw attention to herself this way? Does she have nothing positive in her life, nothing from her parents?
No, I would not want my daughter to walk around looking like this girl, and if she did I’d consider myself a failure as a parent and take steps to correct both her and myself.

I think what really lowers the bar in this country is the finger wagging scoldery that distracts “Conservatives” from important issues like getting the G.O.P.back in shape

The culture war is just part of it. Get the GOP back in shape? Phooey on that – get the country back in shape. The GOP has done nothing to stop or even slow the down hill slide this country has been in in the last 40 years. I expect that from liberal democrats but I expect better from conservative Republicans.

Should we just issue her a burqua so that your delicate sensibilities aren’t offended?

No, it’s about the pornification of our young girls. I’m not a Muslim nor am I offended by the female body. When parents start sending their teenage girls out looking like porn stars and hookers, then wonder why the get an STD or pregnant, they have only themselves to blame. If it’s ok to dress like a hooker, who’s to say it’s not ok to act like one?
In my day (a long time ago, true) girls were worried about their reputations. They dressed modestly until the 70’s came in with the braless look. It’s been downhill ever since. Now young girls and a lot of young boys dont know what modesty means. I guess reputation is a non-issue these days.
This girl is a reflection of her parents and their upbringing of her.

Am I the only person who thinks this is stupid?…I think what really lowers the bar in this country is the finger wagging scoldery that distracts “Conservatives” from important issues like getting the G.O.P.back in shape
Rob Taylor on May 14, 2008 at 11:48 AM

stupid? yes. but may I retort?…shes not at the beach OR the Oscars. Do i think she should have been blocked from the event? well, if thats what the principel felt, then yes, it’s his call and God bless him. I think this thing here is a “slippery slope” issue.(btw-Did you see Fox news this morning? how the kid in the military could’nt wear his dress blues to his graduation ceremony? I agreed with that decision as well…slippery slope again)In this case, she got a lesson she wouldnt get at home apparently. good for them! Regarding the tattoo? no one was offended, just commenting. The burqua? wow, extremes in both directions. What happened to sensibility, shame, and common sense? Regardng “getting the GOP back in shape”- well, politicians are more whorish than SHE is in my opinion. No hope there, just more BS to look like they are “back in order” so they will get in for four more years…ahhh….what a bunch of crap.

Is this an example of good choices? probably not, but I once tried to open a condiment bottle with a steak knife (three stiches)and smoked clove cigarettes for years. Bad choices both but they were mine to make.

I’ve seen chick wear less and hopefully they outgrow such nonsense. But making national news of this is asinine and I think what really lowers the bar in this country is the finger wagging scoldery that distracts “Conservatives” from important issues like getting the G.O.P.back in shape to stop the Democrats from turning us into Venezuela.

And are we really upset because she has a tattoo? Should we just issue her a burqua so that your delicate sensibilities aren’t offended?

am I the only one who saw that “tattoo” on her right upper chest?

Longhorn Six on May 14, 2008 at 9:58 AM

Nope. I saw it. its just that its so common today, that NOT having a tattoo is more shocking.

…I’m gonna get all up in your Cheerios just like you did mines!…

gajaw999 on May 14, 2008 at 8:42 AM

Fuh-Knee stuff! (and I was afraid how I was going to sound!)

Will there be a suit? Having lived in Georgia for 30 years, I know the drill: “Girrrrl, who you talkin’ to? Don’t even axe me dat querstion! Dat girl at da prom all up in my face tellin’ me I look like some street ho– don’t you diss me like dat! You gonna pay! Just like I had to pay to get that dress special design, and da fabrick color bein’ urnge made it even more classy! And now you all up in here tellin’ out dat it ain’t classy ’nuff? I’m gonna get all up in your Cheerios just like you did mines! Mmmmm Hmmmm. So get yo face outta my bidness! Mmmm Hmmm, if you don’t know you bettah ask someBODY!”

Was she valedictorian?

This has nothing to do with being PC, but just having Normal (by my standards) moors in society.
Freudian slip?

Definition of mores.

Definition of moors.

aengus on May 13, 2008 at 7:50 PM

I’m sorry, the card says ‘moops.’

- Neighborhood Hijib patrol

She might as well have gone nude. But at least she has the body for it.

fleiter on May 14, 2008 at 2:28 AM

Amen!