Nanny state....I swear its worse than the EU over there :p

shamrock_uk · 05-05-2005, 06:05 AM

Story here. Suggestive cheerleading is next on the hitlist, legislators have voted to ban it in Texas. This would give the authorities power to patrol schools and stop schools from doing it.

Timber Loftis · 05-05-2005, 09:53 AM

Well, I guess you can't blame the elder generation for fighting the march of time. They're just upset that all their daughters are sluts these days. It's their own fault, it's the natural fallout of sexual lib and women's lib.

Me, I'm just sad I was born in a time that was a decade before all the high school chicks wore low-rise jeans, thongs, and had regular Brazilian waxes. I'm jealous more than anything.

Khazadman Risen · 05-05-2005, 01:36 PM

Would you let your daughter do these things, TL? If I wanted to see stuff like this, I'd start going to strip clubs again.

shamrock_uk · 05-05-2005, 02:27 PM

Hmm...I always thought cheerleading was something of an American tradition? Is it something that's only taken off in the last ten or twenty years then?

Morgeruat · 05-05-2005, 02:31 PM

It is an American tradition, the kind of behaviors the law is trying to put an end to are a more recent addition, probably inspired by movies like Bring It On and the like.

Djinn Raffo · 05-05-2005, 02:38 PM

This reminds me of the movie Footloose.

Grojlach · 05-05-2005, 02:49 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Khazadman Risen:
Would you let your daughter do these things, TL? If I wanted to see stuff like this, I'd start going to strip clubs again.

But shouldn't the responsibility of keeping the cheerleading "in good taste" or whatever lie with the school boards and parent commissions, rather than with the state?

Also:

Quote:

Edwards argued bawdy performances are a distraction for students resulting in pregnancies, dropouts and the spread of sexually transmitted diseases.
source

Guess this will solve all of those problems then!

[ 05-05-2005, 02:50 PM: Message edited by: Grojlach ]

Timber Loftis · 05-05-2005, 03:01 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Khazadman Risen:
Would you let your daughter do these things, TL? If I wanted to see stuff like this, I'd start going to strip clubs again.

Ummm.... no. If I am ever lucky enough to have a daughter, she will be kept indoors until age 23, at which point she will enter a nunery. The last thing I want is for her to be exposed to dogs like me. Boys are evil, mkay.

Aragorn1 · 05-05-2005, 05:23 PM

Hell, i wouldn't want my kids to be doing what i'm doing, and if i ever discovered they were i'd beat them to within an inch of their life

Doesn't stop me doing them though. Everyone know human nature is inherently hypocritical.

uss · 05-06-2005, 08:00 AM

At what age do girls start cheerleading in the US? Are the cheerleaders 18+ or 15-16+ or younger?

Just interested. [img]graemlins/heee.gif[/img]

05-05-2005, 09:53 AM	#2
Timber Loftis 40th Level Warrior Join Date: July 11, 2002 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 11,916	Well, I guess you can't blame the elder generation for fighting the march of time. They're just upset that all their daughters are sluts these days. It's their own fault, it's the natural fallout of sexual lib and women's lib. Me, I'm just sad I was born in a time that was a decade before all the high school chicks wore low-rise jeans, thongs, and had regular Brazilian waxes. I'm jealous more than anything. __________________

05-05-2005, 01:36 PM	#3
Khazadman Risen Manshoon Join Date: May 4, 2004 Location: The Glorious South Age: 63 Posts: 174	Would you let your daughter do these things, TL? If I wanted to see stuff like this, I'd start going to strip clubs again. __________________ I\'m reminded of the words of Socrates who said.... I drank what?<br />C. Knight

05-05-2005, 02:31 PM	#5
Morgeruat Jack Burton Join Date: October 16, 2001 Location: PA Age: 44 Posts: 5,421	It is an American tradition, the kind of behaviors the law is trying to put an end to are a more recent addition, probably inspired by movies like Bring It On and the like. __________________ "Any attempt to cheat, especially with my wife, who is a dirty, dirty, tramp, and I am just gonna snap." Knibb High Principal - Billy Madison

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shamrock_uk Dracolich Join Date: January 24, 2004 Location: UK Age: 42 Posts: 3,092	Story here. Suggestive cheerleading is next on the hitlist, legislators have voted to ban it in Texas. This would give the authorities power to patrol schools and stop schools from doing it.

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shamrock_uk Dracolich Join Date: January 24, 2004 Location: UK Age: 42 Posts: 3,092	Hmm...I always thought cheerleading was something of an American tradition? Is it something that's only taken off in the last ten or twenty years then?

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uss 20th Level Warrior Join Date: November 16, 2001 Location: Estonia Age: 36 Posts: 2,775	At what age do girls start cheerleading in the US? Are the cheerleaders 18+ or 15-16+ or younger? Just interested. [img]graemlins/heee.gif[/img]

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