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Sunday, Nov 8, 2009
From the article:
"Maybe we're not laughing because she's a pretty girl; maybe we're laughing because she chose to go on national television, where she wanted to win a contest that included a question-and-answer session, and then made a total ass of herself in that question-and-answer session."
Exactly. This young, blonde, pretty girl entered a pageant not because she's a young, blonde, pretty girl, but because she thought she was the BEST young, blonde, pretty girl. Aren't we supposed to teach our daughters that looks aren't everything? It's what's inside that counts? If this girl weren't asked to speak perhaps she would have won. At least she was challenged to demonstrate what goes on inside her head!
For me, the humor is not in this poor girl's unfortunate answer, but in that beauty pageants still try to claim that the contestants' are judged on more than just their appearance. That Miss Teen South Carolina could answer her only question that way and still make into the top five is very telling.
At least this pageant doesn't give out university scholarships.
Yep, that's right 1/5th of Americans don't know where the United States is on a map...because they have never seen or used a world map/atlas/globe. Some spend their money on cosmetics/vaseline/swimsuits. World Geography is a required course in high school and I'm assumin' that Ms. SC took that class in order to graduate from HS. She was probably busy TXin' her homies or boyfriend on the football team when the map was being studied. Really it is sad, because I bet 50% of HS graudates don't know where Iraq/Afganistan/Germany are on a world map and that is exactly where several of them are off to on their "Senior Trip" with Uncle Sam. But, I bet they know where Cancun, Alcapulco, and The Bahama Islands are located and what the drinking age is there. Why do we need Beauty Contests anyway? Is there one for the best lookin' guy (Bubba)? I hope not. Are we really that vain? (Yes!) I think we need a bar-b-que eatin' contest that is open to everyone with all categories, not just Nathan's wieners. The winners get a years supply of sauce and Beano.
I got to go check on my brisket...
I am not going to beat down the young teen( and she is beautiful ) but I will shove this situation down the throats of white liberals, white conservatives, black apologists, black conservatives the next time they go after the state of education in the 'hood'
She worked hard to win this pageant, she likely gave a fairly articulate answer, and nobody invited her to the Today show. I've seen Miss South Carolina all over the news, but barely even a mention of the girl who won. So who are we celebrating as an ideal? Apparently the way to steal the winner's thunder is to lose spectacularly. All publicity is good publicity, right? Miss South Carolina will likely get a job as the new teen correspondent for NBC news from this. :-)
Being able to find Afghanistan on a map is a minor skill. It's going to take a lot more than that to bring a feminist revolution to Afghanistan.
I was a bit shocked by the ignorance displayed in that little Broadsheet item about the supposed taboo against rape victims calling the police in Afghanistan.
If you had a working knowledge of Afghan tribal history and culture, then you'd understand that the idea of calling the police to report any crime at all is a very new concept in Afghanistan.
In Afghan tribal culture, the tribes have traditionally employed restitutive justice, where the family of the aggrieved party is offered some form of compensation for the crime by the family of the perpetrator, and this arrangement is settled by the leaders of the tribes of the two parties.
Restitutive justice offers an advantage over retributive justice for rural people who can't afford to fund expensive fixed institutions like courts and judges and prisons. This is a more efficient system of justice for poor people who live in harsh rural environments.
Offers of marriage are often part of the compensation package, because the financial and social standing of a family can be improved dramatically by marriage into the right tribe.
Feminist reformers already made attempts to change this system back in the 1970s and those attempts failed pretty badly. The failures of the socialist government ultimately led to the Soviet invasion in 1979.
Feminists who are interested in Afghanistan now need to understand how and why those feminists in the 1970s failed.
The only book in the world that gives the details of the failed reforms back in the 1970s is "The Tragedy of Afghanistan" by Raja Anwar.
I think everyone who writes for Broadsheet should read this book before they parse any more news about Afghanistan for Broadsheet readers.
(And now you can see why I used to get beaten up for being too smart back in school! I talked like this even as a child.)
"All these girls are grown girls, but they sure dont act like it. They are all imature and need to grow up. I hope yall aren't planning on starting a family, because your kids would grow up in a mean world."
and
"this really isn't funny. the question wasen't to identify the US. obviously i could do that. what is with yu girls these days. why do yall feel like you have to be mean to other people to make yourself feel better.your not hurting anyone but yourself. i dont care about your little messages. they dont hurt me. so leave me alone and live your own life. stop trying to change myn."
Of course ragging on Little Miss (age 18?) Debuslut cuz she's a vaporheaded ignorant Bimbot is little like laughing at Saloniks who want everyone to shop at Whole Foods with their $30 canvas bags, to save the environment, too. And dear me we wouldn't want to point out that stupidity too much, would we?
If young, dumb, pretty, and rich is an option I can sign up for, tell me where. thanks.
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