Posted on 02/15/2014 12:20:19 AM PST by The Right wing Infidel
Not a bad idea.
They really seem to grasp the concept that children should not be exploited
Yeah, much better than here.
I look at things like Honey Boo Boo, and I want to vomit and leave the planet. Maybe I could use the force of that to achieve orbit...
I agree. In the US, they do everything possible to avoid merit-based recognition in academics in schools, but don’t have a problem with children being subjected to such an arbitrary thing (especially these days) as a “beauty” contest. In Russia, they’re doing just the opposite.
I saw that NYC has just discontinued some program for gifted children because it wasn’t “diverse”. I haven’t checked, but I really doubt that there weren’t any Asians in it.
What program? I haven’t heard of that.
Putin may have seen that Honey Boo Boo show and said “nyet” to kid pageants.
Not a bad idea...
The pageants are disgusting. The children are victims of their parents....just the same as these kids that are being promoted as “queer” by their parents.
It seems as though Russia’s parasites have all moved to the USA, leaving a country with some potential.
In fact it is a celebrity contest - a group of celebrities judging some female celebrity-wannabees. And pure celebrities - people who are famous for being famous - obviously exist solely at the discretion of journalists, and live and die by PR.
Which is the defining characteristic of a “liberal.”
Once again, the Russians get it & are leading the way: children should be protected and allowed to live a childhood of innocence.
Who’d a thought it would come from the former land of Lenin?
I always thought the idea of child beauty contests was child abuse on steroids. I’d ban it in a heart beat were I in charge alas I am not. I guess this is not something on O’Idontcare’s plate either as he is too invested in fag rights.
“When promoting the move the lawmaker said that participation is such contests not only harms the child’s psyche, but also increases the danger of them becoming victims of paedophiles”
Good for the Russians, they have a lit more common sense then our corrupt government.
I think that Putin believes (correctly) that making Russia a “moral nation” will go a long way in restoring it to greatness. While so far his embrace of Orthodox Christianity has been his greatest success, he needs Russia to overcome some terrible moral problems that are not unique to Russia.
Birth control and abortion need to again be seen as moral failures, to be discouraged by the people as much as by the government. Pornography has an erosive, not liberating, effect on society, and while it cannot be eliminated, it can be “upgraded”, from degrading and dehumanizing to something a lot more positive, if not casual.
Marriage and family need to be actively encouraged by the government as a social good. The Russian Orthodox church can be a big help in this by discouraging expensive weddings, and encouraging festive and joyful ritual in its place, with an emphasis on fertility.
Likewise, parents with children need a lot of government support with things like tax abatement, lower cost medical care, and “child friendly” residential zoning in a healthier, clean environment away from pollution, garbage, and crowded city conditions. Basically, suburban life.
Doesn’t he know...Miss America isn’t a beauty pageant...it’s a scholarship program?
The child beauty pageants I have seen is a spectacle of dressing little girl to look like err prostitutes.
Would this ban ‘Dance Moms’?
lol. Barf Booster
Anything to prevent any Russian Honey Boo-Boos!
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