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Offensive Halloween costumes banned by US university
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/10401584/Offensive-Halloween-costumes-banned-by-US-university.html ^ | October 24 2013 | Lucy Kinder

Posted on 10/24/2013 8:35:23 AM PDT by MeshugeMikey

University students in America have been told not to wear "offensive" halloween costumes including cowboys, indians and anything involving a sombrero.

Students at the University of Colorado Boulder have also been told to avoid "white trash" costumes and anything that portrays a particular culture as "over-sexualised" - which the university says includes dressing up as a geisha or a "squaw" (indigenous woman).

They are also asked not to host parties with offensive themes including those with “ghetto” or "hillbilly" themes or those associated with "crime or sex work."

(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...


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To: MeshugeMikey

Just damn....now I’m not sure about my skimpy upstairs french maid costume.


21 posted on 10/24/2013 8:50:46 AM PDT by Conservative4Ever (A pox on the House of Apple and the ios7 horse they rode in on.)
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To: Hardraade
will the rest of America Follow these Inane Standards from Colorado??

what will happen at "Gay University"???

will Hillary CLinton College Student Costumes be allowed>




22 posted on 10/24/2013 8:54:40 AM PDT by MeshugeMikey ( Un-Documented Journalist / Block Captain..Tyranny Response Team)
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To: Alex Murphy

The Bela Pelosi Rodeo Clown outfits are already selling out...


23 posted on 10/24/2013 8:55:44 AM PDT by MeshugeMikey ( Un-Documented Journalist / Block Captain..Tyranny Response Team)
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To: Dr. Thorne

one gets special Academic Credits for anything CHE related


24 posted on 10/24/2013 8:56:49 AM PDT by MeshugeMikey ( Un-Documented Journalist / Block Captain..Tyranny Response Team)
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To: MeshugeMikey

I see they haven’t banned Obama masks.


25 posted on 10/24/2013 8:57:55 AM PDT by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
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To: henkster

Id suggest that we have come to the end of the line...but were I careless enough to do so.....things would doubtless happen to prove me wrong in VER SHORT ORDER. It happens every time.


26 posted on 10/24/2013 8:58:28 AM PDT by MeshugeMikey ( Un-Documented Journalist / Block Captain..Tyranny Response Team)
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To: WayneS

not specifically........


27 posted on 10/24/2013 8:58:58 AM PDT by MeshugeMikey ( Un-Documented Journalist / Block Captain..Tyranny Response Team)
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To: Frapster

aye!

When does PETA enter the fray!???


28 posted on 10/24/2013 9:00:02 AM PDT by MeshugeMikey ( Un-Documented Journalist / Block Captain..Tyranny Response Team)
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To: MeshugeMikey

Students have been told to avoid anything that portrays a particular culture as "over-sexualised" - which the university says includes dressing up as a geisha or a "squaw" (indigenous woman) ... making this costume which both glorifies Muzzies and desexualises women just about perfect!

29 posted on 10/24/2013 9:00:39 AM PDT by Zakeet (Democrats haven't destroyed your freedoms ... you can still visit them at the Smithsonian)
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To: henkster

“The whole point of Halloween as a college student is to have the most outrageous, tasteless and offensive cotume you can think of. And then get really drunk.”

That’s the “whole point” of Halloween?

Then it’s rather pointless, at best.


30 posted on 10/24/2013 9:03:25 AM PDT by ifinnegan
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To: ifinnegan

Exactly.


31 posted on 10/24/2013 9:06:18 AM PDT by Mr. Lucky
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To: mass55th

more importantly....will Obama hold a press conference to Announce what sort of costume hes going to be wearing??


32 posted on 10/24/2013 9:11:34 AM PDT by MeshugeMikey ( Un-Documented Journalist / Block Captain..Tyranny Response Team)
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To: MeshugeMikey

Can they go as stick figures??

http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2013/10/23/toddlers-led-light-stick-figure-halloween-costume-goes-viral/


33 posted on 10/24/2013 9:11:37 AM PDT by GeronL
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To: MeshugeMikey

34 posted on 10/24/2013 9:12:50 AM PDT by GeronL
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To: Zakeet

aha the ALLIHOO HOO Ackbar Costume,

It’s going to be VERY BIG in DEARBORNISTAN in told


35 posted on 10/24/2013 9:12:53 AM PDT by MeshugeMikey ( Un-Documented Journalist / Block Captain..Tyranny Response Team)
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To: dfwgator
That is offensive to people that have a lot of moles on their skin

More preferable costumes for University life include:

A fun loving Marxist culture purifier



Karl Marx, the one and only

(Anyone wearing Marx Bros. costumes will be escorted out of campus and BTW only serious Karl Marx costumes that promote class struggles are allowed)

A Marxist Santa Clause



(Santa Clause costumes are allowed ONLY if you are portraying Barrack Obama, Bill Clinton, Ed Asner, or historical and current Marxist promoters wearing a Santa Clause costume)
36 posted on 10/24/2013 9:13:08 AM PDT by rollo tomasi (Working hard to pay for deadbeats and corrupt politicians.)
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To: GeronL

Can you Imagine the Long Legged Mack Daddy Community Organ Grinder in one of THOSE?


37 posted on 10/24/2013 9:14:50 AM PDT by MeshugeMikey ( Un-Documented Journalist / Block Captain..Tyranny Response Team)
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To: MeshugeMikey

Actually, yes, yes I can. I think they would fit in every night in the French Quarter...


38 posted on 10/24/2013 9:16:01 AM PDT by GeronL
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To: GeronL

is that a Miley Cyrus Costume?


39 posted on 10/24/2013 9:16:15 AM PDT by MeshugeMikey ( Un-Documented Journalist / Block Captain..Tyranny Response Team)
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To: MeshugeMikey

troll doll

so yes and no


40 posted on 10/24/2013 9:18:48 AM PDT by GeronL
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