Comments on: Skimpy Prom Dress Leads To Jail

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By: demarcationville

demarcationville — Wed, 28 May 2008 23:23:49 +0000

I don’t think they arrested her for the dress, Bianca – but because she she refused those options listed and was argumentative. Whether or not they communicated those options effectively or tried to reassure her the ticket price would be refunded, as Tina suggested, I don’t know.
I wasn’t there.

By: Bianca

Bianca — Wed, 28 May 2008 21:48:23 +0000

Mi opinion.. the dress is REAL SKIMPY.. BUT.. there was no need to arrest her they shoulda gave her options..
1. Go back home and put on better attire
2. Leave and dont come back
3. borrow some ones jacket and wear it for the rest of the night
OR
4. we can call the police to escort you out(last option)

By: carolynn elder

carolynn elder — Thu, 15 May 2008 15:47:34 +0000

Here’s my question—did her mama see what she had on?

By: Deborah Metcalf

Deborah Metcalf — Wed, 14 May 2008 00:19:31 +0000

Tina you are completely right about the cheerleading outfits, but in that case the girls’ sexuality is being exploited for commercial purposes so it is OK to do that. For the prom, she was doing it as a form of personal expression and if we allow people to express themselves through fashion, society as we know it will fall apart; there will be rioting in the streets; dogs and cats living together in sin; and all manner of other chaos that doesn’t fit into a corporate spreadsheet. You don’t really want that do you? Think of your pensions. Think of the profits due the wealthy whose treasures trickle down to us little people. That would all go away. We would be living like primitives. Remember, obedience to corporate profit making authority is essential training to students to be obedience to other systems and institutions as well. Get children to question one of these, and soon they will be questioning all of them.

By: Tina

Tina — Tue, 13 May 2008 22:38:04 +0000

Angie No I had not seen those but that is far more disturbing to me than the teenagers prom dress.

I hate seeing little kids made up like that, reminds me of the beauty pageants. Little kids made up to look like they are twenty. Crazy!!

By: demarcationville

demarcationville — Tue, 13 May 2008 21:33:39 +0000

I think the dress is ugly as hell personally but then again I remember some of the ugly things we wore to prom too. LOL.

I don’t know what you’re talking about because I rocked my 1980’s strapless tiered-ruffle saloon style dress with high hair. I also have to side with the principal here too. I don’t have a problem with the mini-skirt, but in addition to the no undergarment thing, they weren’t just enforcing dress code but preventing a prom peep-show.

Tina, I take you spotted those Top Gun get-ups in the Primary School yearbook?

http://www.topguncheers.com/index.php?componentName=PhotoSection&scid=25904

By: Tina

Tina — Tue, 13 May 2008 20:20:48 +0000

The ticket takers may not have had the authority to refund the money but I am sure there were school officials available who could have assured her that her ticket price would be refunded.

I agree with enforcing dress code during prom even if the prom occurs off school campus it is a school sponsored event and all rules apply. I am not a huge fan of dress code but I do believe that if you have a policy you need to either enforce it and make it apply to EVERYONE all of the time or drop the policy all together.

On a side note: I think some cheer leading costumes are as revealing as this dress and in clear violation of school dress code yet these students are given special privilege to wear these costumes to school sponsored events. I don’t agree with this… again I think if you have a policy it should apply to ALL!

By: Deborah Metcalf

Deborah Metcalf — Tue, 13 May 2008 18:54:03 +0000

I’ll take the principal’s side on this one. A miniskirt is not appropriate for the prom even if it is made of the finest fabric and comes from a top designer.

As far as the refund goes, I doubt the ticket takers at the door had the authority to issue refunds and since she was creating a public disturbance she left them with little choice but to have her removed by the law.

Proms are a lousy rite of passage anyway.

By: Tina

Tina — Tue, 13 May 2008 18:44:56 +0000

They should have at least refunded her the money for the tickets if they were not going to allow her to attend even after she attempted to cover herself a little more.

I think the dress is ugly as hell personally but then again I remember some of the ugly things we wore to prom too. LOL