9/11 Fancy Dress - Too soon?

[Notters]

Reply 3.

seriously though, after thinking about it, i reckon if you are going to have a celebration of the dead, nothing should be off the table. at some level any halloween custume is going to offend someone.

Indeed. One of the many reasons I hate Halloween.

 

[Gary Leeds]

http://www.torontosun.com/2013/11/03/womans-boston-marathon-bombing-victim-costume-fuels-online-rage

Woman dresses up as a Boston Marathon bombing victim as well..

The "other" photos of her doing the rounds are quite nice though

 

[El Presidente]

To show that students still have their finger on the pulse, Birmingham Uni banned people turning up with sombreros and drawn on moustaches as the anti-fascism officer (snigger) deemed the costumes to be racist. He also allowed all the Village People in, except the one dressed as a native American, for the same reason.

University staff are launching a campus wide hunt for his sense of humour.

 

[BN9 BHA]

http://leeds.tab.co.uk/2013/11/06/these-freshers-dressed-as-september-11-atrocities-for-halloween/

Sorry for the ahem 'journalistic' source.

A bloke in my 2nd year of uni (2007) dressed up in pink pyjamas, wore a blonde wig, and carried a teddy bear around.

He had come to the party as Madelein McCann

Here it is:

http://metro.co.uk/2013/11/05/unive...wins-student-union-fancy-dress-prize-4174451/

Uni students, oh look at us, how cool are we.

 

[shaolinpunk]

The "other" photos of her doing the rounds are quite nice though

*makes mental note for when I get home tonight*

 

[El Presidente]

*makes mental note for when I get home tonight*

Get some tissues on the way home.....

 

[Papa Lazarou]

Get some tissues on the way home.....

Is it a real tear jerker?

 

[coagulantwolf]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=612DEoTFH0o

(this does not represent my views in any shape or form).

 

[Hamilton]

Slow news day at The Sun plus photographer who thought he could get a story out of it.

Add that to the fact that it's an entirely tasteless thing to do and bingo, you have a news story.

The girls get totally victimised for the day (and I'm not excusing them, but the effect on their lives will be considerable), and loads of keyboard warriors and members of the disgusted chattering classes feel great about themselves - and The Sun gets to sell some more papers.

Of course, this is all worthy of front page coverage isn't it? There's no other news stories that our august media should be covering is there.

 

[atfc village]

Rosies used to be such a fine establishment.

 

[Pavilionaire]

I'll sum up the thread before it gets going:

Reply 1: "People wouldn't laugh if they knew somebody who died in the attack."
Reply 2: "FFS People need to lighten up. They're just having a laugh."
Reply 3: "I'd do them both!"
Reply 4: A mention of a Consipiracy theory.
Reply 5: Comparisson of 9/11 to another global tragedy that we should care more about.

Reply 6: Bin Laden was bad, but not as bad as Ashley Barnes.

 

[red star portslade]

I'd say those Twin Towers are looking for some double penetration.

 

[Questions]

A friend of mine went out dressed as Jimmy Saville last Halloween. That's not a joke he really did......... He worked on the assumption that nothing could be scarier to kids. I did warn him that it might be a tad too soon.

 

[Husty]

A friend of mine went out dressed as Jimmy Saville last Halloween. That's not a joke he really did......... He worked on the assumption that nothing could be scarier to kids. I did warn him that it might be a tad too soon.

A leeds student tried similar last year and ended up spending the night in A&E after getting set upon by a few blokes on the Otley road. (no it wasn't me)

 

[Publius Ovidius]

On 5live this morning, they related a story that the red Indian from a group that went to a uni fancy dress party dressed as the village people was not let in and his costume was racist. Also in Chester some were turned away after wearing sombreros and drawn on mushies with the same reason.

Seemly they have a anti facist/ racism official in the uni!

It seemed genuine as they were interviews on the radio.

 

[Billy the Fish]

I'd definitely do both of them.

On a side note, what a pathetic thing to put on the front page of a national newspaper. Lets all demonise a couple of teenage girls, brilliant

 

[Husty]

On 5live this morning, they related a story that the red Indian from a group that went to a uni fancy dress party dressed as the village people was not let in and his costume was racist. Also in Chester some were turned away after wearing sombreros and drawn on mushies with the same reason.

Seemly they have a anti facist/ racism official in the uni!

It seemed genuine as they were interviews on the radio.

I hope they have a pro-fascism official as well.

 

[Ravids]

Freedom of expression people?

 

[Barrel of Fun]

I'd definitely do both of them.

On a side note, what a pathetic thing to put on the front page of a national newspaper. Lets all demonise a couple of teenage girls, brilliant

Agreed. Whilst tasteless and inadvisable, I think it is ridiculous and irresponsible to publish their names and (pretty much) their addresses.

 

[Randsta]

I wonder if the twin towers had back doorsfitted