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'Barbie jam': Youths give icon real-world makeovers

News Type: Opinion — Seeded on Sun Feb 7, 2010 2:41 PM EST
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Alright, alright, we're all tired of seeing those perfect women, Barbie types, on TV and movies and we question whether or not they are all plastic but, this is going too far! A group of children were invited to deface Barbie and make her look like a "Real Woman" in Peterborough, Ontario. It's all relative, I'm sure of it.

This promotes discrimination against good looking people and at such a young, impressionable age!

When I was a teenager in the 1970's there were lots of Ken and Barbie types in the City of Toronto, however, they're a rare find now. It appears our Country's genes have weakened and people like me are on a list of elimination. Is it time for Ken, Barbie and their descendants to move into a commune in the wilderness? Having been exposed to this type of discrimination myself, I believe that Canada's Human Rights Act promotes discrimination against good looking people.

It's that old adage that, "You can't be too good." Or, is it, "Only the good die young."

It appears Peterborough, Ontario and Newmarket, Ontario have things in common. In the case of Newmarket, this type of discrimination flourishes throughout the Justice system (the Newmarket Courthouse) and York Region Children's Aid. My family had an experience in this small town that is keeping us physically separated, unable to find help to resolve the problems they've created for us and has set us up to become welfare recipients: www.monicasmother.blogspot.com

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