Burka Barbie

[mariomike]

"Why is the world's favourite fashion doll wearing a symbol of oppression?: In the process of conveying a general idea or a cue to an emotional response, we often seek instinctive recourse in a linguistic device called antonomasia. We'll substitute an antonomastic placeholder like "Solomon" for a wise person or "Hitler" for an evil one, "Pearl Harbor" for an ineluctable casus belli, and so forth.":
http://www.nationalpost.com/most-popular/story.html?id=2292763

 

[The Bread Guy]

And the comments are living up to my high expectations associated with such feedback  :

The burka is only a symbol of oppression to infidel women, who think it's cool to walk around in public dressed like hookers - possibly to compensate for their lack of cooking skills.

 

[dregeneau]

Where is my tin :Constr: when I need it. I sure need to protect myself and my fiance from these radical socialists!

(From Comments) Yea cause cooking for some fat slob is really a nice career path...Welcome to the demented world of the progressive left where oppression of women and segregation by race are the new rad socialist's experiments.

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[mariomike]

I was watching "Curb Your Enthusiasm" the other night. The episode was entitled, "The Bare Midriff".:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0sNulFvjRaU
Larry and Jerry Seinfeld, very gently, ask their secretary if she would mind covering her bare midriff a little bit when in the office. She was offended by the request, and in anger, shoots back, "You want me to wear a burka?"
Larry then says, again ever so gently, "Maybe something in between?".
I thought it was funny, because I have sometimes felt the same way about "something in between". Of course, I would never say it out loud.