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April 15, 2008
France Bans Skinniness
According to the Cult of Regulation that is moonbattery, that which is not mandatory must be explicitly forbidden. So this should come as no surprise:
The French parliament's lower house adopted a groundbreaking bill Tuesday that would make it illegal for anyone — including fashion magazines, advertisers and Web sites — to publicly incite extreme thinness.
Also unsurprisingly:
Leaders in French couture are opposed to the idea of legal boundaries on beauty standards.
But apparently leaders in French couture don't have the clout they need. They should have been more generous with their political donations. Now they face fines of up to $47,000 per day if they violate the new law.
No word yet on whether Ally McBeal reruns are still legal.
On a tip from V the K.
Posted by Van Helsing at April 15, 2008 7:58 AM
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I'm glad France is taking up this vital issue of national importance rather than wasting their time dealing with such trivialities as Muslim rioting, demographic decline, an industrial sector that can't compete even with massive government subsidies, a fifth rate military, rampant anti-semitism...
Kinda like when our Congress let the FISA bill expire but had five days of hearings on steroid use in professional sports.
Posted by: V the K at April 15, 2008 8:12 AM
Oui, oui V the K!!!! [resounding applause...]
They really should be more concerned about obesity... a major health issue in a country that consider's "butter" it's own food group.
Islam's plan to take over the world for Allah is progressing nicely in France and Europe for that matter. I really wish I had the cash to buy an Island, arm it heavily and exit the insanity.
Posted by: HoosierArmyMom at April 15, 2008 8:51 AM
Better stock up on French wine if anyone likes it.
It will probably get outlawed soon by a coalition of nanny-staters and Islamists.
Or maybe that will be the last straw, and someone will finally react.
Posted by: forest at April 15, 2008 8:57 AM
I'd do her.
Posted by: steven at April 15, 2008 9:09 AM
She is much hotter than Global Warming Girl!
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Posted by: HoosierArmyMom at April 15, 2008 10:37 AM
Always thought Ms. Flockhart was sexy for a skinny girl, but the photo (presumably recent) indicates that she's put on a little weight (just a little!) lately. Seriously, the girl used to make Twiggy look like a sumo wrestler (if you don't know who Twiggy is -- showing my age! -- think of that skeleton/model of a couple of years ago who looked like a Donner Party survivor; can't recall her name just now).
And what will the French food nazis do about all this skinniness? Hold 'em down and force-feed 'em pate de fois gras (with a slug of a good Merlot)?
Posted by: jc14 at April 15, 2008 11:25 AM
She's like a good ham.
The closer the bone, the sweeter the meat.
Posted by: Eneils Bailey at April 15, 2008 1:33 PM
