Abercrombie sells thongs to children

[QUOTE="UT_Wrestler"]You know, I thought the whole purpose of a thong was so that the panty line wouldn't be showing when wearing tight pants. Why can't younger girls have this convenience as well?Time_Child

What about the 12-year old boys?

[QUOTE="UT_Wrestler"]You know, I thought the whole purpose of a thong was so that the panty line wouldn't be showing when wearing tight pants. Why can't younger girls have this convenience as well?Time_Child

The question really, is WHO do we blame for this? The correct answer? ... Parents. Why? Cause parents provide the kids with the money to buy this crap... OR they buy it for them themselves. You can bet your salted roasted peanuts that I will NOT allow my kids to wear crap like that. And i was talking about those hot nuts in a cup.. or planters peanuts for the record. xhellcatx

[QUOTE="Time_Child"][QUOTE="UT_Wrestler"]You know, I thought the whole purpose of a thong was so that the panty line wouldn't be showing when wearing tight pants. Why can't younger girls have this convenience as well?metroidprime55

What about the 12-year old boys?

[QUOTE="xhellcatx"]The question really, is WHO do we blame for this? The correct answer? ... Parents. Why? Cause parents provide the kids with the money to buy this crap... OR they buy it for them themselves. You can bet your salted roasted peanuts that I will NOT allow my kids to wear crap like that. And i was talking about those hot nuts in a cup.. or planters peanuts for the record. SkyWard20

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[QUOTE="Time_Child"] Anyone who is checking out a child's panty line should be locked up.xhellcatx

What about the 12-year old boys?

Yeah, I wasn't really into butts when I was twelve.

[QUOTE="metroidprime55"]

[QUOTE="Time_Child"] Anyone who is checking out a child's panty line should be locked up.xhellcatx

What about the 12-year old boys?

[QUOTE="xhellcatx"][QUOTE="metroidprime55"]

What about the 12-year old boys?

THE_MATRlX

[QUOTE="SkyWard20"][QUOTE="xhellcatx"]The question really, is WHO do we blame for this? The correct answer? ... Parents. Why? Cause parents provide the kids with the money to buy this crap... OR they buy it for them themselves. You can bet your salted roasted peanuts that I will NOT allow my kids to wear crap like that. And i was talking about those hot nuts in a cup.. or planters peanuts for the record. xhellcatx

*facepalm*

What a sick world

I have no problem with that. Why? Those kids can't afford them. So you know where the problem is? The parents.

[QUOTE="xhellcatx"]

[QUOTE="SkyWard20"] And if they buy it anyway? Then what? :-/SkyWard20

I love the way corporations these days can manipulate the media and the indignant minority (of the interweb) for a whole heap of free advertising.

Let's cover a few points:

1. Thongs aren't drugs. They aren't lethal weapons or actually harm the girl, even if it's in poor taste for a child.

2. Your average 8 year old girl isn't likely to wonder around in a thong with nothing between it and the world. If she is, chances are her parents' choice of underwear is the least of her worries.

3. It's underwear. Sure, we consider thongs to be sexy underwear, but with the right material most underwear can look pretty damn sexy. For the rest of the time it's just being functional - most people don't have a skirt/dress/pair of trousers for every day of the week.

All you have to worry about is the poor judgement of a tiny minority of parents who buy this stuff. The other 99.99% are buying cotton briefs.

Panic over.

I love the way corporations these days can manipulate the media and the indignant minority (of the interweb) for a whole heap of free advertising.

Let's cover a few points:

1. Thongs aren't drugs. They aren't lethal weapons or actually harm the girl, even if it's in poor taste for a child.

2. Your average 8 year old girl isn't likely to wonder around in a thong with nothing between it and the world. If she is, chances are her parents' choice of underwear is the least of her worries.

3. It's underwear. Sure, we consider thongs to be sexy underwear, but with the right material most underwear can look pretty damn sexy. For the rest of the time it's just being functional - most people don't have a skirt/dress/pair of trousers for every day of the week.

All you have to worry about is the poor judgement of a tiny minority of parents who buy this stuff. The other 99.99% are buying cotton briefs.

Panic over.

LordRork

I love the way corporations these days can manipulate the media and the indignant minority (of the interweb) for a whole heap of free advertising.

Let's cover a few points:

1. Thongs aren't drugs. They aren't lethal weapons or actually harm the girl, even if it's in poor taste for a child.

2. Your average 8 year old girl isn't likely to wonder around in a thong with nothing between it and the world. If she is, chances are her parents' choice of underwear is the least of her worries.

3. It's underwear. Sure, we consider thongs to be sexy underwear, but with the right material most underwear can look pretty damn sexy. For the rest of the time it's just being functional - most people don't have a skirt/dress/pair of trousers for every day of the week.

All you have to worry about is the poor judgement of a tiny minority of parents who buy this stuff. The other 99.99% are buying cotton briefs.

Panic over.

LordRork

The really sad part is that there are parents out there who want to dress their children like sluts.Time_Child

No surprise here. From a marketing standpoint, since girls are maturing more earlier now..... wait, that is sick. Hemmaroids

Googled thongs--->:lol:GazaAli

[QUOTE="Hemmaroids"]No surprise here. From a marketing standpoint, since girls are maturing more earlier now..... wait, that is sick. THE_MATRlX

[QUOTE="GazaAli"]Googled thongs--->:lol:xhellcatx

[QUOTE="xhellcatx"][QUOTE="GazaAli"]Googled thongs--->:lol:GazaAli

That's why I hate anyone who shops at Abercrombie.

My god. Why? Why the hell would any parent give thier kid a thong?

And people wonder why teenagers these days have sex and do drugs.

[QUOTE="GazaAli"][QUOTE="xhellcatx"] at first i was :shocked: that you had to... then i remembered you are GazaAli, and i was like "oh, well at least hes getting educated about it" :) *gives cookie* xhellcatx

I agree, its totally amazing. People think of it as innocent fun, but to me its something more than that.

Too late for that, my mother keeps telling me that the Internet screwed my mind.

[QUOTE="hoola"]

Hey, if it gets bought I don't see a problem.

THE_MATRlX

That is one of the greatest worries in my life, that I will fail as a father and not properly teach my kids what is right and what is wrong. That is why i will be taking precautions before i have a kid. First, i will need to have a very good relationship with the person i have my kid with to set a good example from the start. Second, I will have to have a large amount of money saved up so i can send him/her to an upper class private school where these things will be less likely to happen. Third, i will have to personally teach them about the losers who live in the world, who will try to take advantage of them. I will need to tell them that they are better than the people who fall for that "over-sexualized Abercrombie culture", and that if they become part of it then they are no better than thwhoe people who can't control themselves. If the first two precautions aren't met, i won't be having a kid.

A lot of parents have kids because they can't control themselves (nearly everyone on my moms side of the family), and when they have kids they don't properly teach them morals and values or, if they do, they teach them that it is okay to be a part of that overly sexualized Abercombie culture. I have multiple family members who are perfect examples of being a part of that overly sexualized culture, and I literally grew up in the same house as them. The difference between the way they grew up and the way i grew up is that i had a dad who actually taught me what right and wrong were, and what kinds of morals and values i should hold. I lived in the same house, went to the same schools, lived in the same city, yet I turned out to be the exact opposite of them. Where they dropped out of high school, got people pregnant, did drugs, couldn't hold a job and don't go to college, I graduated high school, don't do any drugs or drink or smoke, go to a nice college, and have multiple jobs. I am the polar opposite of them simply because I had parents who cared.

The moral of the story: The way kids behave has nothing at all to do with the culture. It is entirely up to the parents to decide where they want their children to go in life. I am proof of that.

So, from a business point of view, I have no problem with selling these kinds of things because i am hoping that i can teach my kids to know better than to be involved with that kind of stuff, and i don't really care what other parents do or do not teach their kids. But, from a personal point of view, i think it is totally pointless and I do not approve of it.

Call me heartless but as long as there is a market for the product, I think it should be sold.

8 year old should be wearing like my little pony panties still :| xhellcatx

I agree. But we have to view this in context - Many companies use shock tactics as marketing, it helps them stand out in a crowded world in which adverts are fast forwarded through or blocked by web browsers.

Most people won't buy them, and it wouldn't surprise me that these are pulled from the shelves in 6 months time because no one is actually buying them (aside from some chavvy woman called Shaneece with too many piercings and a pink track suit).

But in the meantime they've generated a media frenzy with a product that's cost them a couple of thousand dollars to produce, when the brand marketing would have cost them one hundred or one thousand times as much.

The real solution is to actually ignore stunts like these. If the PR boys think they can get a massive reaction, they'll keep on doing it...if it gets ignored they'll try something else.

Psychology is a funny thing.

You know, I thought the whole purpose of a thong was so that the panty line wouldn't be showing when wearing tight pants. Why can't younger girls have this convenience as well?UT_Wrestler

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I really couldn't care less.

[QUOTE="UT_Wrestler"]You know, I thought the whole purpose of a thong was so that the panty line wouldn't be showing when wearing tight pants. Why can't younger girls have this convenience as well?TehFuneral

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careful you may get modded for this guy.

[QUOTE="xhellcatx"] 8 year old should be wearing like my little pony panties still :| LordRork

I agree. But we have to view this in context - Many companies use shock tactics as marketing, it helps them stand out in a crowded world in which adverts are fast forwarded through or blocked by web browsers.

Most people won't buy them, and it wouldn't surprise me that these are pulled from the shelves in 6 months time because no one is actually buying them (aside from some chavvy woman called Shaneece with too many piercings and a pink track suit).

But in the meantime they've generated a media frenzy with a product that's cost them a couple of thousand dollars to produce, when the brand marketing would have cost them one hundred or one thousand times as much.

The real solution is to actually ignore stunts like these. If the PR boys think they can get a massive reaction, they'll keep on doing it...if it gets ignored they'll try something else.

Psychology is a funny thing.

[QUOTE="xhellcatx"] 8 year old should be wearing like my little pony panties still :| LordRork

I agree. But we have to view this in context - Many companies use shock tactics as marketing, it helps them stand out in a crowded world in which adverts are fast forwarded through or blocked by web browsers.

Most people won't buy them, and it wouldn't surprise me that these are pulled from the shelves in 6 months time because no one is actually buying them (aside from some chavvy woman called Shaneece with too many piercings and a pink track suit).

But in the meantime they've generated a media frenzy with a product that's cost them a couple of thousand dollars to produce, when the brand marketing would have cost them one hundred or one thousand times as much.

The real solution is to actually ignore stunts like these. If the PR boys think they can get a massive reaction, they'll keep on doing it...if it gets ignored they'll try something else.

Psychology is a funny thing.

if a parent allows their children to wear thongs and stuff like that, then i should be able to look at them without being called a creep.

right?

[QUOTE="TehFuneral"]

[QUOTE="UT_Wrestler"]You know, I thought the whole purpose of a thong was so that the panty line wouldn't be showing when wearing tight pants. Why can't younger girls have this convenience as well?GazaAli

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careful you may get modded for this guy.

Why would you get modded?

And people argue why censorship of sexual content in movies and TV is necessary. Because of this - because kids emulate everything that they see, and we don't need 10 year old girls setting themselves up for the life of a slut before they can even think for themselves.F1_2004

Because god forbid we expect parents to actually be parents and monitor what their children watch, do and wear.

My friend is 13 and her mom already buys her thongs. Yeah, it's not only in stores, it's everywhere. Parents are as much to blame as the stores.

its not just marketing. You KNOW some peoples parents buy these .. lil floss packets... for their lil girls. ... its sick. Purely sick. xhellcatx

Certainly. But the sad fact (irrespective of underwear) is that some parents will end up screwing up their children anyway. The thong purchased would be a symptom, not a cause.

[QUOTE="THE_MATRlX"]

They have over-sexualized printed messages on the inside.

Like what?

[QUOTE="LordRork"]

[QUOTE="xhellcatx"] 8 year old should be wearing like my little pony panties still :| xhellcatx

I agree. But we have to view this in context - Many companies use shock tactics as marketing, it helps them stand out in a crowded world in which adverts are fast forwarded through or blocked by web browsers.

Most people won't buy them, and it wouldn't surprise me that these are pulled from the shelves in 6 months time because no one is actually buying them (aside from some chavvy woman called Shaneece with too many piercings and a pink track suit).

But in the meantime they've generated a media frenzy with a product that's cost them a couple of thousand dollars to produce, when the brand marketing would have cost them one hundred or one thousand times as much.

The real solution is to actually ignore stunts like these. If the PR boys think they can get a massive reaction, they'll keep on doing it...if it gets ignored they'll try something else.

Psychology is a funny thing.

So little girls can't clean their teeth because it's sick?