What were these parents thinking???????

[grandpawrichard]

I found this photo of a kids Halloween costume on the net:

http://www.hunt101.com/img/339983.jpg

What the he-double toothpicks were this kids parents thinking about?????? :angry: :angry: :angry: :thumbs_do

I personally think they ought to have their butts kicked clear up around their ears!!!!!!! :angry: It sure looks like a way to get a kid hurt really bad or to have the Cops pickup the kid for investigation!!!!!

Dick

[Obsession]

Some demented people there thats for sure :thumbs_do

[HNSB]

It's definitely a unique costume though...

[bow weevil]

Whoa.

I wonder if his parents remember seeing people jump from the towers? or how many people died on the Cole. Hopefully someone gave them a good talking to.

[Hickory Creek Stalker]

can you download the pix then post it...I cant see it here at work just a red
x.

Thanks

[grandpawrichard]

can you download the pix then post it...I cant see it here at work just a red
x.

Thanks

Here you go Cityboy:

[Hickory Creek Stalker]

Thanks...
Eeeeeghad!

[bow weevil]

Whoa.

I wonder if his parents remember seeing people jump from the towers? or how many people died on the Cole. Hopefully someone gave them a good talking to.


And I just realized how much my signature had in common with that costume. yet another reminder to myself to think a little more. Its changed now.

[61695]

Maybe they were tryin' to get him to push the button? Either way pretty tasteless to be sure.

[fishingal]

I don't think I have seen anything so disgusting in my life! What is the world coming to when even one person finds that humerous?!!! :sick: :mad2: :vom: :censored:
It seems like the "parents" should be charged with something!

[ELKARCHER]

I wonder if this would be allowed at a "zero tolerance" school. You know, the ones that expel pupils for tee shirts showing archery brand names and pics or for having a butter knife or a gun in the car during hunting season.

After all, it's about diversity isn't it???

[DeerDude]

Looser!!!!!!!!!!!! :thumbs_do

[distorted]

:confused: what ever happened to the "traditional" costumes?

[ttripp]

absolutelly Disgusting

[eric96]

There are some sick people out there for sure Richard.

[GONZO]

geeeeez , this is what this country is comming to

[imanut2]

What the he-double toothpicks were this kids parents thinking about?????? :angry: :angry: :angry: :thumbs_do

GPR...it's pretty obvious that they WEREN'T thinking...probably cause they have their heads too far up their a _ _es... :thumbs_do

[whitetail234]

That makes me so p*ssed off. How many of our soldiers have been killed by suiside bombers? And they seem to find It funny :frusty: :angry: :angry: To me those type people should not even be allowed in this Country. :angry: Because they dont have any respect for this country.

[hkim823]

Before we jump to conclusions that any decent American would even consider doing this .... where do you find that photo? Was it some sort of photoshopped photo?

[HNSB]

It's definitely not Photoshopped. It's just poor taste. I don't think the intent of the costume was to glorify suicide bombers or anything like that...

[grandpawrichard]

Before we jump to conclusions that any decent American would even consider doing this .... where do you find that photo? Was it some sort of photoshopped photo?

Heck, I have No Clue what site I found it on. :( I'm a member of 26 archery forums, several tractor forums and a constant internet surfer! Besides that, I'm retired, old, senile, funny looking and I have GPR Senior Moments! :( :cry: :cry: I'll try to find it again and post a link if I can luck out! :(

Dick

[hkim823]

It's definitely not Photoshopped. It's just poor taste. I don't think the intent of the costume was to glorify suicide bombers or anything like that...

Your probably right but in this day and age that almost anything can look like a real picture with little trace to know it's a fake, I tend to believe the most outrageous photos are fakes.

It is extremely poor taste. I don't think any reasonable adult would ever condone the costume, I bet if it is legit it's a bunch of punk kids who just don't know better. Which is a shame all in it's own.

[bushbuck]

I certainly hope this is an older photo that someone had. I hope this photo was actually taken before 911. I am looking at the background and there is no leaves on the trees. Up here this year we still have leaves on the trees. I dont know where this photo was taken, but I hope it was years ago.
Its tasteless and hurtfull anyway You look at it.

[bow weevil]

I certainly hope this is an older photo that someone had. I hope this photo was actually taken before 911. I am looking at the background and there is no leaves on the trees. Up here this year we still have leaves on the trees. I dont know where this photo was taken, but I hope it was years ago.
Its tasteless and hurtfull anyway You look at it.

I fail to see the logic...were the lives lost to terrorizm prior to 9-11 less valueable than the lives afterwards?

I am not trying to be a jerk, I guess I just don't quite get what you are saying.

That makes me so p*ssed off. How many of our soldiers have been killed by suiside bombers? And they seem to find It funny To me those type people should not even be allowed in this Country. Because they dont have any respect for this country.
It pi$$es me off too, but don't forget that those soldiers killed by suicide bombers are dying so that people like that are allowed in this country, and so that people don't have to respect this country. Out of fairness though,I should point out that I do wish they realized they were free to leave as well.

[whitetail234]

I know what you are saying, it just made me so mad. :angry: :angry:

[Kitsap]

The picture is definitely in poor taste.... however, I do want to point out what should have been a rather obvious consideration: Did the parents even know that their precious darling put together that costume, took a photo of it and posted the pic on the net; there isn't anything about that pic that is technically beyond the capabilities of that kid. Nor is there anything about the makeup of the costume that is beyond the ken of your average kid. Could very well be a case of parents not being able to look over their kids shoulders 100% of the time - and the kid knows it. The kid might well have done this and then ditched the costume before mom and dad caught him.

[bushbuck]

I fail to see the logic...were the lives lost to terrorizm prior to 9-11 less valueable than the lives afterwards?

I am not trying to be a jerk, I guess I just don't quite get what you are saying.

My thought was that there may be many people that did not understand just how serious, and how awfull these people are prior to 911. There are many people in this country that prior to 911 did not even know who Sadam or Osama was. I believe that day was a turning point for all americans to the terror, and may have opened many eyes and educated alot of folks about reality. I just certainly hope that that photo was taken by someone who was uninformed. I certainly hope that that photo was taken by someone that had never really heard about terrorism and the lives that it costs.
I just find it hard to believe that an american would do that sort of thing. But then again, who says that is an american. who says that photo was not taken somewhere else, like France..

[SilentElk]

My initial reaction is "Whoa! Thats clever. Although a kid shouldnt be wearing that...actually nobody should be." That is just wrong that someone would do that. I have worn a few custumes that were off color and screamed "Attention Wh*re!" But that is way beyond the lines of reason and for alot of reasons.

[bow weevil]

My thought was that there may be many people that did not understand just how serious, and how awfull these people are prior to 911. There are many people in this country that prior to 911 did not even know who Sadam or Osama was. I believe that day was a turning point for all americans to the terror, and may have opened many eyes and educated alot of folks about reality. I just certainly hope that that photo was taken by someone who was uninformed. I certainly hope that that photo was taken by someone that had never really heard about terrorism and the lives that it costs.
I just find it hard to believe that an american would do that sort of thing. But then again, who says that is an american. who says that photo was not taken somewhere else, like France..

I can appreciate that. I didn't really look at it that way.

[SEOBowhntr]

I don't find it all that offensive. I cannot see what is that horrible about it. We have people wearing masks that look like John Kerry, Osama, GW and host of other famous and oft hated faces. What I do find sad is that this kid is dressed up like something that is a reality. Were the kid or parents trying to be offensive??? I doubt it. I find it a whole lot more tasteless when little girls dress up like *****s, and trust me I saw quite a few last week that were dressed exactly as that. Heck, in all honesty, I am more afraid of John Kerry or Hillary being president than Osama.

[BenR]

I don't find it all that offensive. I cannot see what is that horrible about it. We have people wearing masks that look like John Kerry, Osama, GW and host of other famous and oft hated faces. What I do find sad is that this kid is dressed up like something that is a reality. Were the kid or parents trying to be offensive??? I doubt it. I find it a whole lot more tasteless when little girls dress up like *****s, and trust me I saw quite a few last week that were dressed exactly as that. Heck, in all honesty, I am more afraid of John Kerry or Hillary being president than Osama.

I'm kind of here...

I think that was possibly the dumbest idea for a costume ever, but I've seen worse things in my life and I don't feel anger or hatred for just one brainless costume... call me insensitive, but it's not like racist or anything.

[mathews4life]

I'm kind of here...

I think that was possibly the dumbest idea for a costume ever, but I've seen worse things in my life and I don't feel anger or hatred for just one brainless costume... call me insensitive, but it's not like racist or anything.


ok...well if this was pretty much any other topic i TOTALLY agree with you 100% (the dreaded but) but, i do think that we owe the americans involved with 9/11 a little more respect. i say this for two reasons 1) if you were a mother/father/brother/sister etc... who had their son/brother die because of some psycho that blew himself up and saw that pic i am sure you would feel something other than humor and 2) what if you lost a family member in the airplane crashes and in the falling towers on 9/11...what if your husband/brother/son was a firefighter that was in the towers when they fell...i think you would have a different view. as i said before if this dealt with pretty much any other topic than our countries service men (and women) and innocent people who were maliciously killed for no real reason than i would tell them to just live and let live
**just my 2 cents
sorry for the long post...stepping off my podium..

[mathews4life]

if you look close i think you can see a shadow from the kid on the house...correct me if im wrong...but i think thats just about impossible w/o some effects that give it away as a fake. JMO

[SEOBowhntr]

ok...well if this was pretty much any other topic i TOTALLY agree with you 100% (the dreaded but) but, i do think that we owe the americans involved with 9/11 a little more respect. i say this for two reasons 1) if you were a mother/father/brother/sister etc... who had their son/brother die because of some psycho that blew himself up and saw that pic i am sure you would feel something other than humor and 2) what if you lost a family member in the airplane crashes and in the falling towers on 9/11...what if your husband/brother/son was a firefighter that was in the towers when they fell...i think you would have a different view. as i said before if this dealt with pretty much any other topic than our countries service men (and women) and innocent people who were maliciously killed for no real reason than i would tell them to just live and let live
**just my 2 cents
sorry for the long post...stepping off my podium..


Some of you people are missing the point!!! We weren't attacked by suicide bombers with C4 attached to themselves, we were attacked by Psycho misguided whackos who flew planes into buildings. If you're Jewish or an Israeli citizen, then you may have a reason to be offended by this, but most if not all of us do not fit that description. Those who have attacked us are not of the mold of this costume. I do agree it is not what I'd want my kid to dress up as, but I am not offended by it.

[BDHUNTR]

I thought Halloween was the time to put on a costume; some pretty and cute like a princess or ballet dancer, or scary and evil like a monster or Leatherface. A suicide bomber is pretty scary these days.

Do you think anybody who went trick-or-treating or a costume party in the late 1800's dressed as an Apache was regarded as "disgusting or distasteful?" Probably so. I know Prince William (or Harry, whatever) was hounded for wearing a Nazi costume a few months ago. Nothing scarier than that.

All-in-all, I don't see the cause for an uproar. Maybe a little off the wall, but it was Halloween. If someone dressed as John Wayne Gacy, would you be upset, too? Think about it.

[bow weevil]

Some of you people are missing the point!!! We weren't attacked by suicide bombers with C4 attached to themselves, we were attacked by Psycho misguided whackos who flew planes into buildings. If you're Jewish or an Israeli citizen, then you may have a reason to be offended by this, but most if not all of us do not fit that description. Those who have attacked us are not of the mold of this costume. I do agree it is not what I'd want my kid to dress up as, but I am not offended by it.

Just because there has never been a similar attack on US soil, doesn't mean we havent been attacked. If the attack takes place in a foreign nation, but American citizens or soldiers are killed, I consider that an attack against us. This crap has been going on for years. and wether they use an IED, a C-4 vest, or an airliner full of civillians to kill innocent people is really irrelevant. They are just different tools to acheive the same goal. the death of men, women, and children that have done nothing other than live in a nation they hate. These are the same people that post videos of fathers getting their heads lopped of for the world to see.

What if your kid wanted to dress up as the drunk driver that killed one of your family members, Timothy McVeigh, or one of the kids that shot up Columbine High School? Would that be offensive? There is really not a large difference between them.

[mathews4life]

Some of you people are missing the point!!! We weren't attacked by suicide bombers with C4 attached to themselves, we were attacked by Psycho misguided whackos who flew planes into buildings. If you're Jewish or an Israeli citizen, then you may have a reason to be offended by this, but most if not all of us do not fit that description. Those who have attacked us are not of the mold of this costume. I do agree it is not what I'd want my kid to dress up as, but I am not offended by it.


trust me i am not missing the point. i see your perspective and and you are entitled to it but i also think that we just need to be more respectful to our soldiers and their families. and yes we were attacked by suicide bombers just not ones that used the convential "bombs strapped to the chest" method. they used airplanes filled with fuel and innocent people as their bomb--there is no difference. personally i am not jewish or of israeli decent but i have family that was in the military and i was very offended by it. i am also offended by some "save the animals/trees orginizations but thats just free speech and i can see how this would be too, but i feel we owe respect to our serviceman and women

[mathews4life]

Just because there has never been a similar attack on US soil, doesn't mean we havent been attacked. If the attack takes place in a foreign nation, but American citizens or soldiers are killed, I consider that an attack against us. This crap has been going on for years. and wether they use an IED, a C-4 vest, or an airliner full of civillians to kill innocent people is really irrelevant. They are just different tools to acheive the same goal. the death of men, women, and children that have done nothing other than live in a nation they hate. These are the same people that post videos of fathers getting their heads lopped of for the world to see.

What if your kid wanted to dress up as the drunk driver that killed one of your family members, Timothy McVeigh, or one of the kids that shot up Columbine High School? Would that be offensive? There is really not a large difference between them.

yes i totally agree with you -that i how i see this issue

[Jim C]

That was probably the most popular costume among immigrant children in France where the most popular boy's name in the last 5 years is MOHAMMED.

[3.0l]

lol i like the look on his face though

[BenR]

Everybody keeps labling terrorists as "psychos".

They're really just as sane a you and I (well...maybe just you). What happens is the children have nothing and are raised hating Americans from birth. The result is a seeming hatred that can only be countered by killing those who teach hate and eliminating the anti-Americanism.

[bow weevil]

I find it difficult to not label someone that way when they are so blind with jealousy and rage to a people they have never met, that they will gladly end their life to wipe out the whole american race.

[mathews4life]

Everybody keeps labling terrorists as "psychos".

They're really just as sane a you and I (well...maybe just you). What happens is the children have nothing and are raised hating Americans from birth. The result is a seeming hatred that can only be countered by killing those who teach hate and eliminating the anti-Americanism.

i dont see your point in calling these people sane, actually i wouldnt even use sane. they see killing us as a good thing and would gladly kill themselves to kill some of us. i agree with your solution to the taught hatred though...

[mrmagoo]

Its not always hatred that makes people do certain things that we would call insane, it also is religion, beleiving that if they do this certain act they will be given such a wonderfull afterlife.

Also remember, I persosannlly believe, one of the reasons why we as americans, have a hard time with this concept, of "blowing" one self up, has to do with out tolerance to others and other religions. We all can sit around and say that your particarliar religion is non-sense, but we respect your choice of religion as long as you do not force it on us.

granted its not just religion, there are other factors also, hatred, about how as americans we ruin everything for everybody else... all way to philosophical to go into here

mr magoo

[SEOBowhntr]

A little more about the costume and it's origination------>

A great many people don't really understand why the Palestinians HATE both us and the Israeli's. If you looked at a world map from 100yrs ago, the land we now know as Israel was then called "Palestine." The Palestinians were forced out of their homes and off of their land by the powers of the world and the nation now known as Israel was established. Prior to 194, there were few "Israeli/Jew's" in that region, it was dominated by Palestinians, in their own "Country(Actually an English Territory at that time)." But the resolution of what to do with the Jews who'd been persecuted in Europe during the WWII timeframe was to give them back "their" land, according to the Bible. So when the whole plan took place, the Palestinians, just like the Native Americans in this country were pushed off into the worst parts of the land, out of their homes and away from their LIVES. The BIGGEST difference between the Palestinians and Native Americans is that the Palestinians continue to be moderately well equipped, while the Native Americans were wiped out because they were outmanned and under-equipped.

How insane would you have to be to want to kill some of the people responsible for murdering your family????

Many of these suicide bombers in Israel were retaliating against a tyrannical Israeli govt. and military that has been known to kill without regard. Driving tanks over homes occupied by women and children, firing rockets into neighborhoods without regard for the innocent non-terrorists they may kill. As recent as last fall, killing a 12yr-old Palestinian girl in the Gaza Strip. The Israeli Army Major who killed this girl proceded to walk up to her dead body and unload his sidearm into her head at point blank range.

So my question is, if that were your daughter or your sister, would you be driven to get revenge??? If you wanted revenge would you be considered insane or normal??? If you knew a way you could strike revenge right into the hearts of those who'd killed your family, would you???

Ponder those thoughts a while. 9-11 happened because of actions our govt. made back in the 40's and 50's, not because of anything Clinton, or either Bush did, let me assure you of that.

[southerngirl]

:confused: what ever happened to the "traditional" costumes?
that's what I would like to know

[BillyRay]

that's what I would like to know
Maybe it has something to do with people got tired of the same ole chit....gotta upgrade and try new things...:wink:

[southerngirl]

Maybe it has something to do with people got tired of the same ole chit....gotta upgrade and try new things...:wink:
are we still talking about kiddies holloween costumes here?

[BillyRay]

are we still talking about kiddies holloween costumes here?
Well I was, but sounds like your mind is in the gutter...heh :wink: :tongue: