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Aren't teenagers subjected to enough TRASH?

Oh, wait..we're talking about 6 to 12 year olds.

While I understand that the lyrics were "cleaned up", the fact that they needed laundering in the first place would be enough to send ME into a tail spin, were it MY child(ren).

I find it appalling that the coaches would even consider such a song. Too bad that they already put so much hard work into it. Even worse, that they were exposed to it at all! The mothers who are permitting this surely must be living vicariously through their children. Are these the same mothers who buy midriff blouses and short skirts for their daughters, thinking it's "cute to look sexy"?

The bottom line is, allow these children their childhood. There is plenty of time for sex when they grow up. Mamas don't let your babies grow up to be hookers.

LISTEN TO ALL THE OTHER SONGS THE GIRLS USE... YOU CAN TAKE THE MEANINGS IN DIFFRTENT WAYS. I WANT CANY AND OTHERS.I BET THE OTHER SCHOOLS WILL USE THIS SONG TOO.

OMG! You people are SO uptight. It's just like Elvis the Pelvis, and Buddy Holly at the skating rink. It's just a SONG! Kids hear, see, learn much worse on television and being in denial is not going to change that.

Many of these things would not take such a 'prohibitional' spin if someone didn't make such a big deal about it. Europeans have a much more relaxed attitude about sexuality and have less teenage pregnancy, less sexual assaults etc.

Give it a rest already.

If being uptight is believing in moral values, then I guess I'm uptight and proud of it. I find it appalling that these adults would allow their daughters to sing such a nasty song. What happened to the cheerleading when they actually "CHEERED" on their team? You know cheers that didn't include bumping and grinding, swearing, and defending themselves against being called "Wh....."? What has that song got to do with cheering on your team? Seems to me if cheerleaders want to lose the image of cheap and easy, not to mention less than bright, they should stop acting cheap and easy. Go back to cheering instead of Dirty Dancing.

McDonald is so worried about having a sexual predator living near the school, yet you have these mothers putting their daughters on display telling him and others like him, that their not @#$%&, but they've been around. You don't want people looking at them in that way, then don't parade them around that way. Your suppose to be protecting your girls not displaying them for the next pervert. I think the mother who is standing up against this kind of dance should be applauded. It takes guts to stand up for something you believe especially when it's against the majority. Keep up the fight, you have a lot of people who believe as you do, even if they don't come out and say it. Some of them live in McDonald with you.

Wow, this whole deal is so moronic, I hardly know where to begin. First of all, nobody is getting called a "Wh..." in this particular song. You want to hear trash, go hang out at a Junior High or High School and listen to what your little angels are saying and doing when they're not under the rule of your iron fist. Kids are kids, and will continue to be, no matter how deceived their parents are. If your child wants to find out something, or listen to something, or watch something, they will do it...with or without your consent. The fact that you're bemoaning the loss of innocence in our youth is preposterous. Our youth are just as innocent today as you were in your youth...that is to say, not at all. And there's nothing you can do or say to change that.

This is the dumbest ***** thing i ever heard, some stuipd bitch just need to complaine about somthing, its a gwen stefani song, come on now, if you think this is bad try listing to some other stuff, thats why kids are ***** up these days because they have parents that are so up tight and bitch about everything, I know a kid from school that had parents like this and once he got older he freaked out and lost it and burnt there house down, so lay off the bitching for a while will ya's just because you are a stubren old bitch doesnt mean you have to make your kids like that



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 08/02/2005 11:48AM by jtholmes.

Well... Where to start... The idea that this is being used in a pee-wee league shouldn't even enter this. These kids will hear the song, no matter what the age.

That said, I didn't understand what the song meant, and I'm 24. When I asked around, I was told that 'hollaback girl' meant a girl who would let a guy step all over her and talk about her just to be loved. In other words, a woman who didn't care what the guy she loved did to her. Gwen is saying she isn't one, and I believe, all in all, that it is a good message to send to girls that age. Far too many girls these days are being exploited by boys and men and it needs to stop. If a song can do it, yay for the song.

The fact that the parents over-all agreed to have the song played is enough. Yes, maybe they didn't know what it meant in the beginning, but we have one mother in an uproar over it. Perhaps someone needs to take her Premsyn and stop crusading against using a song that is past its prime anyhow. These little girls are going to be devastated if they worked this hard only to not be allowed to use the routine they learned.

BTW: To the person who said something about the mom being against this kind of dance: She isn't, you moron. Read the story. She's against the song they are using for the dance. She was the one who enrolled her child in cheerleading. She just doesn't like the song they chose to perform to at half-time. Get it right.