Posted on 08/26/2004 8:55:34 AM PDT by antifem
By Joe Kovacs © 2004 WorldNetDaily.com
If you attend a Halloween event this year, don't be surprised if you run into a child dressed as a pimp or prostitute, as a California company is selling "Child Pimp & Ho Costumes."
Los Angeles-based Brands On Sale began selling the $40- $60 outfits for children last year, but the company says there wasn't much publicity originally.
Now, the items are a hot topic with word spreading on the Internet.
"I am completely appalled that people would expose children to this disgusting sin by selling or even buying these costumes. It just makes me sick," Heather Church of Haines City, Fla., tells WorldNetDaily. "It makes me sick because it is endorsing this sin as acceptable, and gives exposes innocent children to evil." Some comments posted among online messageboards include:
"Yikes! I thought that was a joke at first."
"This world is a messed up place. What's next? Four-year-olds dressing like Playboy bunnies?"
"This means little considering how easy it is for kids now days to become desensitized to the vice of society after watching late-night TV."
"Not to be an old square, but that's just not right. Although, come to think of it, I definitely remember trick-or-treating with the Flanigan girls one year when they were dressed up as prostitutes. I was probably 10, which would make them 11 and 12. I can't remember what I was dressed up as that year. Probably a serial killer. I had one of those creepy, clear plastic masks that bank robbers wear. Ah, Halloween. It really is the work of the devil, isn't it?"
"I much prefer the costume featuring the butcher-knife-in-the-head look."
"Kinda gives new meaning to 'trick or treat.'" In the face of the criticism, Brands On Sale costume creator Johnathon Weeks says "we're not telling everyone to buy them," admitting they're for "unique customers."
"If they want, they can purchase a devil costume, or a ghoul or ghost costume – I don't care," he tells WorldNetDaily. "But it does not promote prostitution or sexual exploitation. It's just a costume for kids to dress up and pretend."
Weeks says real pimps these days don't look like the colorful costumes he's selling.
"If you think about a real pimp, they're not in flamboyant suits. Kids don't even know that the word pimp means – regarding soliciting women for sex. They think being 'pimp' means having big, fancy cars and homes."
The dictionary defines "pimp" as a man who acts as an agent for prostitutes and lives off their earnings, while "ho" is a slang synonym for "whore."
But Weeks says television shows like MTV's "Pimp My Ride" and celebrities like Snoop Dogg have made the terms more mainstream and less offensive.
He points out parents, not children, need to approve of the costume purchases, since they have to submit their credit card information.
Even dogs can be pimped up
"The 'Ho' costume is just there for excitement," says Weeks, claiming it looks more like a 1920s-era flapper.
Though less than 500 of the pimp and ho costumes have been sold, 90 percent of them have been shipped to California, New York and Florida.
He says his company, which sells up to 100,000 costumes annually, looks to provide everyone with a chance to dress up.
"We have Jesus costumes, Moses costumes, and coming soon we'll offer the infant pimp."
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Reminds me of th SNL skit with Dan Ackroid as the sleazy costume company guy. Budhist Monk protestor costume. Comes with robe, gas, and matches.
After the introduction of "Bratz" dolls, this is not much of a stretch.
Don't they mean P. Diddy and Britney costumes?
I guess they are hot items:
http://store.yahoo.com/brandsonsale-store/51104-1-costumes.html
Due to overwhelming demand, our child ho costume is currently sold out. However, we are currently accepting preorders. All preorders will arrive in time for Halloween 2004.
This is rather sickening although not surprising. I was at a local grocery store that has those 50 cent vending machines selling little plastic charms and such. They have these toys called "Lil Homies" which basically look like pimps, ho's, and a drive-by shooting crew. Collect 'em all!
A firm from Los Angeles sells these costumes?!?!?
Who'd thunk it?
Why does the "ho" costume look like a flapper outfit?
I can't imagine MTV or Snoop Dog making anything "less offensive."
I saw in Walmart yesterday young girls underwear with stuff like "flirt" "cutie" and other garbage like that. I couldn't believe that Walmart has that crap after banning the Parental advisory CD's. This is another step into depravity for the Country.
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There aren't enough words to express my rage...
I mean, I'm not completely up on pop culture, but parents dressing their kids up as prostitutes? I don't get it.
- PING -
Not quite related to the Queer Agenda...but just as important. Yet another company coming after our children, longing to corrupt them, as they become increasingly mired in the cess-pit of contemporary "culture".
How soon before the "Steve & Bruce Leatherman" costumes are available to children?
Truly we are living in the "Days of Lot".
remember Jean Benet-Ramsey? pretty much the same deal, only rather than treats, they get ribbons,trophys, and cash.
Isn't this what they already wear to school?
Nothing will be done if no one complains.
Dang! I wish they had the leopard outfit in my size!
Todd Meister and Rena Sindi at Lara Shriftman and Chris Heinz' "Pimps and Ho's" birthday bash. April, 2001.
Chris Heinz (Ketchup, Steak Sauce, Pickles...), who threw a "Pimps and Ho's" birthday bash for a rowdy bunch of their creative and sexy friends.
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