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sarge43

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7. Yes, extreme high heels may cause damage

Reply to yeoman6987 (Reply #2)

Thu Jun 26, 2014, 06:44 AM

Jun 2014

However, nothing like the well documented damage caused by smoking and drinking. Notice not a mumbling word about restricting those virulent, deadly health hazards. Has any woman ever died as result of wearing high heels?

Notice that several of these prohibitions target women.

Someone needs to explain how ballet slippers pose a public health problem.

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A new level of idiocy: Russia considers banning high heels, foreign words, and condom ads [View all] unhappycamper Jun 2014 OP

Nice to see other countries have their versions of Teahadists as well nt rpannier Jun 2014 #1

Yup. ctsnowman Jun 2014 #6

I see a lot of news features saying that high heals are messing up woman's feet yeoman6987 Jun 2014 #2

And before you fling the first stone, up until the most recent past the U.S. banned condom ads retired rooster Jun 2014 #5

Yes, extreme high heels may cause damage sarge43 Jun 2014 #7

Maybe yeoman6987 Jun 2014 #9

"Lawmakers ... are trying to guess what the system - that is Putin - wants from them." pampango Jun 2014 #3

Russia's Cultural Revolution PeoViejo Jun 2014 #4

And in other news... truth2power Jun 2014 #8

i think you missed the point of the movie Idiocracy. Kuroi_ Jun 2014 #10