Oh no! Girls might wear short skirts! The horror!

This is an old post from my now-defunct Myspace blog. I'm going to post some of the older postings in reverse chronological order to put a little meat on the bones of this puppy.

Originally posted on Wednesday, March 12, 2008.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/03/12/abercrombie.hospital.ap/index.html

Some delightful group called the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood is pitching a fit because a new emergency room at Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus will be named the Abercrombie & Fitch Emergency Department and Trauma Center, after the clothing retailer pledged $10 million for the project. I guess if we had to choose between kids getting an emergency room in downtown Columbus with the prospect that 9 year-olds might see the evil word "Abercrombie" on the wall or kids dying in the streets, we should choose the latter. Short skirts = bad. It's sort of a new spin on PETA's "I'd rather go naked than wear fur" campaign. "I'd rather let my child die than be treated in an ER funded by skimpy clothing!" Puh-lease.

Children grow up to be consumers... unless they're Amish. Hell, even the Amish buy some things. I think their fragile minds can handle a few advertisements. But just in case, let's say a prayer so they will be able to handle the (gasp) Abercrombie Emergency Room.