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Old 04-03-2012, 02:40 PM   #221
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the coolest Great Grandpa on the block?
I would have gone with blacktacular.
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Which part? Allowing her to compete or forcing a decision through political pressure/lobbying?
Political pressure? Where? Public pressure in the form of a petition and media coverage is not political in any manner.

According to Trump himself the decision was made in order to comply with existing laws.
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Old 04-03-2012, 02:53 PM   #223
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Maybe, I don't want to get into the whole debate that's going on here about the actual person themself.

But this I think was more an excercise in marketing and business then an vindication one way or the other.


I can guarantee you that this girl will probably be eliminated early on in the process though, she's going to be judged by an entirely different criteria and looked at in an entirely different way.
I agree, I was simply stating that the fact that a company would make a marketing and business decision to allow a transgendered woman to enter Miss Universe speaks volumes about the current state of our society.
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I'm surprised no one posted this

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Old 04-03-2012, 02:58 PM   #225
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I think this has gone far far beyond the point of being done.
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