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Crabby 10yo Ties Self to Pole to Protest Injustice

Dennis G. Jerz / 21 Jul 2012

My wife confiscated my preteen daughter’s blush. To protest the injustice, my daughter tied herself to a pole and wrote this protest note.

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21 Jul 2012 in Culture, Ethics, Personal, Rhetoric.

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4 thoughts on “Crabby 10yo Ties Self to Pole to Protest Injustice”

  1. Stacy Ann Vitt says:
    21 Jul 2012 at 5:52 pm

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  4. DennisJerz says:
    21 Jul 2012 at 8:01 pm

    I lured my pouting 10yo out of her room by promising to watch the Branagh/Thompson Much Ado About Nothing video with her. Sigh no more…

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