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You have OVER THOUGHT THIS

i agree with KS

I don't think somali pirates have stripey boden t shirts on.

god or maybe they do and that is why people are so hostile to them!

Think you're over thinking it.

You would have hated my one year olds Pirate themed birthday party last week then!

We loved it though

X post there - but great minds think alike!

And relax.............now on to other topics I think.

Blimey.

I don't, strangely, equate a nice stripey t-shirt and skull and crossbones with somali pirates/terrorists or drug-dealers.

Makes me think of Captain Pugwash instead.

I also think you're overthinking this.

Yet another non issue.

I love mini swash buckling pirates!

I bought a lovely little black tshirt with white pirate on for my nephew, he loved it Do you think you might be taking it a little too seriously!!?

I like dressing up as a pirate, why should that pleasure be denied to our children?
and I think the Johnny Depp films are more of an influence than real pirates in the news ( who incidently, don't wear eye patches and have parrots on their shoulders, most disappointing IMO)

PMSL Kaisersosay! Was the boden/joules ones I was thinking of. And which ds happily wears.

You made me laugh at the idea that somali pirates may shop from boden which would explain the visceral reaction some people have to boden....

My DS had a pirate themed party too. They came dressed as 'har har me hearty' type pirates though, not 'Somalian drug taking murderous' pirates.

Definitely over thinking it. If you don't like the clothes then don't buy them!

<bow>

I don't think the Somali pirates wear stripey tops, silver hoop earring, fly the skull and cross bones and shout shiver me timbers with a parrot on their shoulder.

As Kaiser says - you've overthought this!

apostrophe I thought this earlier when I saw the pirate outfits in the shops . Then I though to myself "get a grip woman" . Definate case of reading too much into it.

Its Lacoste that gets my goat.

I mean FOR GODS SAKE!!! Crocodiles are killers and have been known to attack small children. Its just another case of PC gone mad

I'm pretty sure when my little DS dresses up as a pirate he doesn't (an isn't encouraged) to think of rape, murder and dugs He is probably thinking more of Captain Hook and Captain Jack Sparrow.

<tries to imagine drug-dealer/terrorist themed children's clothes>

You'd hate our infants' school then. We have pirate role-play areas and pirate ship small-world areas. The outdoor area is sometimes overrun with shrieking pirates. Both boys and girls love it and certainly don't relate it to the pirates in the news.

And dont get me started on Alpha Romeo....a SNAKE!!! What next? The image of the devil on juice cups??

(WANDERS OFF, TAKES VALIUM)

I don't know why little girls are allowed to dress as princesses as princesses are often in-bred, wear their collars up and play too much polo.

They are not sweet little simpering things in long frocks at all.

and cars... for god's sake, do you know how many people are killed by cars each year... and they are destroying the planet with pollution!

I threw away my little boy's top which had a helicopter on it after one crashed killing all it's occupents