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Court rules girl, 7, can be samba queen in Rio Carnival

World Feb. 11, 2010 - 06:46AM JST ( 8 )

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TokyoGasFeb. 11, 2010 - 08:37AM JST

Seems odd to me to have a 7 year-old as the samba queen.
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sensei258Feb. 11, 2010 - 08:51AM JST

What does a seven year old little girl have to shake anyway?
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shinjukuboyFeb. 11, 2010 - 08:59AM JST

Now we see that the Lolita phenomenon is not something uniquely Japanese.
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goddogFeb. 11, 2010 - 10:06AM JST

Maybe more people will tune in to this than the Super Bowl and Mash.
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bushloverFeb. 11, 2010 - 10:43AM JST

well said shinjukuboy. This proves that the Americas have some really perverted people around too.
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dearjohnFeb. 11, 2010 - 12:36PM JST

A lot of people will just see a little girl dancing and think its cute. If you look and see sex, what does it day about you? Maybe you just have not seen enough of the world or sex to see anything else? I just saw a movie called "The One and Only" last night that had a little girl shaking it and dancing with an adult. Looked like she was having a good time. It was cute.

The article says Brazil has troubles with sexual exploitation of children. Obviously they were not caused by little girls as Samba queens since that has not even actually happened yet! I somehow doubt Julia is going to make it all worse. She might even get kids more respected and seen as just being cute.
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illsayitFeb. 11, 2010 - 01:18PM JST

Well it seems harmless. Kid dancing away. I used to dance. It really takes time to practice too. Of course the competition of being chosen for Mambo Jambo, oh sorry, Sambo, ah get it right Samba, takes pulling a few strings and a really dedicated mother-at least- probably economically stable father-at least. Mind lots of kids can really move it. Lots of women too-especially the ones who think like a child. I guess I would question what sort of parents would encourage a child, who obviously is good and good at it, to be a ...what was it again Samba Queen? I would be scared of the confusion that could come with that, like Drag Queen and the like.

Now, if you had some really samba like wOman that would be so much the better-more like me!
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benhurFeb. 11, 2010 - 03:58PM JST

and what is wrong with that?