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re: The creepiest classic of all: What should we do about ‘Baby, It’s Cold Outside?’
Posted by:	Chromolume 10:02 pm EST 12/20/15
In reply to:	re: The creepiest classic of all: What should we do about ‘Baby, It’s Cold Outside?’ - Delvino 09:43 pm EST 12/20/15

Putting everything under a PC microscope is something I hate about our current world. Though I understand how a lyric like "say, what's in this drink" can be repurposed to fit a current serious issue like the Cosby rapes, it was certainly not meant to be so controversial (or at all) when it was written, and I've never felt the song was more than flirtatious, the way it was obviously written to be. Geez - I'm surprised, that with the current revival of The King And I going on, no one has taken Hammerstein to task for "So many men and girls / are in each other's arms." I mean, that's certainly a bit more "graphic" than that song from Gigi that was getting all the attention last season...;-) Sometimes we just all need to relax, take a few deep breaths, and enjoy things for what they are, instead of having to read new offensive significance into every little thing.
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Thread:	re: The creepiest classic of all: What should we do about ‘Baby, It’s Cold Outside?’ - Kimmelhisway 02:55 am EST 12/21/15 (6) re: The creepiest classic of all: What should we do about ‘Baby, It’s Cold Outside?’ - PlayWiz 04:40 pm EST 12/21/15 re: The creepiest classic of all: What should we do about ‘Baby, It’s Cold Outside?’ - Sam890 08:46 am EST 12/21/15 (4) re: The creepiest classic of all: What should we do about ‘Baby, It’s Cold Outside?’ - PlayWiz 04:47 pm EST 12/21/15 re: The creepiest classic of all: What should we do about ‘Baby, It’s Cold Outside?’ - enoch10 03:08 pm EST 12/21/15 Claptrap, indeed! - portenopete 12:03 pm EST 12/21/15 (1) re: Claptrap, indeed! - Ann 12:36 pm EST 12/21/15 re: The creepiest classic of all: What should we do about ‘Baby, It’s Cold Outside?’ - pierce 10:30 pm EST 12/20/15 (2) re: The creepiest classic of all: What should we do about ‘Baby, It’s Cold Outside?’ - BruceinIthaca 12:41 am EST 12/21/15 (1) re: The creepiest classic of all: What should we do about ‘Baby, It’s Cold Outside?’ - Chromolume 01:14 am EST 12/21/15

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