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Fleshdancer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-30-05 11:50 PM
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Company Won't Pull Straightjacketed Bear
This is a view of the Vermont Teddy Bear's Website showing the Valentine's day bear called 'Crazy for You Bear'. The bear is in a strait jacket with commitment papers and is meant to convey out-of-control love. The executive director of the Vermont chapter of the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill says the bear is 'a tasteless use of marketing that stigmatizes persons with mental illness.'

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KittyWampus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-30-05 11:52 PM
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1. Whoa... Extreme Valentine Teddies!
just creepy
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Fleshdancer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-30-05 11:54 PM
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2. it would be an odd thing to receive, wouldn't it?? n/t
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Skittles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-31-05 12:07 AM
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3. I would sh** bricks if someone gave it to me
:o
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Left Is Write Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-31-05 12:08 AM
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4. It could seem a little stalker-ish.
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Skittles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-31-05 12:14 AM
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5. ya THINK, LiW???
:D
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Left Is Write Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-31-05 12:15 AM
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6. Well, you know.
I'm the queen of the understatement. ;)
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TroubleMan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-31-05 12:16 AM
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7. It's not as bad as their "I'm Boiling Your Rabbit In A Pot Bear"

Not their best seller.
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