Bostonist: Beverly Farms Parade Float Isn't Funny

wkrueg

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 15:54:45 -0500

I want to say that while Beverly isn't often seen as working-class or poor, especially not Beverly Farms, it is probably no more "rich" than Gloucester is. I've driven through areas of Gloucester that would make even the nicer areas of Beverly look like section eight housing. This is not a "class" issue. Those people on the (yes, very offensive) floats were making fun of the ridiculous nature of the Gloucester High "pact" situation. To the public's knowlege, none of those little girls "accidentally" got pregnant. It was apparently planned, and that, in itself was/is worth making a statement about. Furthermore, in response to ustreetgirl's comment... While I'll say that the floats crossed several lines, and were offensive to probably most people watching, the "Horribles" Parade in Beverly Farms, was just that. This wasn't an ordinary Independence Day parade for family fun. If you look up "Parade of Horribles" on Google, it will give you a shortened account of the nearly two hundred years of "horribles" history in which people have been dressing up grotesquely and often offensively to satire political or social events during any given era (on the 4th of July). Beverly Farms has been doing a "Horribles" parade for years, and I'd be willing to bet that the reason this year's has been such a fiasco, media-wise, is that the Gloucester High School pregnancy situation was prostituted (so to speak) all over the media anyway, without any help from anybody.

biffstallion

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 10:19:48 -0500

Oh, by the way Kerry, "distributing contraception in response", only works if the girls (or boys) actualy use it. But it's not "their fault" right? It's the "rich kids" fault.

biffstallion

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 10:07:25 -0500

Wow, how pathetic. It's the "rich kids" fault that these idiots got knocked up. More of the "it's not their fault" liberal mentality. I am VERY proud of her these girls for "speaking" her mind in this way. It sends a message to all kids about the trouble they can get into. What, "poor kids" won't get the message?? The person who wrote this article is a screaming liberal who wants to blame all of society because people can't keep it in their own pants. Shame on you for blaming everyone else.

ustreetgirl

Mon, 07 Jul 2008 14:43:38 -0500

What makes me sick about this stupid float is the fact that 4th of July parades should be for kids. They are designed for families, and they should be family friendly. I haven't been to a Fourth of July parade since I turned 10, and probably won't go to another one until I have children. You can see tons of kids in the crowd, and also in the parade itself. And that squirting penis, it isn't small, it's huge. That's just irresponsible, not to mention the fact that it's inappropriate, offensive, not funny, and disgusting.

Kerry Skemp

Mon, 07 Jul 2008 13:28:05 -0500

> Rich kids get knocked up, too. their parents are just better at paying for abortions. (ugh.) this whole thing just keeps getting more sickening, but the sickest thing of all is that gloucester high (or any other school) STILL probably won't do ANYthing productive (like improve sex ed or distribute contraception) in response to any of it. bah. and the comments on the herald article... wow.