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    Image of twoeightnine twoeightnine
    12/17/09

    In reply to 9-Year-Old Noah Cyrus Performing 'Smack That' Is Disturbing on Seven Different Levels
    You forgot one. She's in the middle of a group of people standing in a circle holding hands. In other words, the pre-concert prayer circle.
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    Image of Richard Petty Bourgeoisie Richard Petty Bourgeoisie
    12/16/09

    In reply to 9-Year-Old Noah Cyrus Performing 'Smack That' Is Disturbing on Seven Different Levels
    I have hot tickets to her show at the Gomorrah Civic Center.
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    Image of mexiback mexiback
    12/16/09

    In reply to 9-Year-Old Noah Cyrus Performing 'Smack That' Is Disturbing on Seven Different Levels
    The girl is always doing this kinda stuff... like she's encouraged to be sexy or something. Very creepy.
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    Edited by mexiback at 12/16/09 11:32 AM mexiback was starred mexiback was unstarred
    Image of keyshape001 keyshape001
    12/16/09

    In reply to 9-Year-Old Noah Cyrus Performing 'Smack That' Is Disturbing on Seven Different Levels
    Who wrote this article, Mary Poppins? I def smacked my young bottom to Like a Virgin during the early 80s. My parents even took pictures of me donning heels and giant sunglasses. Cute, not slutty.
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    Image of britneyspearstears britneyspearstears
    12/16/09

    In reply to 9-Year-Old Noah Cyrus Performing 'Smack That' Is Disturbing on Seven Different Levels
    I was around this age when I first heard the song, "Me So Horny." I sang it for the babysitter, who replied with a very stern look and an explanation of its meaning. Man, I had no idea what the word 'horny' meant at age 9. I knew it was provocative, but not definitively so.

    Kids are mirrors at that age. I think lil' C deserves this courtesy, at the very least.
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    Image of Merry Magdalene Merry Magdalene
    12/16/09

    In reply to 9-Year-Old Noah Cyrus Performing 'Smack That' Is Disturbing on Seven Different Levels
    My 8 year old cousin performed an intricate and sexualized hip hop dance routine to the Black Eyed Peas' "Boom Boom Pow" at our family reunion this summer. The parents all thought it was adorable, we of the younger generation were horrified.
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    12/16/09

    @Merry Magdalene: If you had said this happened over Thanksgiving instead of summer, I'd've thought we're related.
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    Image of Merry Magdalene Merry Magdalene
    12/16/09

    @Poop Cooper: I almost said Thanksgiving by accident. Does that count?
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    Image of Cam/ron Cam/ron
    12/16/09

    In reply to 9-Year-Old Noah Cyrus Performing 'Smack That' Is Disturbing on Seven Different Levels
    Meh, my second grade classmates and I sang George Michael's "I Want Your Sex" on the school bus whenever it came on the radio. We had no idea what the song was about.
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    Image of SexcessToxins SexcessToxins
    12/16/09

    In reply to 9-Year-Old Noah Cyrus Performing 'Smack That' Is Disturbing on Seven Different Levels
    This wasn't really so bad. It's just a kid dancing and singing lyrics to a song that she probably doesn't understand the meaning of anyway.
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    Niko Bellic promoted this comment SexcessToxins was starred SexcessToxins was unstarred
    Image of Niko Bellic Niko Bellic
    12/16/09

    @SexcessToxins: Let me explain this to you, my child: some day, she will be old enough to understand the meaning, but not old enough to process it in a way that would leave her well enough. To say nothing of the issue of other kids who may see this video while being a bit older.
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    Image of Magister Magister
    12/16/09

    @Niko Bellic: Nobody's going to remember the song when she's older and the audio quality isn't going to help.

    I'll say that when she's in her 30s, they'll be sitting around at a family reunion or a birthday party for old Billy Ray and somebody will say "Hey young Cyrus - what was that song Miley used to make you sing?"

    And then after a couple of minutes of head-scratching, young Cyrus will remember and everyone will laugh.

    (See all the comments below about a George Michael song, as proof)
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    Edited by Magister at 12/16/09 12:09 PM Magister was starred Magister was unstarred
    Image of Niko Bellic Niko Bellic
    12/16/09

    @Magister: Nobody's going to remember the song when she's older and the audio quality isn't going to help.

    For one thing, I meant when she is old enough to understand what the words mean (like 12), not when she is old enough to process it like an adult.

    For another, even 20 years from now everyone will be able to figure out what the lyrics are just like I did today: by reading them in this post.
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    Edited by Niko Bellic at 12/16/09 12:24 PM Niko Bellic was starred Niko Bellic was unstarred
    Image of Magister Magister
    12/16/09

    @Niko Bellic: See my reply citing "Chantilly Lace" to another comment and mix in a little "Tutti-Frutti" for good measure.

    When she's older, she'll laugh and say that her sister was so mean for letting somebody record the video.
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    Image of Niko Bellic Niko Bellic
    12/16/09

    @Magister: When she's older, she'll laugh and say that her sister was so mean for letting somebody record the video

    Exactly. She will grow into a person that laughs at neglect and abuse of children.

    The whole point of this entire post is that just because everyone is laughing and having a good time, doesn't mean everything is OK.
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    Edited by Niko Bellic at 12/16/09 12:55 PM Niko Bellic was starred Niko Bellic was unstarred
    Image of Magister Magister
    12/16/09

    @Niko Bellic: It's not neglect or abuse. It's an older sister playing trickster on the younger. It's called family life and similar things happen every day, up and down the social strata.
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    Image of LuluFimbria LuluFimbria
    12/16/09

    @Niko Bellic: neglect and abuse of children? She's singing Akon for the love of God.

    I have two (or three?) words for you: Salt N' Peppa.

    I remember many a holidays as a child dancing and singing to 'Let's Talk About Sex,' or any of TLC's dirrrty stuff. I turned out ok.

    Come on, no repressed Bobby Brown Lip-sync memories in your past? See and you turned out just fine.
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    Magister promoted this comment Edited by LuluFimbria at 12/16/09 1:11 PM LuluFimbria was starred LuluFimbria was unstarred
    Image of Niko Bellic Niko Bellic
    12/16/09

    @Magister: similar things happen every day, up and down the social strata.

    If this was an isolated incident, it would not be worth reporting. It's not OK, no matter how many people do it, and no matter how much everyone laughs it off. It's one of the many reasons why so many adults in this country are not really adults: they've never really grown into mature, responsible, healthy individuals.

    You probably think you are OK, but talking to you is like talking to a child. You appear to seriously believe in arguments such as "everyone is doing it", and "it's just fun".
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    Edited by Niko Bellic at 12/16/09 1:28 PM Niko Bellic was starred Niko Bellic was unstarred
    Image of Magister Magister
    12/16/09

    @Niko Bellic: Not to get all meta on you, but I'd say the post (reporting) exists because it was a good way to let us make fun of the Cyrus clan.
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    Image of Niko Bellic Niko Bellic
    12/16/09

    @Magister: Ah. Well in that case, feel free to stop replying to me as soon as it's no longer fun.
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    Image of Occula Occula
    12/16/09

    @LuluFimbria: Truth. My knee-jerk reaction was horror, but that's because it's a video clip posted on the internet by her douchey family for the world to see. If this had happened in the family living room without Memorexing, as it does and has done for generations, nobody would give a crap. The ten-year old living next door sings me a Lady Gaga song and when, in semi-mock horror I say, 'Do you know what you're singing?' she responds, 'Oh, who cares, it's just a song I heard on the radio, it doesn't mean anything.' Take that, old fusties!
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    Image of Penscribe Penscribe
    12/16/09

    In reply to 9-Year-Old Noah Cyrus Performing 'Smack That' Is Disturbing on Seven Different Levels
    And, well, in the 80s I was singing Pour Some Sugar on Me.

    The kid has no idea what she's singing. Yawn!
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    Image of BunnySkull BunnySkull
    12/16/09

    @Penscribe: Haha! I remember as a kid teaching a 3 year old to sing "Pour Some Sugar on Me' for shits and giggles. He did a better job than DL after some practice. I don't think either of us had any idea about the true meaning of the song either.
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    Image of Magister Magister
    12/16/09

    @Penscribe: Yeah? What was it that the Big Bopper really liked in "Chantilly Lace"?
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    Image of yourfriendandneighbor yourfriendandneighbor
    12/16/09

    In reply to 9-Year-Old Noah Cyrus Performing 'Smack That' Is Disturbing on Seven Different Levels
    As long as they're Christians.
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    Image of fuzzymuffins fuzzymuffins
    12/16/09

    In reply to 9-Year-Old Noah Cyrus Performing 'Smack That' Is Disturbing on Seven Different Levels
    at 10, my gf sang "dance 1o, looks 3" from chorus line for a party, which includes the line...

    "T*ts and ass.
    Bought myself a fancy pair.
    Tightened up the derriere."

    of course, those were the smarter days when families kept their home movies to themselves, not the world on youTube.
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    Image of Juancho Juancho
    12/16/09

    In reply to 9-Year-Old Noah Cyrus Performing 'Smack That' Is Disturbing on Seven Different Levels
    two comments-

    1. Older siblings (especially if they're still teens) will expose younger ones to all kinds of naughty stuff, and will probably think it's cute. That doesn't mean this is ok at all, just that who shows most young boys their first nudie magazine? A brother or friend. Most of us don't have all the little moments of our childhood recorded for posterity, let alone plastered on the Internet.

    2. The summer I was 8, my mom bought and fell in love with the first George Michael solo album. Looking back, there was some semi-risque stuff on there that I now know was way over my head, even for a precocious kid. However, my mom always fast-forwarded the tape over "I Want Your Sex" or changed the radio station if it came on. Now that is active parenting. (And I'm no prude, but "I Want Your Sex" sounds positively chaste compared to a lot of stuff on the radio today.)

    My mom turned 60 last week, and I have to thank her and my Dad for doing things right.
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    Image of NightElfMohawk NightElfMohawk
    12/16/09

    @Juancho: I remember singing "I Want Your Sex" while playing in my bedroom during my elementary school years. I had no clue what it was about, it was just on the radio and I liked the sound of the song.
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    Image of Cam/ron Cam/ron
    12/16/09

    @NightElfMohawk: Hey, the song's synth riff is goddamn catchy.
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    Image of Gwenishka Gwenishka
    12/16/09

    @Juancho: I thought you were going to say that your mom forced you to lip synch to Kissing a Fool for her entertainment and then go into detail about the perversions and fetishes that created within your psyche.

    You're a tease.
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    Juancho promoted this comment Gwenishka was starred Gwenishka was unstarred
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    12/16/09

    @Gwenishka: now that's a great song!

    And "Last Christmas" by Wham! is like my favorite Christmas song...and I couldn't tell you why.
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    Image of thatgirlinnewyork thatgirlinnewyork
    12/16/09

    @Juancho: can vouch for no. 1--i got a mouthful of dial soap for repeating a word my brothers insisted was the password to get into the basement.
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    12/16/09

    @thatgirlinnewyork: I was an only child that grew up in a house with fully stocked liquor andgun cabinets. I was introduced to proper respect for both at an early age.
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    Image of aztecprincess aztecprincess
    12/16/09

    In reply to 9-Year-Old Noah Cyrus Performing 'Smack That' Is Disturbing on Seven Different Levels
    These Cyrus kids are trained like performing monkeys. I was waiting for someone to throw her the peanuts.
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    Image of Mike Jahn Mike Jahn
    12/16/09

    @aztecprincess: The very common consequence of these pumped up childhoods is exampled by Tiger, Lindsay, Michael (Jackson), Britney, and who-knows-how-many others.
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    Image of Benny Benny
    12/16/09

    In reply to 9-Year-Old Noah Cyrus Performing 'Smack That' Is Disturbing on Seven Different Levels
    Not as bad as I thought it would be. There's a genuine 9 yr old's innocence to her 'performance' that I wasn't expecting. Yeah, the lyrics are sexual and there's some slap action, but she's not affecting a sexual persona, as though she's not in on the fact that the content is sexual at all, and is just happy to be getting a laugh. Hopefully a case of what she don't know won't hurt her.
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    Image of Niko Bellic Niko Bellic
    12/16/09

    @Benny: It's not just her performance, it's the adults watching her and cheering while full knowing what it's about. Also, why does everyone keep talking about this as if it happened and it's over? It's on the internet, which means it will never stop happening, and at some point she will know, and it will hurt her.
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    Image of TheSometimesWhy TheSometimesWhy
    12/16/09

    In reply to 9-Year-Old Noah Cyrus Performing 'Smack That' Is Disturbing on Seven Different Levels
    "We have met the enemy. And he is us..."

    This quote was from a time when a daily comic strip dispensed as much wisdom, insight, and humor as you could ever expect from any source, much less a comic strip.

    And now? We "entertain" ourselves with images that would gag a maggot. When this poor thing crashes and burns as she is destined to do, they can play this bit of video at her parents' custody hearing.

    Child-abandonment-verging-on-kiddie-porn-as-entertainment. Now there is a niche market you can bet is ripe for exploitation.

    And all aided and abetted by her big sister, Miley--man, that is one fucking cold bowl of chili...
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