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JonBenet Ramsey has been called every unflattering female reference in the book, even charged with inviting her own murder, but here is a new one: JonBenet the sensationalist. Never mind that the author of the article below, in a fear mongering diatribe about exploitation of children, has the nerve to exploit her further by posting JonBenet's image.

Hello?

And while I still don't get pageants , I do get how a unique name, unsolved brutal crime and surreptitiously obtained recycled images of a murdered 6 year old child get used and abused. Any other parent finding their child's image published without consent and associated with a demeaning article such as this would have some legal remedy. The Ramseys are denied that option despite the fact JonBenet was their child which so many have either forgotten, deny or fail to recognize--

Mamas, don't let your babies enter beauty contests
Posted at the examiner.com
by Steven Reynolds

"Did nobody learn a lesson from the sensationalist JonBenet Ramsey killing? Today's column takes time for a moment of seriousness...

Mamas, don't let your babies be beauty queens. Don't let them wear tutus and frilly little frocks. Don't teach them the smirks and leers as mothers have taught these girls. Please, oh please, do not...."

PS: thank you Miss Sally!