There was a lot about this in the press before the games got underway. It's about the costumes and some of the poses, and I don't know if it's verboten but maybe they get judged lower if they "offend."

It has gotten kind of raunchy. Sometimes. I don't really care-- but some people do.

I'll tell you what I do care about tho-- I used to be a proofreader. One of our accounts was an outfit that sold gymnastics uniforms and dance costumes, for tots through teens. We did their catalogs. Glossy. Big bucks. Seeing the catalog pix of two year olds looking like hookers, making porny poses and faces at the camera-- yyych. I'm talking way before and way BEYOND Jon Benet Ramsay. Creepy. Just the girls, too, the little boys were proper gents. Helllooo!!!!

And there is one place we can think about this from the judges' view. Is it going to be more competitive to outdo the sexiness as well as the jumps, and how is this going to affect junior skating?

~Susan