"I think what he did was silly and stupid, but he was still a good governor, " said voter Stephanie Shackelford of James Island.

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"In a lot of cases where students are being silly or stupid or are just using their 17-year-old teenage brains, school officials should decide, let's not punish you but figure out how we teach you about what you did wrong, " she said.

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"As stupid and silly as the show is, it's absolutely the gold standard for reality dating shows, " said Carbone.

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To consumers it just seemed stupid and silly, rather than honorable, for American Apparel to pay employees that much and then presumably pass those costs on to them.

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James' mother described it as "a stupid, silly little mistake" of hers to let go of her child's hand for a few seconds on 12 February 1993 at the New Strand Shopping Centre in Bootle.

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