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Is an Abercrombie and Fitch poster in a Raleigh mall more than borderline suggestive?
Probably.
But is it offensive? I don't know. It is strategically airbrushed to avoid revealing what it ought not reveal. I could think of worthier causes than campaigning for its removal.
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Thirty years ago I lived in Omaha Nebraska. One day at the Westroads mall I saw a t-shirt that said, "In case of rape, this side up." I was not amused. I talked to the clerk about it and asked to speak to the department manager. The manager couldn't understand what the problem was. He thought it was funny.
I spoke to the manager of the store who explained it was a kiosk arrangement and he didn't have any authority over what was sold.
I went home, made a few calls, gathered some friends, and we managed to convince some people that the t-shirt was inappropriate.
I wonder what we could have done with the power of the internet!
Posted on August 4, 2008 10:17 AM
I have plenty of gay friends who used the Abercrombie catelogue like you might use pornography when they were too young to buy it themselves, so perhaps this guy has a point. But it probably is a bit overboard to protest the mall with your kids.
Posted on August 4, 2008 1:14 PM
Give me the pseudo gay porn any day over those LARP folk you had in the paper today.
Posted on August 5, 2008 1:44 PM
Oh, admit it, Brian. You're just envious of the guy in the werepanther outfit.
Posted on August 5, 2008 2:22 PM
I'm envious of his lack of shame. Let's face it, LARPs are the people that Trekkies think are nerds.
Posted on August 5, 2008 11:30 PM