Offensive T-shirts and general idiocy

beans

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/6944008.stm

What can't you have on a T-shirt?
WHO, WHAT, WHY?
The Magazine answers...

T-shirt slogans are a well-tested means of provoking a reaction. A man is risking a fine for having an "offensive" slogan on his T-shirt. So, what can you print on one?

He has been threatened with a £80 penalty notice after wearing a top with the slogan: "Don't piss me off! I am running out of places to hide the bodies."

After an official complaint was made to the council, street wardens told Mr Pratt his T-shirt could cause offence or incite violence. He faces an on-the-spot fine from the police if he wears it again.

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One shopkeeper was threatened with arrest for displaying a toddler's T-shirt in his shop window that had the slogan: "Winner of the egg and sperm race."

I know this is Britain, but wtf? What's next, standard-issue grey one-peices? Can I call Joe Duffy and tell him that I'm offended by that Thomas wan off the travel programme and get her banned?

humbert

Ridiculous! People that easily offended are the problem. House arrest or a hefty fine for them I think.

Dave!

What a load of c*nt.

There's some good ones on
http://www.tshirthell.com/

Plissken1

I saw a pic of the guys T Shirt, its just written in marker pen aswell, funny

It's because people love to be offended these days, people see how much attention they get if they are a victim, so now people get off on wallowing in self pity and victimisation, they know well that it will get them this attention. People are soft basically, mollycoddled and nannied.

The best t-shirt I have seen is "Don't hate me because I am beautiful, hate me because I had your dad"

DarkJager

This whole sickening PC brigade is to blame for **** like this. People would want to concern themselves more with their own lives, rather than kicking up a fcukin fuss every time something offends their patethic little minds.

Steve_o

pfffft....what a load of b*llox...

AlmightyCushion

People who get offended by a t-shirt need a good swift kick in the teeth.

Pompey Magnus

"Winner of the egg and sperm race."

Very funny.

Sangre

I love my tshirt hell tshirts;

Under a picture of the last supper, 'sausagefest'

'Every time you see a rainbow god is having gay sex'

'im what wilis was talking about'

The first two are glib remainders of the institutionalised homophobia indoctrined into our religious dogmas and institutes. Its pro-gay and pro-freedom of epxression. Or at least thats what I say when people say im going to hell.

beans

"All Daddy wanted was a blowjob" is my personal favourite baby-tshirt.

It's mad though, with the British anti-terror laws pretty much anything could be seen as an incitement to violence or a call to arms. Here's to erosion of personal freedoms.

What am I going to do with all those Maddie/Waldo t-shirts now?

Dave!

Feel free to share your favourite offensive t-shirt

There's a good one on tshirthell.com -- it has a picture of the pyramids in Egypt and says "SLAVERY: GETS SH*T DONE"

Another good one is "What about all the good things Hitler did?"

And I also liked "Native Americans: Should have fought harder you p*ssies"

Creamy Goodness

i have a threadless.com t-shirt that has a cartoon knife with legs, mouth and eyes in a speach bubble the knife says "hey kids, stick me in your enemies".

coming home from college on the dart one day a women of about late 30's early 40's with her 10 year old kid confronted me on it saying "can you please cover your t-shirt up as i don't want my kid to get bad ideas".

to which i replied, there are plenty of seats around, it's a free country, i'm not the parent of your child so i shouldn't have to censor what it sees in this world.

she walked off in disgust.

fair enough if my t-shirt had a lewd and disgusting act or bad language but she was just a bitch.
some people huh?

c - 13

I've got a few slightly offensive ones, but havent recieved anything other than odd looks and usually a few people saying they like the shirts -

One with "Mary had a little lamb" n it and a picture of a sheepherder being shagged by a sheep

And a "Masterbating is not a crime" Pornstar, tshirt. Ive had some strange people coming up to me when I wear that one and whispering, "It is if a 10 year old does it for you" though .........

A few other miscellaneous T-Shirt hell ones too ...

jobonar

AlmightyCushion wrote:

People who get offended by a t-shirt need a good swift kick in the teeth.

QFT

We'll have the t-shirt police next! :eek:

Anti

AlmightyCushion wrote:

People who get offended by a t-shirt need a good swift kick in the teeth.

Personaly i would go with a swift kicking to the bóllocks to be honest. People are to easilly offended these days. I have a t-shirt that says " Swallow, or its going in your eye" With a picture of some baby gravy dripping from a eye. People either tell me its funny, or what does it mean. Or i get aul wans looking at me like i just stolen their nitting needles and raped their cat Fred with a 20" black dildo.

Now the T-shirt isnt even graphic to be honest.

http://www.tshirthell.com/store/product.php?productid=719

fletch

I've got a few from t-shirthell too, I always enjoy wearing the one that say "Shoplifter" when I go shopping, I recently shaved my head so that doesn't help either. Other one's I've bought "You can't have manslaughter without laughter", "Asthma is sexy", "I put the sexy in Dyslexia" and "Rape is no laughing matter unless you're raping a clown", the last one being too offensive and un worn.

ballooba

I don't like IRA t-shirts. Have seen a few people wearing them around town. Mainly hobos.

seamus

I've noticed the UK has been savagely PC of late. Largely driven by the media it has to be said. It's moving towards a U.S. style of hysterical, "Let's not offend anyone"-ness, but doesn't protect the notion of free speech to the degree that the Americans do.

This means that if say or do something that offends someone else, there's a chance that it could end with you in prison :rolleyes:. Nice democracy you've got there.

Dave!

fletch wrote:

I've got a few from t-shirthell too, I always enjoy wearing the one that say "Shoplifter" when I go shopping, I recently shaved my head so that doesn't help either. Other one's I've bought "You can't have manslaughter without laughter", "Asthma is sexy", "I put the sexy in Dyslexia" and "Rape is no laughing matter unless you're raping a clown", the last one being too offensive and un worn.

One of my favourites from that site is "Autistic kids rock".

Would never have the sack to wear that though

Wacker

AlmightyCushion wrote:

People who get offended by a t-shirt need a good swift kick in the teeth.

I disagree with this. Being offended is fine, in my opinion, but prosecuting someone on account of you're being offended is lunacy.

I own seven T-shirt hell Tshirts. The worst ones are as follows:

A picture of a guy dancing, and it says "I'm not getting jiggy, I have parkinsons"

Aslo,

"Yes, I have plenty of change you homeless piece of sh*t, thanks for asking."

If someone was offended by those, it would strike me as in no way surprising or unreasonable. If I were to end up fined for it, I would be pretty annoyed however.

AlmightyCushion

Cremo wrote:

i have a threadless.com t-shirt that has a cartoon knife with legs, mouth and eyes in a speach bubble the knife says "hey kids, stick me in your enemies".

Where the hell did you get that? I want one.

Reku

Cremo wrote:

i have a threadless.com t-shirt that has a cartoon knife with legs, mouth and eyes in a speach bubble the knife says "hey kids, stick me in your enemies".

coming home from college on the dart one day a women of about late 30's early 40's with her 10 year old kid confronted me on it saying "can you please cover your t-shirt up as i don't want my kid to get bad ideas".

to which i replied, there are plenty of seats around, it's a free country, i'm not the parent of your child so i shouldn't have to censor what it sees in this world.

she walked off in disgust.

fair enough if my t-shirt had a lewd and disgusting act or bad language but she was just a bitch.
some people huh?

And this is the entire problem with kids these days IMO, parents don't want to make the effort to raise them & instill a sense of ethics, instead they just want everyone else to be their scapegoat for when little Johny gets sent away because he grew up to be a scumbag and got caught for GBH.

seamus wrote:

I've noticed the UK has been savagely PC of late. Largely driven by the media it has to be said. It's moving towards a U.S. style of hysterical, "Let's not offend anyone"-ness, but doesn't protect the notion of free speech to the degree that the Americans do.

This means that if say or do something that offends someone else, there's a chance that it could end with you in prison :rolleyes:. Nice democracy you've got there.

Yeah, and people kept using the UK & US as an arguement as to why Sikh Gardaí should be allowed wear their turban. The UK is basically banning anything particularly connected with youth-culture (hoodies and now joke t-shirts) it seems to me so should we really emulate them when we already have a problem with a top heavy population making the pensions a economic nightmare? Should kids alternate between school uniforms and being naked from the waist up and nothing else?

User45701

DaveMcG wrote:

Feel free to share your favourite offensive t-shirt

There's a good one on tshirthell.com -- it has a picture of the pyramids in Egypt and says "SLAVERY: GETS SH*T DONE"

Best of the lot really

ive seen some great ones, personley i love to see morons get offended by nothing i just dont like it when the morons are the majority and can actually have a decent attempt at effecting every day life.

AlmightyCushion

Wacker wrote:

I disagree with this. Being offended is fine, in my opinion, but prosecuting someone on account of you're being offended is lunacy.

I own seven T-shirt hell Tshirts. The worst ones are as follows:

A picture of a guy dancing, and it says "I'm not getting jiggy, I have parkinsons"

Aslo,

"Yes, I have plenty of change you homeless piece of sh*t, thanks for asking."

If someone was offended by those, it would strike me as in no way surprising or unreasonable. If I were to end up fined for it, I would be pretty annoyed however.

Maybe you have a point but you see where I'm coming from. Love that parkinsons one.

Owen

I have some incredibly offensive T Shirts, including "F*ck you, I have enough friends", and my personal favourite :

http://www.tshirthell.com/shirts/products/a429/a429.gif

MAYPOP

I have one I got from tshirthell.com, picture of a vinyl with "I came on Eileen" on it:D

I also have loads of old death and black metal tshirts, notably Cradle of Filth "Jesus is a ****" and Deicide "**** your God" and so forth.

Nick_oliveri

We should all wait until i come into a bit of money. Then we should have a competition thread. Create your own offences on cafepress.Plans like a sound!

Saint_Mel

AlmightyCushion wrote:

Originally Posted by Cremo
i have a threadless.com t-shirt that has a cartoon knife with legs, mouth
and eyes in a speach bubble the knife says "hey kids, stick me in your
enemies".

Where the hell did you get that? I want one.

I'd hazard a guess ... www.threadless.com

AlmightyCushion

Saint_Mel wrote:

I'd hazard a guess ... www.threadless.com

What gave you that idea? *Punches self in the head*

dodgyme

c - 13 wrote:

I've got a few slightly offensive ones, but havent recieved anything other than odd looks and usually a few people saying they like the shirts -

One with "Mary had a little lamb" n it and a picture of a sheepherder being shagged by a sheep

And a "Masterbating is not a crime" Pornstar, tshirt. Ive had some strange people coming up to me when I wear that one and whispering, "It is if a 10 year old does it for you" though .........

A few other miscellaneous T-Shirt hell ones too ...

Well when I am out walking with my young nephew, I dont appreciate having to explain what he is trying to read on your filthy T-shirts. Have a bit of cop on and think about someone other then yourself

The Bollox

a friend of mine has a fantastic one. http://www.tshirthell.com/store/product.php?productid=696

gloobag

I have one that says "No Fat Chicks" and I love it

zuutroy

dodgyme wrote:

I dont appreciate having to explain what he is trying to read on your filthy T-shirts.

What does that t-shirt mean?...You're too young too understand....crisis over.

Wossack

geez, my gf doesnt even let me wear my 'jesus is coming, look busy' tshirt when her gran/granny is over

AlmightyCushion

Wossack wrote:

geez, my gf doesnt even let me wear my 'jesus is coming, look busy' tshirt when her gran/granny is over

Her granny probably doesn't like the idea of Jesus having sex.

dodgyme

zuutroy wrote:

What does that t-shirt mean?...You're too young too understand....crisis over.

no I think you are too young to understand. Concern about overtly offensive displays comes with age.

dodgyme

DaveMcG wrote:

One of my favourites from that site is "Autistic kids rock".

Would never have the sack to wear that though

ah go on please wear that one. We're pushing the boat out remember.

dade

I picked up a few in hot topic in LA before.

one has a pic of Darth Vader on it and the caption "who's the daddy"

another "the force is like duct tape, it has a light side and a dark side and binds the universe together".

another simply says "Sarcasm, it beats shooting people" was gonna wear it when i head to Virgina next time but maybe not

another i wear in work a lot "I'm sorry it's my fault I forgot you where an idiot"

or a cool one in Florida recently "save the trees wipe your @rse with an owl" couldn't stop laughing at that one.

beans

Concern about overtly offensive displays comes with age

I'd say it comes with a certain sense of one's place within society, rather than age. I can see why you would feel on the defensive given young people in your charge. They tend to change the way one sees the world fairly fundamentally.

Thing is, one could argue that it's their social responsibility to speak about taboos, to mock established value-systems, and to hitch a ride on a wheelchair. Well, not that last one, but you see what I'm getting at.

NeMiSiS

I have that - http://www.tshirthell.com/shirts/products/a12/a12_thumb.gif
Also a few other tshirthell ones.. I rarely wear them though.. it's like telling the same joke over and over if you wear them all the time..

I do wear this one a good bit.. and get some very .. unhappy looks.. : http://www.jadatoys.ch/images/WFY-red_L.jpg
I like it though, red is a nice color..

TK

TheIrishGrover

Sangre wrote:

'im what wilis was talking about'

What a f*cking AWESOME slogan!!!!!!!!:D

Kimbot

For years people have worn t-shirts like this and noone was ever made an example of because of it.
Maybe the reason the chap gone done in the first place was because as someone else pointed out it was written on the tshirt in Marker.
There is nothing about the printed ones you buy because if a judge done him for that he would basically be shooting himself in the foot.

e.g. The gov make money from each tshirt that is sold in shops, if there was an issue with a certain tshirt then pull it off the market. The gov don't want the hassle of having to censor them all but they will gladly take the VAT so there is nothing to worry about unless you go around wearing a homemade tshirt with a picture of Jesus/Politician banging a well known porn star on it!!

BKtje

Have a bit of cop on and think about someone other then yourself

You know that could swing both ways, your the one that has to explain it after all

zuutroy

dodgyme wrote:

no I think you are too young to understand. Concern about overtly offensive displays comes with age.

Yes and there's far worse things out there than t-shirts, but you can't wrap kids in cotton wool and hope they're never exposed to any of it. The thought police are not the answer, in fact they're the problem.

gizmo

I really do love some of those t-shirts, they seem to act as a warning label for people I have no interest in talking to.

As for people being prosecuted for wearing them however, I find the idea ridiculous and downright worrying.

TheIrishGrover

Quote:
Originally Posted by DaveMcG
Feel free to share your favourite offensive t-shirt

There's a good one on tshirthell.com -- it has a picture of the pyramids in Egypt and says "SLAVERY: GETS SH*T DONE"



Best of the lot really

ive seen some great ones, personley i love to see morons get offended by nothing i just dont like it when the morons are the majority and can actually have a decent attempt at effecting every day life.

OK, I work with a lot of black people so I probably wouldn't wear this one myself out of a bit of respect. But this would be MY descision based on my own ideas of what's acceptable and what's not. The thought that someone should dictate to me what's acceptable or not to wear would drive me mad.

zuutroy

TheIrishGrover wrote:

OK, I work with a lot of black people so I probably wouldn't wear this one myself out of a bit of respect.

What about the Irish people? By that logic we should be offended aswell.

c0rk3r

B-K-DzR wrote:

You know that could swing both ways, your the one that has to explain it after all

Ill have a stab at it. The reason these t-shirts are so funny is because there so offensive. So when someone gets offended you moan? its their problem even though the aim of of t-shirt and you wearing it was to annoy / incite people. Have a little giggle when they react.

"Rape is no laughing matter only if your raping a clown" You think someone whos been raped, family members of someone who has been raped, friends etc etc will smile / laugh at the witty slogan. Rape is one of the heinous crimes one can inflict on another person. emotional wreck for the rest of your life, never trusting another soul, never been able to connect... you see were im going.

Same applies to most of the slogans on t-shirthell. Their going to offend someone but thats the point right? Just dont complain when you get a smack in the mouth.

Bunch of left wing liberal lunatics. back to brussels

Acid_Violet

IrishGrover: That's the thing, people should not be forced into not wearing a t-shirt because some people find it offensive, they should be able to discern and choose for themselves whether it's appropriate to wear it or not.

I think people have a right to be offended but have absolutely no right not to let you wear it, that's infringement on your personal freedoms (unless it ACTUALLY was liable to incite violence as opposed to the completely false claim that the t-shirt in question did so).

Regarding that woman who asked someone to cover up their t-shirt in front of her child, I would've just said something like 'I'm sure your child is wise enough not to take something that is so clearly in jest seriously.' It's a failing on the part of the parents if the kids' minds are warped by stuff like that.

Think about it this way; the kids aren't allowed to see something like a knife saying 'stick me in your enemies' because the parents fear this will corrupt the kids, so the kids will not gain a kind of immunity to things like that which if took seriously would be violent and perverse. I'd say kids would be more likely to be vulnerable to truly corrupt thought (fundamentalist or violent thought, propaganda etc.) in the future as they won't have learned to see it as bull**** and no-one will be able to hide from it as when you're an adult there's no parents there to monitor your stimuli.

Drummo

I had a pornStar t-shirt that said "Viagra Is For Pussies" - clever double meaning

You can't beat the ol' death metal t-shirts either. Cannibal Corpse have a lovely one of a corpse doing a "favour" for another one.

TheIrishGrover

Originally Posted by TheIrishGrover
OK, I work with a lot of black people so I probably wouldn't wear this one myself out of a bit of respect.

What about the Irish people? By that logic we should be offended aswell.

True, true. That wasn't my point though. My point was that I would choose not to wear that shirt is all. No problem with people not wearing something if they do not want to ofend someone. I have a f*cking MAJOR problem with the possibility that someone could be legally stopped from wearing something like that.