T-Shirt Causes Outrage....
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worldlymrb
Daddy
I find none of the pics outrages or offensive. However one was kinda funny.
I don't find any of them outrageous or offensive in the slightest, but there is an outcry...and the t-shirt has been removed from retail and the manufacturer apologized for it.
Colorforms
Senator
I'm kind of offended by the second one. It's not an energy saving bulb.
Zam-Zam
Senator
Offend? No. I find it an entirely unnecessary move on the company's part, but it doesn't offend.
So...any comment on the top post?
Zam-Zam
Senator
I don't see how that addresses the top post. It was about the outrage regarding one of those images, not the response of the company.
Barbella
Senator
CLEARLY it's the one with the basketball hoop. If you look closely, you'll see that the "players"
pants are hanging down to their knees, and their asses are hanging out... Very realistic, btw.
However, some people take offense at this grossness, as is their right.
Colorforms
Senator
There really isn't a lot to discuss in the top post. Someone, somewhere, was offended by one of these images, but we don't know which and we don't know why.
Is your next post going to be someone somewhere having a something somehow happen to them?
Zam-Zam
Senator
You said this in response to my post:
Offend? No. I find it an entirely unnecessary move on the company's part, but it doesn't offend.
So I commented on what you said.
So far I've not been offended. I'm sorry if that's not what you're fishing for.
Likely Under Armor thought this Tee-shirt would make them money. When there was a backlash, they may have concluded it might have the opposite effect, and pulled the product. That's normal business practice.
As for those that had a negative reaction to the product, they certainly have that right, and I'm not offended by them either.
Not what you're looking for? You'll get over it. have a Blessed day.
This is an extremely parodied and utilized image. That's the sole concept here. We see it used for advertising and political purposes on a regular basis, yet this t-shirt brought out a weird sort of outrage.
Just two examples...
Cloyd Rivers Pics @CloydRiversPics
Seriously @UnderArmour? 6,281 men didn't die at Iwo Jima so you could sell a "Band of Ballers" t-shirt. Merica.
12:12 PM - 17 May 2015
Anthony White @AnthonyWhiteTX
@UnderArmour this is disgusting and a slap in the face to my fellow #Marines. "Band of Ballers" shirt? Such a shame
10:15 AM - 16 May 2015
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/...rry-iwo-jima-band--ballers-military/27505837/
Why must you always approach from a point of personal contention?
The right of anyone is not under discussion...Apparently, there can be no discussion on any issue. There were any number of paths one could wander down here...and as the tp was rather vague, that path was chosen solely by the respondents.
I found the outrage, the response to a commonly parodied and utilized photo, to be absurd. What makes the UA shirt any worse or any more offensive than any of the others uses of the photo? All you offer is: they have the right. Yes...yes, they do...and no one ever said, implied, or inferred otherwise. All involved have all rights. UA can make and sell...or not the t-shirt. People can whine and moan about the disrespect. Got it.
Now that the understood basics that serve as a distraction to the subject have been laid out...Why does this t-shirt deserve such opprobrium?
Yes...I left out the story for a reason. I was curious to see if the image currently under discussion could be differentiated from others using the same image as an inspiration.
I believe there is a message in the picture of the military men holding up the oil rig thing. Kind of symbolic, unfortunately.
Caroljo
Senator
CLEARLY it's the one with the basketball hoop. If you look closely, you'll see that the "players"
pants are hanging down to their knees, and their asses are hanging out... Very realistic, btw.
However, some people take offense at this grossness, as is their right.
Nope....didn't even notice that. I see how they are standing but I didn't take it as offensive really. There's many other things more important to be offended by than a picture on a t-shirt. I've seen some pretty horrible things printed on them and nobody says a word.
Barbella
Senator
LOL... trust me, I'm not offended at any of them. I think it's hilarious that some people have the time, energy, and lack of LIFE to be offended at something like that.
I'm just trying to figure out what they're offended BY... and then I noticed the guy in the middle. His pants are clearly below his knees, and his butt may or may not be hanging out...
Anyway, that's the only thing I could think of that might to offensive to some.
