T-shirt Preorder Thread

[zoraster]

I don't want to kill enthusiasm or anything -- and I may just be overly sensitive stick in the mud -- but is it possible the front graphic is going to be taken the wrong way? The obvious lynch mob, the rope... I don't know. I just feel like if you didn't understand the context of mafia you might think the shirt was glorifying real life lynches, and that tends to be a sensitive subject in some corners. The art is great in the sense that it gives an exact sense of a lynch, but that may be a problem too?

[zoraster]

Well, generally speaking t-shirts aren't the beginning of a conversation, they ARE the conversation. You take what you do from them. If it's offensive on its face, then it's going to be problematic. If I wear a shirt, I'm not going to go around explaining to each person who sees it.

I guess to me, the rope is the most troubling part.

[zoraster]

Well, generally speaking t-shirts aren't the beginning of a conversation, they ARE the conversation. You take what you do from them. If it's offensive on its face, then it's going to be problematic. If I wear a shirt, I'm not going to go around explaining to each person who sees it.

I guess to me, the rope is the most troubling part.

Those that are polite enough to listen long enough to hear what the site's about

won't

shouldn't be offended by the imagery.
And those who don't listen or still

are

offended because OMG LYNCH aren't gonna go out of their way to boycott the site anyway.

Your quandary however is far simpler. If you personally don't feel that it's appropriate... don't get one.

Anyway keep silicon hills real bro.
Love peace and all that shit

racial sensitivity from the guy who posts the n word around as a "joke."

anyway, obviously this misses the point. I'm not offended by it because I can put it into context. I've never made the argument here that we shouldn't be "lynching" people or whatever because it's a silly game and we lynch mafia. What I'm warning about is the perception of other people around who aren't involved in the game. I think that's worth pointing out at the very least. The flip side of what you're saying is that if you don't care about what I've brought up, by all means buy it. I think the art is pretty cool, as I stated before. But a lot of times it simply doesn't occur to people that what they wear or say might be interpreted poorly, and this was an attempt to shine some light on that possibility.

[zoraster]

who's our hottest member? perhaps he or she should get one on the house on the condition they model it.