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troubling tees
Times change, as do the slogans people favor. In the 1960�s, the
term �baby killer� was tossed about, not only as a term of derision but
also as a kind of positive, macho image, reflected in the song, �Napalm
sticks to kids.� At a recent riot against globalization, a t-shirt was seen
bearing this slogan: �Baby fucker.�
Another t-shirt bore the words, �Certified molester�, reminiscent,
one would suppose, of the 1980�s anti-authority slogan �Certified
lunatic.�
And then there was a shirt which said, �I can fuck anyone I want to
fuck.� On the back of the shirt it read, �Including your daughter.�
Disturbing slogans to be sure but, as the Chief of Police of
Washington D.C. said, of the rioters, �God bless �em.� -- The Economist,
April 22, 2000, pg. 24.
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Copyright 2001 by Andrew Roller.