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go_team ([personal profile] go_team) wrote2003-03-12 11:31 am
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In case you needed any more proof that shopping malls are lame... (it's a New York Times article, so you might need a login. Sorry about that.)

[identity profile] chocolatesmudge.livejournal.com 2003-03-12 12:21 pm (UTC)(link)
And along the same lines is this.

[identity profile] dragonmudd.livejournal.com 2003-03-12 12:40 pm (UTC)(link)
I have to say, I think this situation was handled very well. It sounds like the principle wasn't being a jerk (like school officials can be) and just wanted to make sure that everything was okay. I'm also glad that it turned out okay in the end. This definitely could have been handled a whole lot worse, and historically when a school administrator gets into the news it is handled worse.

[identity profile] goteam.livejournal.com 2003-03-12 01:11 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, this could have gotten really out of hand. The article also doesn't say anything about how the student's classmates were responding. The mall security people sounded like they just made some stuff up so they could harass the guys --- who freaking bought the anti-war t-shirts at that self-same mall. That's not just stupid for rent-a-cops abusing their power reasons, it's bad for business! The best thing those guys could do is return their shirts in a very public manner, and then make their own anti-war clothing. Sadly, that mall and other stupid businesses aren't likely to change their policies unless they start losing money for being idiots.

[identity profile] snuff-daddy.livejournal.com 2003-03-12 03:53 pm (UTC)(link)
not to defend the mall or anything but they had the shirts made custom at a shop there, so it's not like they were selling anti-war shirts at the gap and then kicking out the people who bought them.

but still it's one of the more retarded things i've heard lately. almost as retarded as "freedom fries."

[identity profile] djsendai.livejournal.com 2003-03-12 04:09 pm (UTC)(link)
nothing is as retarded as "freedom fries"

except maybe your mom

[identity profile] neonelephant.livejournal.com 2003-03-12 07:03 pm (UTC)(link)
I think "Freedom Toast" is worse. And apparently during WWI "German Measles" were renamed the "Liberty Measles". :-)

[identity profile] goteam.livejournal.com 2003-03-12 08:00 pm (UTC)(link)
Wow. That's lame. Lame on toast, even. (*cymbals crash, bass drum is kicked*)

[identity profile] djsendai.livejournal.com 2003-03-12 11:16 pm (UTC)(link)
i didn't know about that, but i know for a fact that sauerkraut became "liberty cabbage" during WWI.

[identity profile] neonelephant.livejournal.com 2003-03-12 01:09 pm (UTC)(link)
"Who would Jesus bomb?" ... that's awesome! :-D

[identity profile] djsendai.livejournal.com 2003-03-12 12:32 pm (UTC)(link)
shopping malls are lame, but this makes me almost want to specifically go out to malls wearing anti-war shirts, just to keep people on their toes