Interlude: Completely Inappropriate T-Shirt Slogans

by Michael Bear · 2009-04-14 18:18:00 UTC
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A break from our somewhat more serious, standard fare, to probe a question too-long ignored.

As Save Darfur has shown, it is possible to market mass atrocities on everything from t-shirts to beanies, albeit for a worthy cause.  Even operational NGOs sell branded merchandise.  (CAREWear, anyone?)

Wearing a t-shirt proclaiming that you are, in fact, against genocide is well and good, but hardly separates one from the masses.

All of which recently got me thinking - what would be the most inappropriate humanitarian t-short slogan?  The one above is amusing, but not inappropriate per se.  At least not compared to:

"Someone in the Janjaweed Loves Me" or

"Graduate of the Joseph Kony School for Boys" / "the Mullah Omar School for Girls"

Our friends at Wronging Rights suggested a t-shirt with only one armhole, and the slogan "I was victimized by the RUF - Ask me how"

My genocide co-blogger Michelle suggested a slightly more tasteful and topical t-shirt: "I (Heart) Omar Bashir" on the front, and then on the back "Because no war criminal should have to fight neo-colonialism alone"

If you have any suggestions, please let me know.

[T-shirt above from BustedTees - many thanks to Michelle for the link.]

Michael Bear
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