What do you guys think about this here article?
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Are you boys offended?
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Boys are Stupid?
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Posted 31 January 2004 - 01:38 AM
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Posted 31 January 2004 - 01:42 AM
Can't see the article, but I'm assuming its the one about the Boys are Stupid T-Shirts.
I think there is a double standard. Have a guy put on a "Girls are Stupid-throw rocks at them" T-Shirt and watch what happens.
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I think there is a double standard. Have a guy put on a "Girls are Stupid-throw rocks at them" T-Shirt and watch what happens.
Have a very nice day.
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Posted 31 January 2004 - 01:47 AM
Yeah it is here
Yeah but it's a man that designs it all and it's all in fun
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'Boys Are Stupid' Shirts Bring Protest
Some Stores Are Pulling the Clothing Line From Their Shelves
By DAVID CRARY, AP
NEW YORK (Jan. 29) - The T-shirts and pajamas are meant to be funny, with cartoon captions like "Boys Are Stupid - Throw Rocks At Them." But some protesters, encouraged by a fathers-rights talk show host, are unamused and have pressured three retail chains into dropping the merchandise.
The products in question - an array of girls' clothes and accessories - are manufactured or licensed by David & Goliath, a T-shirt company based in Clearwater, Fla.
Its chief designer, Todd Goldman, has created a series of cartoonish graphics used on the merchandise with what he intended to be humorously anti-boy themes. "Boys Are Smelly - Throw Garbage Cans At Them," says one. "The Stupid Factory - Where Boys Are Made," says another.
"I have a very quirky, sarcastic sense of humor," Goldman said in a telephone interview. "Most people just love the cartoons. If a few people don't like them, they don't have to buy them."
The graphics have been in use more than two years, but only recently came to the attention of Glenn Sacks, a commentator who hosts "His Side," a weekly radio show aired in Los Angeles and Seattle that is sympathetic to the fathers' rights movement and often at odds with feminists.
At Sacks' urging, listeners and supporters have contacted targeted retailers by e-mail and other means, urging them to stop selling the David & Goliath products. At least three retail chains, Seattle-based Bon-Macy's, California-based Tilly's, and Claire's Stores, Inc., an international chain, say they will no longer carry the contested items.
Bon-Macy's spokeswoman Kimberly Reason said about a dozen products ranging from boxer shorts to baseball caps were pulled from the chain's stores in five Western states because they displayed one of three captions: "Boys Are Stupid," "Boys Are Smelly," and "Boys Have Cooties."
Tilly's, which operates 32 stores in Southern California, responded immediately to the complaints by withdrawing all "Boys Are Stupid" items and canceling pending orders, senior vice president Sam Mendelsohn said.
"I agree with what the people said," Mendelsohn said. "It was a problem and we were not aware of it."
Claire's Stores, which operates more than 2,800 stores in North America, Europe and Japan, determined after an internal review that its branches were carrying only a few items - including cosmetic bags and lip balm - with the "Boys Are Stupid" graphics.
"We've canceled all pending orders that bear any of the slogans that people found offensive," company spokeswoman Marisa Jacobs said.
Sacks, in a telephone interview, said reaction to the protest campaign had been largely positive, although some people have suggested he was overreacting.
"I'm sorry if I sound like a humorless zealot, but I just don't see the humor in it," Sacks said. "My 11-year-old son, whatever the joke is, he just doesn't understand it, either."
He contended that many marketers, while wary of offending women and minorities, "have developed a moral blind spot toward disparaging males."
Sacks argues that the "Boys Are Stupid" products promote anti-male violence; some of his supporters have challenged groups that combat domestic violence against women to endorse their campaign.
His complaints make sense to Joe Kelly, president of a Duluth, Minn.-based organization called Dads and Daughters that often opposes marketing pitches it views as detrimental to girls.
"There's a stupid notion that being pro-girl is being anti-boy - it just isn't so," Kelly said. "I can see where parents and kids of both genders would be offended."
Goldman thinks the idea that he's promoting violence is ridiculous. "If you look at the violence in rap songs, in video games - that's what they should be concentrating on, not a cartoon T-shirt," he said.
Like many targets of consumer protests, Goldman said the controversy about his products has boosted sales, especially over the Internet.
"It's the best advertisement I can ask for," he said. "We're one of the hottest junior lines out there."
Some Stores Are Pulling the Clothing Line From Their Shelves
By DAVID CRARY, AP
NEW YORK (Jan. 29) - The T-shirts and pajamas are meant to be funny, with cartoon captions like "Boys Are Stupid - Throw Rocks At Them." But some protesters, encouraged by a fathers-rights talk show host, are unamused and have pressured three retail chains into dropping the merchandise.
The products in question - an array of girls' clothes and accessories - are manufactured or licensed by David & Goliath, a T-shirt company based in Clearwater, Fla.
Its chief designer, Todd Goldman, has created a series of cartoonish graphics used on the merchandise with what he intended to be humorously anti-boy themes. "Boys Are Smelly - Throw Garbage Cans At Them," says one. "The Stupid Factory - Where Boys Are Made," says another.
"I have a very quirky, sarcastic sense of humor," Goldman said in a telephone interview. "Most people just love the cartoons. If a few people don't like them, they don't have to buy them."
The graphics have been in use more than two years, but only recently came to the attention of Glenn Sacks, a commentator who hosts "His Side," a weekly radio show aired in Los Angeles and Seattle that is sympathetic to the fathers' rights movement and often at odds with feminists.
At Sacks' urging, listeners and supporters have contacted targeted retailers by e-mail and other means, urging them to stop selling the David & Goliath products. At least three retail chains, Seattle-based Bon-Macy's, California-based Tilly's, and Claire's Stores, Inc., an international chain, say they will no longer carry the contested items.
Bon-Macy's spokeswoman Kimberly Reason said about a dozen products ranging from boxer shorts to baseball caps were pulled from the chain's stores in five Western states because they displayed one of three captions: "Boys Are Stupid," "Boys Are Smelly," and "Boys Have Cooties."
Tilly's, which operates 32 stores in Southern California, responded immediately to the complaints by withdrawing all "Boys Are Stupid" items and canceling pending orders, senior vice president Sam Mendelsohn said.
"I agree with what the people said," Mendelsohn said. "It was a problem and we were not aware of it."
Claire's Stores, which operates more than 2,800 stores in North America, Europe and Japan, determined after an internal review that its branches were carrying only a few items - including cosmetic bags and lip balm - with the "Boys Are Stupid" graphics.
"We've canceled all pending orders that bear any of the slogans that people found offensive," company spokeswoman Marisa Jacobs said.
Sacks, in a telephone interview, said reaction to the protest campaign had been largely positive, although some people have suggested he was overreacting.
"I'm sorry if I sound like a humorless zealot, but I just don't see the humor in it," Sacks said. "My 11-year-old son, whatever the joke is, he just doesn't understand it, either."
He contended that many marketers, while wary of offending women and minorities, "have developed a moral blind spot toward disparaging males."
Sacks argues that the "Boys Are Stupid" products promote anti-male violence; some of his supporters have challenged groups that combat domestic violence against women to endorse their campaign.
His complaints make sense to Joe Kelly, president of a Duluth, Minn.-based organization called Dads and Daughters that often opposes marketing pitches it views as detrimental to girls.
"There's a stupid notion that being pro-girl is being anti-boy - it just isn't so," Kelly said. "I can see where parents and kids of both genders would be offended."
Goldman thinks the idea that he's promoting violence is ridiculous. "If you look at the violence in rap songs, in video games - that's what they should be concentrating on, not a cartoon T-shirt," he said.
Like many targets of consumer protests, Goldman said the controversy about his products has boosted sales, especially over the Internet.
"It's the best advertisement I can ask for," he said. "We're one of the hottest junior lines out there."
Yeah but it's a man that designs it all and it's all in fun
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Posted 31 January 2004 - 02:20 AM
Think about what galkin said. Be smart. You go to Tech. Do you see cameras in your locker room? Cus I see em in mine. Maybe they just hid yours better because they realized the scandal that would errupt.
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Posted 31 January 2004 - 02:23 AM
What r you for real???? or r you joking with me?
and you shouldn't complain about that darn boys' locker room. Stinky as it may be it's bloody flippin' huuuuuge. More than three times the size of the girls' locker room. *Pfft*
and you shouldn't complain about that darn boys' locker room. Stinky as it may be it's bloody flippin' huuuuuge. More than three times the size of the girls' locker room. *Pfft*
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Posted 31 January 2004 - 02:40 AM
Are you sure that's the only reason?
Have a very nice day.
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Posted 31 January 2004 - 02:41 AM
'Tis no joke I assure you. But please, let's not stray off the topic because ours is bigger *blushes and giggles uncontrollably*. Ahem, now that I've composed myself again. Yes the cameras are there. The claim is that the tapes are not kept for long periods of time and are only viewed if a robbery or fight or anything of the sort is reported. Seems safe doesn't it? Another safety precaution, don't you think? Tell me please why you don't have one.
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Posted 31 January 2004 - 03:07 AM
Sorry but this might stretch out the page
enjoy
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"And he piled upon the whales white hump the sum of all his rage and hatred from days old and present, had his chest been a cannon, he would have shot his heart upon it" -Moby Dick
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Posted 31 January 2004 - 03:08 AM
ok..SERIOUSLY
the school has cameras in the girls' locker room?!
ANSWER ME HONESTLY
the school has cameras in the girls' locker room?!
ANSWER ME HONESTLY
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Posted 31 January 2004 - 03:09 AM
Jesus (No pun intended) Have you read anything we've said?
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Posted 31 January 2004 - 03:15 AM
well...assuming that you are male...
you said there are cameras in the guys' lockers...so i thought the school had them in the girls' lockers too
you said there are cameras in the guys' lockers...so i thought the school had them in the girls' lockers too
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Posted 31 January 2004 - 03:18 AM
Probably do, I just can't go in there to take the pix
"And he piled upon the whales white hump the sum of all his rage and hatred from days old and present, had his chest been a cannon, he would have shot his heart upon it" -Moby Dick
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Posted 31 January 2004 - 05:10 AM
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Jesus (No pun intended) Have you read anything we've said?
lmao, thats the best "no pun intended" joke I've heard in a while!
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Posted 31 January 2004 - 11:10 AM
Girls are stupid - They can't read this.
The Kitchen: Where girls belong.
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I should contact this guy!
The Kitchen: Where girls belong.
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I should contact this guy!
so i think i'll stay
caught up in a silent prayer
i believe in silence
our hearts speak the same word
silence - blindside
caught up in a silent prayer
i believe in silence
our hearts speak the same word
silence - blindside
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Posted 31 January 2004 - 01:07 PM
Seems I've inspired a bit of a growing fad...
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Posted 31 January 2004 - 01:10 PM
No we aren't and Oh My gawd! do you have any clue how nasty that is. Bcuz of our very small space there are tons of girls all up on each other not wearing much. It's disgusting! I can't stand those girls that walk around in their thongs I don't need to see your cottage cheese butt man. It's always the fat girls that do that. Ew it's so sick but that's waaaay off topic.
Go to the site
http://www.davidandg...thtees.com/new/
I like the game were you actually throw rocks at boys it's so much fun.
Go to the site
http://www.davidandg...thtees.com/new/
I like the game were you actually throw rocks at boys it's so much fun.
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Posted 31 January 2004 - 01:50 PM
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Probably do, I just can't go in there to take the pix
According to some of the deans, they can get away with putting cameras in the guys locker rooms, but not the girls... apparently parents complained.... so now the cameras are not even by the doorways...
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Posted 31 January 2004 - 02:59 PM
Oh well whatever, besides, what are the camera's really going to do? There's nothing special about guys changing, (unless there is, im missing out, hopefully that's a good thing 
) and I don't think any of us are complaining...
) and I don't think any of us are complaining...
so i think i'll stay
caught up in a silent prayer
i believe in silence
our hearts speak the same word
silence - blindside
caught up in a silent prayer
i believe in silence
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silence - blindside
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Posted 31 January 2004 - 03:03 PM
..ok..for those of you who laughed at the "no pun intended" joke..
she called me "Jesus" ..but im not suppose to be Jesus, im a Messiah...to save you from GOD!
just the fact that she thought i was Jesus shows how she thinks on Christian terms...
she called me "Jesus" ..but im not suppose to be Jesus, im a Messiah...to save you from GOD!
just the fact that she thought i was Jesus shows how she thinks on Christian terms...
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Posted 31 January 2004 - 03:10 PM
Oh boy...there's religious debate in 3+ posts now.
so i think i'll stay
caught up in a silent prayer
i believe in silence
our hearts speak the same word
silence - blindside
caught up in a silent prayer
i believe in silence
our hearts speak the same word
silence - blindside
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