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4-year-old's shirt sets St. Paul dad on rampage

http://www.startribune.com/local/55962297.html
 
Gangbanging father freaks out when four year old son wears rival gang colored shirt - gives 4 year old the beat down!
 

FTA: "A St. Paul man is charged with a gross misdemeanor after he allegedly ripped a shirt off his four-year-old son and hit the boy for wearing a rival gang's color."

 
And to show how bad ass the Blood gangbangers are what does the Father do when police show?
 

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Jackson was breaking things in the house when police arrived, the complaint said. He fled on foot and tried to hide in the trunk of a car but was apprehended.

'Islam is of the Devil' - Church shirts break the cardinal sin in school

http://www.gainesville.com/article/20090826/ARTICLES/908261007/1002/news...
 
Church prints shirts that say "Islam is of the Devil" on the back (pic in link) and students sent out on mission to school in hopes of getting kicked out. Church then balks and claims violations of free speech.
 

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First Amendment scholars said the school district's policy is likely legal and constitutional. Ron Collins, a scholar with the nonprofit First Amendment Center in Washington D.C., said courts give public school officials a "significant amount of latitude" in regulating student dress that could disrupt the classroom or a school function.

Court rules student buttons and stickers acceptable yet printed shirts are not OK

http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local-beat/Judge-Rules-Jonathan-Edwards-Shirt...
 

FTA: A fifth circuit panel ruled Thursday against the Waxahachie student whose parents sued the Waxahachie Independent School District for prohibiting their child from wearing a John Edwards for President T-shirt. The shirt violated the school’s dress code, which the court decided is permissible because it is "content neutral."

Vietnam bloggers arrested over China shirt protest

http://in.reuters.com/article/internetNews/idINTRE5840CY20090905
 

FTA: "Vietnamese police have arrested two bloggers and a journalist for their involvement in a plan to print T-shirts opposing China's investment in a bauxite mining project and its claims over disputed islands, sources said."

 
Planning to print some shirts gets you arrested... but it gets better...
 

FTA:"They promoted a campaign to print and give away T-shirts that said "SOS, keep green and keep Vietnam's security" and "Stop bauxite. No China. The Spratlys and Paracels belong to Vietnam."

 

Highschool Band shirts depict evolution cause controversy in Missouri

http://www.sedaliademocrat.com/articles/0px-18740-span-font.html
 
FTA: The shirts, which were designed to promote the band’s fall program, are light gray and feature an image of a monkey progressing through stages and eventually emerging as a man. Each figure holds a brass instrument. Several instruments decorate the background and the words “Smith-Cotton High School Tiger Pride Marching Band” and “Brass Evolutions 2009” are emblazoned above and below the image.

But that's not what is offensive, this is:
 

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Sheriff Donates T-Shirts To Help Vets; Shirt Slogan Sparks Controversy

http://www.news4jax.com/news/16763783/detail.html

 

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ST. JOHNS COUNTY, Fla. -- A T-shirt controversy in St. Johns County has prompted critics to question the actions of Sheriff David Shoar.

The controversy began when the sheriff donated several T-shirts at a gathering of military veterans. However, the slogan on the shirts upset some anti-war protesters.Mary Lawrence won a shirt at the event, but she said she was upset by its message.

Anti-annoyance laws spark t-shirt boom

http://news.sbs.com.au/worldnewsaustralia/antiannoyance_laws_spark_tshir...

 

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Laws designed to stop anti-Catholic protesters 'annoying' pilgrims at World Youth Day have had an unexpected side-effect: an increase in sales of 'design-it-yourself' t-shirts.

The controversial new legislation gives police and other 'authorised people' the power to demand that others stop causing "annoyance or inconvenience" to pilgrims at this month's event in Sydney.

Sheriff Attempts Denial To Courthouse Because Of Shirt Opposing Him

http://www.mlive.com/news/saginawnews/index.ssf?/base/news-27/1215181203...

 

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Saginaw County sheriff's deputies tried to deny a campaign manager for sheriff candidate William L. Federspiel access to a county building because he wore a campaign T-shirt.

Robert X. Karl, Federspiel's campaign manager, entered the Governmental Center at 111 S. Michigan on Thursday wearing a red and white T-shirt bearing a message to elect Federspiel sheriff. Federspiel is challenging Sheriff Charles L. Brown in the Tuesday, Aug. 5, Democratic primary.

Aussie Teen Arrested For "Blasphemous" T Shirt

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,23919551-1702,00.html

 

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A GOLD Coast teenager who wore a T-shirt by English extreme metal band Cradle of Filth that reads 'Jesus is a c**t' has been charged with offensive behaviour.

Above the offensive slogan a nun is depicted masturbating.

A 16-year-old was arrested on Monday for wearing the shirt and was charged with offensive behaviour under the Summary Offences Act 2005 for public nuisance.

 

 

Luckily we're in America where privacy and freedom of speech are enshrined!

Jessica Simpson Pisses Off PETA with Shirt

Jessica Simpson wore a shirt with the text "Real Girls Eat Meat" on the front and offends PETA's pussies.

 

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Simpson family insiders reportedly told OK! magazine that the shirt is a dig at her boyfriend Tony Romo's ex-girlfriend, country superstar Carrie Underwood — who doesn't eat meat. PETA twice has named Underwood the "World's Sexiest Vegetarian."

Ironic how she wore that shirt while being known as a piece of meat herself.

Urban Outfitters Shirt Pisses Jews Off...Again.

They're pissed about selling a shirt which has Palestinian gunmen (14 year old gunmen) a Palistinian flag and a dove over the word "victim".

FTA: This isn't the first time the fashion retailer has caused controversy amoungst the Jewish community. A few years ago they sold T-shirts with the slogan "Everybody Loves a Jewish Girl," surrounded by dollar signs and shopping bags.

Then again in 2007 they angered Jewish leaders by selling versions of a traditional Arab headdress, the kaffiyeh.

Students suspended for Senior Class Shirts

The shirts were interpreted as promoting underage drinking. 45 students were suspended and my not be able to attend their Prom.

 

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The controversy is over a T-shirt that read "Puschin' it to the Limit" and on the back reads "Class of .08 Seniors."

Some believe the T-shirt alludes to drinking and driving and sends the wrong message, possibly encouraging classmates to take a dangerous risk.

School officials said 45 seniors were suspended for wearing the shirt, which was designed by one of their classmates.

Curious George Obama Shirt

A bar owner just outside of Antlanta, Georgia has created shirts with a monkey peeling a banana and the text - Obama 08'. Huge controversy but it may result in the seller getting sued.

 

FTA: The publisher of the popular children book's series "Curious George" is considering legal action against a Georgia bar owner for selling T-shirts that link Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama to the inquisitive monkey.

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt is upset with Mike Norman, owner of a Marietta, Ga., bar, for selling the shirts which show Curious George peeling a banana with "Obama in '08" printed beneath the image.

Student can "Be Happy Not Gay" at school in their shirt says US Courts

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The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday that Alexander Nuxoll has a 1st Amendment right to wear the T-shirt, which reads "Be Happy, Not Gay." That right, according to the ruling, supersedes Indian Prairie District 204's desire to limit disruptions that might be caused by the student wearing it.

The court also ordered the district not to discipline Nuxoll for wearing the shirt to school, which he intends to do Monday, said Nate Kellum, senior counsel for the Alliance Defense Fund, which litigates on behalf of Christian causes.

Victory for Liberty! Yay!

USC moves to stop (Dirty?) Mexican Sanchez shirts

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USC's compliance department is investigating the circumstances surrounding the sale of a T-shirt that featured an image of the Mexican flag and included the words "Viva Sanchez." The shirt was sold during the scrimmage at a booth inside the gates of the Coliseum, but a school spokesman said the vendor was not affiliated with the university.

"We were not aware that this outside vendor was selling those specific shirts at the Trojan Huddle, nor were they given permission to do so," said Tim Tessalone, USC's sports information director. "We are sending the vendor a cease-and-desist letter."

Tessalone would not name the vendor.

Cubs Bans Racist Fukudome Shirt

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Within hours of a Sun-Times report detailing the sale near Wrigley Field of a Kosuke Fukudome T-shirt bearing a racist image, the Cubs put a stop Friday to the production and sale of the shirt.

Inundated with e-mails from offended fans, Cubs officials investigated, discovered the unlicensed product used a trademarked Cubs logo and confronted the vendor – who complied with the team’s demand to pull the shirt and cease production.

Middle School Student Arrested For KKK Shirt

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A Bryson Middle School eighth-grader was arrested and suspended from school after authorities said he wore a T-shirt to school Thursday with a KKK symbol on it.

The student showed up at lunch with two shirts on and briefly lifted his top shirt to reveal a white T-shirt with the symbol, slogan and picture of a noose on it, an incident report said. The shirt "caused a tremendous amount of disruption in the cafeteria," according to the report.

The student was charged with disturbing school and released to parental custody.

Swimmer Banned Over Shirt Slogan

FTA: EINDHOVEN, Netherlands, March 21 (Reuters) - Serbian gold medallist Milorad Cavic has been banned from further individual events at the European championships for wearing a t-shirt with a political slogan at his victory ceremony, European swimming's governing body LEN said on Friday.

Almost $11,000 fine and bannination - "Kosovo is Serbia" - read the slogan.

Post Leader of Amvets Suspended for Racist Shirt Sales

FTA: The leader of a local veterans support group has been suspended, accused of selling T-shirts depicting a lynching and emblazoned with the N-word.