Free enterprise stifled again
April 19th, 2008 at 12:37am Tony Garcia
I’m usually a fan of bad taste, as long as it’s done creatively.
The T-shirt “celebrating” Kosuke Fukudome’s arrival at Clark and Addison ain’t creative.
Sun-Times Cubs writer Gordon Wittenmyer illuminated readers with the offering from one shirt vendor, an altered Cubs logo made to look like a cartoon-like Asian character and the words “Horry Kow.”
When WSCR morning man Mike North is offended by a T-shirt, you gotta believe something’s really wrong with it.
Apparently, the Cubs were slammed with e-mails complaining about the T-shirt and had the sales halted.
Educated guess: Those who think the T-shirt is cute and unoffensive probably have a closet full of “Save the Chief” gear. Early prediction: Those who already have the T-shirt will try to sell them on eBay.
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1. charlie | April 19th, 2008 at 10:00 am
and just what was wrong w/ trying to save the chief????????? must we always be politically correct???????? and no, i do not have one of the tee shirts, and i would not try to sell it on ebay.
2. Tony Garcia | April 19th, 2008 at 4:42 pm
Trying not to get WAY off the topic, but …
When I was at Illinois, the “Dump the Chief” camp consisted of American Indians and dedicated PC groups demanding his ouster, and the “Save the Chief” crowd generally consisted of a bunch of frat boys telling the Indians that they weren’t being insulted.
To me, telling insulted people that they aren’t being insulted didn’t make too much sense.
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