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Mark E. Smith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-14-06 09:40 AM Original message |
Wal-Mart pulls T-shirts with Nazi skull logo |
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Kagemusha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-14-06 09:46 AM Response to Original message |
1. Not every store manager's an expert on Nazi memorabilia |
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MattSh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-14-06 09:59 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Agreed.... |
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Kagemusha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-14-06 10:09 AM Response to Reply #3 |
9. What, there's experts on offensive T-shirts waiting for a phone call? |
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apnu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-14-06 10:02 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. I bet the designer of the shirt copied it |
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Katzenjammer (541 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-14-06 12:03 PM Response to Reply #4 |
28. It could well be that the shirt designer and the Totenkopf designer both took it |
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Hobarticus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-14-06 12:11 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. It's actually an old Prussian cavalry badge that the SS hijacked |
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Katzenjammer (541 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-14-06 02:50 PM Response to Reply #29 |
39. That fits. I thought it looked quite old, graphically. |
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Skinner ADMIN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-14-06 09:53 AM Response to Original message |
2. Incredible. Here are the two images side by side. |
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Kagemusha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-14-06 10:08 AM Response to Reply #2 |
8. lol, the "Since 1978" thing must've thrown the Wal-Mart people off |
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reichstag911 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-14-06 10:46 AM Response to Reply #2 |
17. Resemblance? What resemblance? |
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LifeDuringWartime (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-14-06 11:45 AM Response to Reply #2 |
27. I've never seen that before |
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Hobarticus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-14-06 10:02 AM Response to Original message |
5. I highly doubt this was intentional... |
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BluGrl (58 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-14-06 11:15 AM Response to Reply #5 |
20. I agree. |
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Hobarticus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-14-06 11:18 AM Response to Reply #20 |
22. Egads, it does, at first glance! |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-14-06 03:04 PM Response to Reply #5 |
41. This has happened before with stuff from Asia |
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Hobarticus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-14-06 03:37 PM Response to Reply #41 |
46. Absolutely.... |
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NewJeffCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-14-06 06:51 PM Response to Reply #41 |
50. We bought a kid's piano/keyboard for our daughter |
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Ediacara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-14-06 03:59 PM Response to Reply #5 |
47. I agree |
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CJCRANE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-14-06 10:02 AM Response to Original message |
6. Always amazes me |
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skooooo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-14-06 10:22 AM Response to Reply #6 |
11. lol...no kidding |
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Pithlet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-14-06 10:27 AM Response to Reply #6 |
14. LOL |
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Hobarticus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-14-06 11:20 AM Response to Reply #6 |
24. But....but...their belt buckles said "God Is With Us". How could they be bad guys? |
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denverbill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-14-06 10:03 AM Response to Original message |
7. No doubt the creator of the t-shirt knew exactly what it was. |
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chat_noir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-14-06 11:29 AM Response to Reply #7 |
26. no boundaries is the manufacturer |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-14-06 10:14 AM Response to Original message |
10. Regardless of the Nazi connection, what does it say about us that |
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skooooo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-14-06 10:24 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Oh that's nothing new... |
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Brazenly Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-14-06 10:36 AM Response to Reply #12 |
15. You'll be seeing more of them. They were all over the runways Fashion Week |
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saigon68 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-14-06 10:25 AM Response to Reply #10 |
13. Maybe in Certain RUSTIC parts of the country |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-14-06 10:48 AM Response to Reply #13 |
18. I would venture to guess that more shirts with skull symbols are |
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saigon68 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-14-06 03:02 PM Response to Reply #18 |
40. Probably-- that's where the "Trench Coat Mafia " was born |
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BluGrl (58 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-14-06 11:17 AM Response to Reply #10 |
21. Oh, I don't know.... |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-14-06 11:23 AM Response to Reply #21 |
25. But the pirates have friendly skulls! |
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LizW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-14-06 03:07 PM Response to Reply #10 |
42. My son's high school's mascot is |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-14-06 03:11 PM Response to Reply #10 |
43. Hey, it's pretty common |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-14-06 10:46 AM Response to Original message |
16. What a bad business decision. |
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TlalocW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-14-06 10:55 AM Response to Original message |
19. Man, I'm glad I was able to pick up my new hat at Walmart |
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Hardrada (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-14-06 02:07 PM Response to Reply #19 |
37. I guess you can pick up stuff at Walmart you can't buy on eBay! |
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CJCRANE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-14-06 06:19 PM Response to Reply #19 |
49. Very dapper. |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-14-06 11:19 AM Response to Original message |
23. Merry Christmas and Heil Hitler.... |
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frankieT (375 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-14-06 12:15 PM Response to Original message |
30. it's the famous TOTENKOPF SS design |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-14-06 12:52 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. You're forgetting that most people are very ignorant. |
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MrPrax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-14-06 02:47 PM Response to Reply #32 |
38. Add me to the Ignoranti!!!... |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-14-06 03:28 PM Response to Reply #38 |
44. 100% agree. The "Since 1978" tagline helps the confusion |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-14-06 12:53 PM Response to Reply #30 |
34. or even a fan of Pirates of the Caribbean |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-14-06 12:26 PM Response to Original message |
31. Good for them to pull it. |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-14-06 12:52 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. Did they really have any choice? |
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Mrspeeker (671 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-14-06 12:59 PM Response to Original message |
35. Its a free country |
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jonnyblitz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-14-06 01:04 PM Response to Original message |
36. i believe a walmart was selling "the protocols of the learned |
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hippiechick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-14-06 03:31 PM Response to Original message |
45. Nazi Skull n bones = Bad. BFEE Skull n Bones = ok to sell ? |
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darkism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-14-06 06:03 PM Response to Original message |
48. And yet crap with the Iron Cross on it is popular as ever. |
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BreweryYardRat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-15-06 03:30 AM Response to Reply #48 |
51. Teutonic Knights used the Iron Cross. |
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