Archive for August, 2007
T-Shirt Exhibition Banned in Poland
Recently, the president of a university in Warsaw Poland made the decision, to ban a tee shirt exhibition. The university faculty has stated that having certain slogans on tee shirts offend the beliefs of some and could be construed by others as harassment or Anti -Semitic. The tee shirts at the exhibition had very explicit [...]
Banned Tee Shirt Appeal Denied
The US Circuit Court of Appeals Backed up the Decision that a San Diego High School can force a student to remove any tee shirt that is offensive to other students. San Diego School officials expressed concern when a student wore a anti-gay tee shirt to school. They worried that the tee shirt would create [...]
Immigration T-Shirts Banned at School
Two eighteen-year-old high school seniors attending Temecula Valley High School are at the center of attention because of the tee shirts that they plan to wear. The two teenagers do not get into trouble, they get outstanding grades they simply want to make a statement.
This is in response to a Latino protest against tougher immigration [...]
Pink T-Shirts worn as legal public punishment
Two people were offered the ability to do a public punishment outside the City Hall by wearing bright pink shirts with their charges. The charges include public intoxication and theft. This is not the first time people have been able to server their sentence wearing a t-shirt. In another case shoplifters at Wal-Mart were able [...]
Law to stop Dead Soliders Names on Anti-War T-Shirts (SB 1014)
Arizona lawmakers voted 28-0 to make it against the law to use the names of deceased soldiers on products for sale. The popular anti-war t-shirts are now considered ‘unconstitutional’. This allows families to go to court to stop sales of the t-shirts and collect for any damages. The creator of the dead solider name [...]
Cindy Sheehan Arrested for Wearing Anti-War Tee-Shirt
Cindy Sheehan is perhaps the most controversial person to be banned because of a tee shirt. Cindy Sheehan was invited to the state of the union speech given by President Bush. A prestigious event by all accounts.She was invited by Congresswoman Lynn Woolsey of California. When she arrived, she was dress conservatively, and was seated.
Congresswoman [...]
Frozen T-Shirt Contest Sign Banned?
A t-shirt sign used for advertising a contest has been “deemed inappropriate by borough council President Leo Pietkiewicz, especially with Heritage Day Festivities scheduled for today.” The t-shirt contest is sponsored by Heineken and scheduled for September 6, 2008.
The contest involves getting Heineken T-shirts wet, folding and freezing them. Eight people are picked from the [...]
Intifada NYC T-Shirt news
School Principal resigns after approving/making comments about a t-shirt. Debbie Almontaser resigned from Khalil Gibran International Academy (English/Arabic School) in Brooklyn. Almontaser was under pressure because of comments made to the New York Post about an “Intifada NYC” T-shirt that is sold by an activist group which shares an office with the [...]
Players suspended for derogatory acts t-shirt
Lee Trundle and Alan Tate were arrested for suspicion of public order offenses. Trundle and Tate were released on bail till the end of April when a hearing will be held. Under the public order, no person shall use offensive, threatening, and abusive or insulting language in public. Anyone found guilty of violating this act [...]
American Flag T-Shirts Banned in School
Recently, several students were suspended from Shaw Heights Middle School in Denver Colorado. They were suspended for wear tee shirts that depicted the American Flag. This is a violation of the schools dress code that was recently initiated.
One child, wearing a tee shirt DARE, (an anti drug program taught in every school in the country) [...]
