So I clicked on this link... because I thought from the headline on CNN that this guy's T-shirt, which Southwest Airlines refused to let him wear on the flight, actually had something to do with airplanes... but it didn't. I actually couldn't believe that southwest would make such a big deal out of this.
I could understand it if he was wearing a t-shirt that said "we're all gonna die", or even one with a cartoon of Cheney wearing a cowboy hat, holding a shotgun, and twirling a lasso while riding on a cruise missle... because references to explosions (no matter how hilarious) will make people on airplanes uncomfortable. But this t-shirt was definitely not more offensive than the guy watching porn on his iPhone on the last flight I took.
So this got me thinking about what T-shirts might get you kicked out of certain events. I bet my "I hate the environment" T-shirt would promptly have me face down in a pile of all-natural fertilizer if I wore it to a LEED conference... but would my "Free Tibet... with purchase" T-shirt earn me an ass-kicking by an angry mob full of people wearing "I heart Bono" T-shirts if I donned it at the Tibetan Freedom Concert?
If so, it would be because the T-shirts were both funny AND inappropriate. On the contrary, wearing a "master baiter" T-shirt on an airplane is just funny.
- Brad
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