Outraged about outrage

[Jono]

http://direct.asda.com/george/kids/...-be-boys-sweatshirt/GEM549612,default,pd.html

Apparently this is an incredibly harmful phrase to use, and some woman on facebook, a Debbie Dee has sent off complaints to Asda about it (along with loads of her friends).

She's provided links to some feminist blog and some guardian article about why it's so harmful and it promotes rape or some BS... but really, on a child's jumper? Context, surely?

Anyway, I'm outraged that this has caused such outrage. And by outraged, I mean confused.

 

[zophiel]

'also confused, i dont see what link there is to a few words on kids jumper.

these people need to get a grip on reality.

 

[Ayahuasca]

Words like violence, Break the silence, Come crashing in, Into my little world, Painful to me, Pierce right through me, Can't you understand, Oh my little girl

 

[Mynight]

I'm confused how it promotes rape. Boys will be boys wasn't really a negative thing from what I remember (not really something I hear these days) was more the case when a boy did something stupid like crash their bike or get muddy it was a *sigh* "boys will be boys".

I'd be sad to think anyone has ever waved off rape with such a phrase.

 

[Freakbro]

and some woman on facebook,

There have always been plenty of idiots in the world, social media now just lets us know who they are

 

[Thekwango]

Debbie Dee - porn star name if ever I heard one!

 

[lurkio]

Words like violence, Break the silence, Come crashing in, Into my little world, Painful to me, Pierce right through me, Can't you understand, Oh my little girl

enjoy the silence

 

[Cromulent]

Words fail me. Obviously this is a conspiracy by Asda.

 

[Efour]

Words like violence, Break the silence, Come crashing in, Into my little world, Painful to me, Pierce right through me, Can't you understand, Oh my little girl

now do you know this because of ghost in the shell or because you have good taste in music?

 

[ttaskmaster]

I'm confused how it promotes rape.

Because all men are evil rapists, because they have the capacity for it and women should rule the world, etc etc...

I'd be sad to think anyone has ever waved off rape with such a phrase.

As sad as hearing that anyone would use that to condemn half the population?
She's a Victim™, so anything with just the merest of tenuous links is enough to rally to the cause...

 

[Mynight]

As sad as hearing that anyone would use that to condemn half the population?
She's a Victim™, so anything with just the merest of tenuous links is enough to rally to the cause...

Yeah moreso in my opinion.

Couldn't really care about some idiots stereotype of males.

 

[Pixel]

The latest attention-seeker vying for attention by claiming she's offended.

 

[Greebo]

Words like violence, Break the silence, Come crashing in, Into my little world, Painful to me, Pierce right through me, Can't you understand, Oh my little girl

great song.

 

[McBain]

Promoting rape, what?

 

[SirJinks]

I really hope Asda ignore this stupid claim and DON'T pull this from the shelves, sometimes the pandering to political correctness goes a little too far.

 

[Syph]

Might be different on a jumper for an 18 year old, not so much for a little kid, surely?

 

[Nasher]

Why do companies even care when a handful of flakes make a complaint. What's wrong with just ignoring them?

 

[Muzza1875]

There have always been plenty of idiots in the world, social media now just lets us know who they are

My new favourite quote.

 

[antijoke]

The latest attention-seeker vying for attention by claiming she's offended.

Pretty much this.

 

[ttaskmaster]

Might be different on a jumper for an 18 year old, not so much for a little kid, surely?

Nope.
All it takes is one high-ish profile activist and/or Victim™ to misappropriate a common saying and it's curtains for that turn of phrase from there on.

Next week: "I'm with Stupid -->" t-shirts banned after parents of retarded kid complain....