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To think this T-shirt is awful

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ShadeofViolet · 05/06/2010 18:28

Have been away this week and saw a young girl (about 5 or 6) wearing a T-shirt like this

here

I was honestly

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porcamiseria · 06/06/2010 11:30

get over it

DelGirl · 06/06/2010 11:39

omg, who buys this stuff????????? It's just awful.

DelGirl · 06/06/2010 11:41

fwiw I hate any type of tshirts with slogans on, not even keen on cartoon type ones either but I could just about stomach the 1st one if I had to.

flamingtoaster · 06/06/2010 13:35

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oldandgreynow · 06/06/2010 13:54

I think the first one is OK.I mean most, or many anyway,girls love horses and they are not cheap to keep!
The condom broke etc T shirts are supposed to be A JOKE. Although I wouldn't put them on my kids, I think some of you are taking it way too seriously.

BarbieLovesKen · 06/06/2010 14:42

Dont see the problem at all with the first one - its just a joke. Personally am not that easily offended that said, all the following ones are appalling...

melpomene · 06/06/2010 20:59

After that link to the Solid Gold Bomb T shirts on Amazon was posted last night, I ended up looking through them and spotted these delightful offerings:

this

and

this

For those who don't know, 'rusty trombone' is a sex act; you can look on urbandictionary.com if you want to know what it means.

I'm generally quite broad-minded and anti-censorship, but there are limits and I don't think it's acceptable to sell T shirts which imply that the child wearing them (as young as 7 years old) wishes to participate in sexual activity.

I complained to Amazon, using the 'contact us' option which I found via their help page. This was their reply:

"Dear Customer

Thank you for writing to Amazon.co.uk with your concerns about one of the title "Rusty Trombone Kids T-Shirt" we list in our catalogue.

This is an issue we take very seriously and we wanted to share with you our goals with respect to our catalogue.

Our goal is to support freedom of expression and to provide customers with the broadest selection possible so they can find, discover and buy any title they might be seeking. That selection may include titles, which some people, may find distasteful or otherwise objectionable.

Amazon.co.uk believes it is censorship not to offer for sale certain titles with repugnant or distasteful content, and we would be rightly criticised if we did so. As a result, we will continue to make controversial works available in the UK and everywhere else, except where they are prohibited by law.

Furthermore, because we strongly believe that the appropriate response to distasteful or repugnant speech is not censorship, but more speech, we will continue to allow readers, authors, and publishers to express their views freely about the books and other products we offer on our website. It is important to note that we do not endorse any opinions expressed by individual authors, musical artists, or filmmakers.

We value all feedback from our customers, and I thank you again for taking the time to send us your comments about this issue.

We hope you will allow us to continue to serve you."

Fimbo · 06/06/2010 21:03

My nephew wears this in front of my pretty straight laced mil. It's not as bad as most of them on here but still not my taste.

huffythethreadslayer · 06/06/2010 21:25

Way to go Amazon! I have to say I'd have thought they'd take this much more seriously....It's irresponsible to say the least! Adults can choose what they wear, fair enough, but to offer this kind of thing in children's sizes threatens childhood.

Mind you, you'd have to be a pretty thick adult to think they were good things to buy your kids!

1footinfront · 06/06/2010 21:38

At my local market a few years ago, something like this was being sold up and down the market for little ones, and I saw sooo many little girls wearing this

store.badtshirts.com/ifyouthimbiy.html

I just cant get my head around it to be honest. Just cant.

Love from 1foot.

BarbieLovesKen · 06/06/2010 21:42

Am just thinking.. I just dont complain enough...

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