You crazy kids and your ditty bop slang. Boston mayor Thomas Menino is not happy with Nike’s new line of shirts and is asking them stop selling the ones with phrases like “Get High” and “Dope” and “Ride Pipe” in his city. Here’s what Menino wrote in a letter to the manager of Niketown in Boston:
“Your window display of T-shirts with drug and profanity wordplay are out of keeping with the character of Boston’s Back Bay, our entire city, and our aspirations for our young people.”
And here was Nike’s response:
“These t-shirts are part of an action sports campaign, featuring marquee athletes using commonly used and accepted expressions for performance at the highest level of their sport, be it surfing, skateboarding or BMX. Nike does not condone the use of banned or illegal substances.”
What do you think? Keep it moving nothing to see here??
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Fuckin’ old people…they know they were into similar stuff when they were my age (23). Be it, shirts, movies, etc. STFU and get back to IMPORTANT ISSUES. Too much time is spent on this petty shit. Maybe politicians should focus more on EDUCATION as a preventive measure for kids to not get into drugs.
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