Post by: Sylvilagus Aquaticus on August 24, 2005, 06:32:36 PM
http://www.nbc5i.com/news/4892619/detail.html
By the way, the poll is 43% to 27% in favor of wearing the shirt.
Includes photo of shirt. Link to printer is here:
http://www.charroking.com/english.php
nbc5i.com
Logo T-Shirt Wears Thin In Oak Cliff
Residents Offended By Drawing Of Killing In Progress
POSTED: 5:34 pm CDT August 24, 2005
UPDATED: 5:44 pm CDT August 24, 2005
DALLAS -- A novelty T-shirt being sold at a local mall is designed to be funny, according to its maker, but residents of the neighborhood targeted on the garment are not laughing.
The shirt, which reads "Welcome To Oak Cliff," depicts an armed stick figure holding another stick figure under his arm, while standing next to the open trunk of a car.
NBC 5 reported that a representative from the company that makes the shirt -- charroking -- said the shirt is designed to be funny and controversial.
However, residents of the Dallas neighborhood said they see nothing funny about the shirt, which aims to poke fun at the area's high crime rate.
"Someone who thinks this is funny, or who would sell this, clearly hasn't been south of the [Trinity] river in a while," Oak Cliff resident Read Kerr said.
"My first reaction is, it's true," Oak Cliff resident Esteban Canales said. "And I didn't think they would really make a shirt about it because I didn't think people would & really try to advertise what really goes down around here."
Despite the negative take from people who live in Oak cliff, the shirt is charroking's best seller, NBC 5 reported.
Regards,
Rabbit.
Post by: roo_ster on August 25, 2005, 04:15:37 AM
I don't have to go there much, thankfully.
I remember my church group planned on going to the Fair Park area of Dallas to help out a mission church. It was hot-as-hades July, but for some reason I always kept on my overshirt. "No, I'm fine. My skin's easily burns & it is best if I wear a big, bulky shirt while doing carpentry in 100deg weather."
Post by: RadioFreeSeaLab on August 25, 2005, 08:06:36 AM
Post by: StopTheGrays on August 25, 2005, 09:15:40 AM
Post by: Azrael256 on August 25, 2005, 09:21:55 AM
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I consider Oak Cliff to be a "three gun" neighborhood.
Heck with that, I wouldn't go down there without a couple shotties, a pile of AT4s and BDMs, and preferably a SAW gunner to back me up.
Post by: Sylvilagus Aquaticus on August 25, 2005, 02:42:00 PM
I'm with ya, JFR...I was uneasy enough when I was working that project at AAFES on that side of town.
(edited to add) The oldest kid was working last weekend down that way out of one of the bays. Saturday there were 3 carjackings with shots fired . Of course, there was no mention of it on the local channels or papers.
Regards,
Rabbit.
Post by: Brrlgrrl on August 25, 2005, 03:32:03 PM
Post by: Warbow on September 01, 2005, 05:54:58 PM
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"Someone who thinks this is funny, or who would sell this, clearly hasn't been south of the [Trinity] river in a while," Oak Cliff resident Read Kerr said.
I guess you better tell that to the lowlife who threw a brick at my Jeep, which made a huge dent in the side, while I was driving through Oak Cliff.