Is it just me or was there a dramatic increase in the amount of I ‘Heart’ NY shirts since 9/11? I’m in the midwest if that makes any difference. I see them mostly on college campuses, so I guess there is a slight possibility that once in a while one of these people is actually from New York and didn’t just go there for a weekend or spring break.
I don’t wear my I “Heart” NY shirt anymore. It’s always been kind of a cliche, but now it’s a cliche. One of these days I’m going to strike up a conversation with one of these people and say, “oh, are you from New York? What part?” I hope that they’ll answer with a “yes,” but I won’t hold my breath.
I thought those “I [heart] NY” shirts were MADE FOR TOURISTS. It is, after all, the STATE TOURISM SLOGAN. I live in New York (outside Albany) and I’d never wear one, because they’re FOR TOURISTS. Why the fuck does it matter whether or not the wearer of the shirt is FROM the state advertised on the shirt? Why is it a BAD thing for a person to own and wear a shirt advertising fondness for and support of a place not their own home?
Yeah, don’t worry, it’ll pass one of these days. Probably when the Yankees steam roll everyone in the World Series again with the best team money can buy.
Part of it is because I never saw anyone else 'round this neck of the woods wearing one. Now they’re everywhere. On top of that though, it seems to me like people that ran out and slapped a flag sticker on their car.
Another thing I meant to say in the OP (but forgot) was to add in the shirts that have “FDNY” or “NYPD” on them. Those probably get to me more. Yes, there is an off chance that the wearer has a second cousin or some other connection to someone that is a member of the fire or police department, but it’s unlikely. The only place I’ve seen them being sold is by the vendors, so I doubt that either department is seeing any of that action.
Is this really a big deal? So the members of your community wish to show solidarity with a city that suffered an almost inconsievable tragedy (ok, Tom Clancy, but still who would expect it in real life). Why does that bother you? Are you offended but you think that this is just another fad? Do you think that vendors are profiting on 9/11? What’s your point?
As racinchikki said, the shirts are for out of towners. Its’ not like a university product, which is made for both students, fans, and parents, and is usually be worn on campus. Its’ an out-of-towner item. You can go ahead with your plan, but you’ll look like a jackass.
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I saw a car today with 2 of those little window flags on little plastic poles on either side of their vehicle.
For a moment I thought they were either leading a funeral procession or some kinda a diplomat, but I soon discerned that it was just an idiot in a dodge dart.[/ot]
Yeah, how dare those trite assholes express solidarity with something that didn’t even really affect them at all. I mean hell, if they weren’t even there, it’s just tacky to act like they’re part of something larger than their own immediate surroundings.
And while you’re at it, take down those American flags, you jagoffs. You’re fooling no one with your little ‘patriotism’ charade. That bandwagon has SO passed by, just get OVER it already.
(:rolleyes:)
Maybe it’s not since 9/11 per se, but the advent of the aniversary of 9/11 one year on…are you going to deny your local capitalist shmucks making a profit from the disaster?
Isn’t that the American Way? Isn’t that the lifestyle you are trying to defend, the right to ‘free speech’, the right to be an entrepreneur regardless of the ethics? Aren’t you being a tad two-faced when the whole basis of the American Way of Life is predicated on these very sorts of practices? :rolleyes:
I thought I recalled hearing it said on the news that they resurrected the “I (heart) NYC” campaign shortly after the September 11th attacks. Prior to that I hadn’t seen a real true “I (heart) NYC” shirt since 1987.
I honestly can’t see how this is worth getting in a snit about it …
Can’t we redirect our anger at the 84000000000 magazines I see daily with headlines like, “How 9/11 Changed the Face of the Pizza Delivery World!”? IMO, that’s far more offensive, as completely unrelated industries (and I’m sorry, I just really don’t get a lot of it … “How accounting has changed since 9/11” or “How 9/11 rocked the cattle farming world”) are associating their product/service with a terrible national tragedy to sell more copies of their magazine. Blar.
The British satire magazine Private Eye has been running a “Warballs” column for many months now. It lists excerpts from press statements and publications where companies are cashing in on 11 September.
Maybe they pushed it a bit more, but “I (heart) NY” was still in use. You could get the T-shirts at just about any T-shirt shop near Times Square. Plus, a lot of street vendors and T-shirt shops were giving out “I (heart) NY” white plastic bags with a purchase. I recall seeing a lot of tourism commercials on TV with the “I love NY” theme song, featuring Governor Pataki. Maybe it just became more noticeable after 9/11.
Well, nothing much has happened to Madrid lately, so I guess you’re safe. I suppose I have to throw away my Prague shirt, what with the floods an’ all…
