# A Disturbing T-shirt. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 3, 2005, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-disturbing-t-shirt/310894 "2005-07-03T02:43:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Daithi\_Lacha](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daithi_lacha/32/5430_2.png) [@Daithi\_Lacha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daithi_Lacha)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2005, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-disturbing-t-shirt/310894/1 "2005-07-03T02:43:19Z")
Was out grocery shopping a little while ago, and saw a t-shirt that really raised my hackles. I’m a non-confrontational person, so I didn’t ask the guy what kind of statement he was trying to send about himself or his politics, but it just kind of gave me the willies. With large letters superimposed over a screen of a mushroom cloud, the shirt read: \*\*MADE IN AMERICA TESTED IN JAPAN NEXT STOP: AFGHANISTAN! \*\* Isn’t there enough aggro in the world without that type of ham-handed warhawk posturing? I didn’t feel strongly enough about it to start a Pit thread, but I thought I’d share, nonetheless. * * * D ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2005, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-disturbing-t-shirt/310894/2 "2005-07-03T02:48:00Z")
I’m sure his “Kill Everybody, Let God Sort Them Out” shirt was in the laundry. ---
**Author:** ![trupa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@trupa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/trupa)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2005, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-disturbing-t-shirt/310894/3 "2005-07-03T04:58:17Z")
> [@Mr. Blue Sky](#): > > I’m sure his “Kill Everybody, Let God Sort Them Out” shirt was in the laundry. Along with his “Peace through superior firepower” shirt showing the view through a rifle scope, with the reticule in the shape of a peace sign. -trupa, who used to hang out with guys like that when he was young & foolish. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2005, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-disturbing-t-shirt/310894/4 "2005-07-03T05:18:17Z")
> [@Mr. Blue Sky](#): > > I’m sure his “Kill Everybody, Let God Sort Them Out” shirt was in the laundry. Please…the correct phrasing is “Kill 'em all, let God sort them out.” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2005, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-disturbing-t-shirt/310894/5 "2005-07-03T05:20:12Z")
> [@Daithi Lacha](#): > > With large letters superimposed over a screen of a mushroom cloud, the shirt read: > > \*\*MADE IN AMERICA > > TESTED IN JAPAN > > NEXT STOP: AFGHANISTAN! \*\* I suppose it could be ironic. I’d have thought that a guy wearing this shirt would feel like a complete tool, since the war there is over [you know what I mean] and clearly nobody is being nuked. It’d be like wearing an anti-Noriega or Khomeini shirt at this point. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2005, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-disturbing-t-shirt/310894/6 "2005-07-03T05:26:00Z")
Well, looking on the bright side, at least he’s advertising his idiocy. ---
**Author:** ![treis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bc79bd/32.png) [@treis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/treis)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2005, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-disturbing-t-shirt/310894/7 "2005-07-03T06:13:52Z")
Honestly, doesn’t he know the bomb was tested in New Mexico? ---
**Author:** ![Liz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/liz/32/17737_2.png) [@Liz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liz)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2005, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-disturbing-t-shirt/310894/8 "2005-07-03T07:18:36Z")
C’mon, you think he even knows there’s such a place as New Mexico? ---
**Author:** ![Daithi\_Lacha](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daithi_lacha/32/5430_2.png) [@Daithi\_Lacha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daithi_Lacha)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2005, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-disturbing-t-shirt/310894/9 "2005-07-03T12:39:12Z")
> [@treis](#): > > Honestly, doesn’t he know the bomb was tested in New Mexico? Aw, that’s great! _Now_ I wish I was a confrontational soul … armed with a laptop, a wireless connection, access to a wifi network and a time machine. Didn’t even occur to me! :smack: ---
**Author:** ![cabdude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@cabdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cabdude)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2005, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-disturbing-t-shirt/310894/10 "2005-07-03T14:30:39Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Please…the correct phrasing is “Kill 'em all, let God sort them out.” 😃 Yeah, but why stop there? I say, kill everybody, then yourself. It’s the only way to achieve world peace. ---
**Author:** ![cabdude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@cabdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cabdude)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2005, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-disturbing-t-shirt/310894/11 "2005-07-03T14:31:43Z")
And it should be ‘let Og sort them out.’ ---
**Author:** ![alterego](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6bbea6/32.png) [@alterego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alterego)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2005, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-disturbing-t-shirt/310894/12 "2005-07-03T14:36:13Z")
When I was at the Olympics this last year I saw a guy whose t-shirt said, “I lost my business in 9/11 and all I got was this lousy t-shirt.” ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2005, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-disturbing-t-shirt/310894/13 "2005-07-03T14:52:27Z")
Inasmuch as you wouldn’t wish your right to espouse peace and diplomatic solutions abridged, don’t you think he’s entitled to show his preference for the scorched earth method? Ya know-First Amendment, and such. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2005, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-disturbing-t-shirt/310894/14 "2005-07-03T14:58:03Z")
> [@danceswithcats](#): > > Inasmuch as you wouldn’t wish your right to espouse peace and diplomatic solutions abridged, don’t you think he’s entitled to show his preference for the scorched earth method? Ya know-First Amendment, and such. Why does this always come up, even when nobody even remotely hinted that his shirt should be against the law? ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2005, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-disturbing-t-shirt/310894/15 "2005-07-03T15:26:10Z")
> [@Revtim](#): > > Why does this always come up, even when nobody even remotely hinted that his shirt should be against the law? Reread the OP. The message communicated by the shirt was obviously quite upsetting. In my previous post, no one was accused of attempting to ban the shirt-my post was intended to convey a different viewpoint. ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2005, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-disturbing-t-shirt/310894/16 "2005-07-03T16:04:25Z")
> [@treis](#): > > Honestly, doesn’t he know the bomb was tested in New Mexico? Someone told him once that they tested the A-Bomb on Bikini Atoll and every time he sees a full-bodied gal on the beach walking by, he commemorates the event by yelling " BOMBS AWAY !! " Appears this jerk has a wee bit too much testosterone running through his cammo’s… ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2005, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-disturbing-t-shirt/310894/17 "2005-07-03T16:49:57Z")
> [@chatelaine](#): > > C’mon, you think he even knows there’s such a place as New Mexico? There’s a _New_ Mexico now? 😕 😃 ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2005, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-disturbing-t-shirt/310894/18 "2005-07-03T19:19:36Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > It’d be like wearing an anti-Noriega or Khomeini shirt at this point. But an anti-Khomeini shirt works on _any_ ayatollah. Ayatollah Nakhbadeh, Ayatollah Zahedi. Even as we speak, Ayatollah Razmada and his cadre of fanatics are consolidating their power! ---
**Author:** ![Helen\_s\_Eidolon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Helen\_s\_Eidolon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helen_s_Eidolon)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2005, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-disturbing-t-shirt/310894/19 "2005-07-03T20:42:39Z")
I can’t believe anyone would wear a shirt like that without irony. ---
**Author:** ![Driver8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5a626/32.png) [@Driver8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Driver8)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2005, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-disturbing-t-shirt/310894/20 "2005-07-03T21:32:43Z")
> [@danceswithcats](#): > > Reread the OP. The message communicated by the shirt was obviously quite upsetting. In my previous post, no one was accused of attempting to ban the shirt-my post was intended to convey a different viewpoint. I’ve reread the OP, and I still don’t have a clue what you’re trying to say, both here and in your previous post. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-disturbing-t-shirt/310894.md?page=2)