# This shirt is illegal in 52 countries

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-shirt-is-illegal-in-52-countries/553512>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 12, 2010, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-shirt-is-illegal-in-52-countries/553512 "2010-09-12T15:10:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2012, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-shirt-is-illegal-in-52-countries/553512/121 "2012-06-24T13:00:21Z")

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I wonder is stipulating that it be a woman wearing the shirt brings us closer to 52. If a woman went out in public wearing a t-shirt, she’d be breaking the law in quite a few more places. Or maybe it’s all the same places as the original list?

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**Author:** ![hibernicus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hibernicus/32/2802_2.png) [@hibernicus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hibernicus)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2012, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-shirt-is-illegal-in-52-countries/553512/122 "2012-06-24T14:23:52Z")

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How about (hypothetical) jurisdictions where it’s illegal to display a statement that’s verifiably untrue? If you had 4 countries where the cross was illegal, another 48 where the untrue statement was illegal, that would bring us up to 52.

But wait - then it would be true, and it would be hunky-dory in the 48 truthy countries. But then it would be untrue again…😕

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