Mother of murder victim outraged by shirt she says promotes violence

[Kadie]

Article published Saturday, January 20, 2007
Mother of murder victim outraged by shirt she says promotes violence

By CHRISTINA HALL
BLADE STAFF WRITER


For $8, Pat Rizzi bought a T-shirt that she says screams domestic violence.
The first panel on the Attitude Tees-brand garment, dubbed “Problem,” appears to show a stick-figure girl animatedly expressing her unhappiness with an equally unhappy stick-figure boy.

The next panel, called “Solved,” shows a smiling boy pushing the girl through the panel and the girl falling head-first down the side of the shirt.

Mrs. Rizzi — whose daughter Michelle Rizzi Salerno was found slain nearly seven years ago — plans to take the shirt to a protest tomorrow in West Toledo in which she and others hope to have the T-shirts forever pulled from the shelves of Kmart stores across the country.

Meijer stores have pulled the shirts as a result of similar complaints.

“My daughter was murdered as a result of domestic violence,” Mrs. Rizzi said.

more...
http://toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070120/NEWS03/70120001

picture of t-shirt here...
http://toimg.sv.publicus.com/apps/pbcsi.dll/bilde?Site=TO&Date=20070120&Category=NEWS03&ArtNo=70120001&Ref=AR&MaxW=500&title=1

[MikeNearMcChord]

1. WTF was these guys thinking, putting out a shirt like that?

[HuffleClaw]

2. what a moron

so don't BUY the shirt. now THERE'S a 'problem solved'.

[silverojo]

3. Somebody should put out a shirt with the roles reversed

Then all HELL would be breaking loose. :mad:

[cynatnite]

4. Well, my daughter kind of has something similar to that...

she was given a shirt that says 'how to drop a boyfriend' as a joke. In the first box is a stick figure of girl with boy. In the second box it's stick girl hitting stick boy and him falling.

[Solo_in_MD]

6. Equivalent boy bashing shirts have been out for years...

and they are selling well. See prior thread on this topic

[porphyrian]

5. I think it's bad taste, but shouldn't be censored.

I've read violent comics, played video games, played Dungeons & Dragons and listened to heavy metal. Not once did I worship the devil, kill other people, or think misogyny was a good idea because it was portrayed by stick figures on a tee shirt. Something is chemically wrong with those people before, say, they see the shirt. Blaming the shirt gets us nowhere but to a false end.