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My daughter refused to accept this gift.
I think it would look great on her. It’s the best white Jesus I have ever seen. Maybe she thinks it’s sacrilegious. If so, then there is still a vunkelin, a scintilla of Christianity in her. Must figure out how to gently place the ice of reality on it.
Charles Mudede—who writes about film, books, music, and his life in Rhodesia, Zimbabwe, the USA, and the UK for The Stranger—was born near a steel plant in Kwe Kwe, Zimbabwe. He has no memory... More by Charles Mudede
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That image is almost as good as Robocop riding the unicorn.
Anyway, life has a way of “gently placing the ice of reality” on this kind of thing. Then again, the cults are full of people who had no religious upbringing, but I think they generally had nothing to fill that need. Make sure you’re providing for that.
Yeah, I need one of those. Or 7 since Christmas is coming. Got a link?
or maybe she didn’t accept it because she’s in no way interested in jesus, blasphemy or no. there are times i would be tempted to wear a shirt like that, out of irony, but would never actually do it because i’d be afraid some christian idiot would see it as a sign that i’m a jesus freak, too. no, thanks.
@ 3, 5, I was googling to find this shirt and came across this blog post:
http://tobeamotherbook.blogspot.com/2010…
Yeah, @ 3’s fears are well founded.
@3, i must admit. i did not see it that way. i did not foresee the depth of evangelical stupidity.
Or perhaps your daughter just has good taste. Surprising how far out the acorn falls sometimes.
Maybe she thinks it’s disrespectful to Jedis.
Maybe you should ask her directly instead of speculating on a blog.
@10 wins. And I wouldn’t be caught dead in that thing, for whatever it’s worth.
I’ll take it.
I’m with @8.
She may not want to have it just because it’s stupid and ugly.
Irony is great when it’s done well, good when it’s done okay, but pointless when it’s just lame.
That’s a pretty good shirt.
Maybe she doesn’t want to wear a dorky Star Wars shirt and Jesus is a red herring here.
With an attitude like that, Charles, good luck in enlisting the support of left-leaning Christian denominations in your silly, petulant Occupy movement.
Why do you think it would look good on her specifically? It’s a plain old t-shirt. Is it the color you like? Or you like the image? If it’s the image you like, why would it look any better on her than on anyone else? It’s a plain old t-shirt with a little picture on it. You should think about your own motivations in this case, not hers.
She’s rejecting a world view, not a shirt.
Speaking of which, I noticed Bartell’s has Star Wars advent calendars on display.
Star Wars is a boy’s story, not a girl’s.
It’s a literal clutching at cultural straws to remain relevant.
Not going to work. I think it’s ugly, too.
@16 Holy shit, the occupy movement is Mudede’s?
This explains so much.
@16, way to make it about you.
@20: Plenty of strong female characters in SW.
SPOILER ALERT!
Princess Leia, for example, who is set up to be rescued, but quickly takes charge in getting them back to the Falcon. Or Bastila Shan, for that matter.