PRESS RELEASE ON THE MATTER
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Internet's most visited t-shirt company, T-Shirt Hell, removes most offensive shirts - Apologizes.
LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 1, 2005?Las Vegas based internet company T-Shirt Hell.com used to be home to the most offensive t-shirts on the internet. With shirts that made light of everything from 9/11, to School Shootings, to the recent Tsunami; T-Shirt Hell truly lived up to its name.
But as of today, that?s no longer true. Founder, Owner, and President Aaron Schwarz has decided to take down the most offensive shirts in his inventory. In fact, he?s removed the entire ?Worse Than Hell? category from his website.
?It was always my goal to make outrageous t-shirts.? said Schwarz. ?It was always my intention to make people laugh. But a lot of people were needlessly hurt and upset by the shirts on our website, and for that I want to apologize. Schwarz is ready to put his money where his mouth is. This year he is looking to donate up to 30% of his profits to charities that are involved with the groups, and events he used to make fun of, if they will accept them.
When asked where he goes from here, Schwarz was optimistic. ?Worse Than Hell? comprised less than 20% of our shirts. We still have plenty of insane, dirty, twisted shirts that you won?t find in the local mall. As for our loyal fans, I hope they?ll continue to be just that: loyal.
I started this web site on my terms and will continue to run it as I see fit. Removing shirts that affect many people in a negative way is just not exciting to me anymore and that doesn?t make me lame or a sell out. It would only be a sell out if I sold shirts that I no longer agreed with just to make a profit. It would be lame to let someone else tell me how to run my business. I still have a great team. We still have the best artists, and the most talented writers, and we will continue to make the most kick ass t-shirts around.
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I think the t-shirt in question may have been among the category removed.
Humor and taboo have been uneasy bedfellows for a long, long time.
Who keeps them in bed together but the people who laugh or say "Oh, no!" I do not know --
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