KU MU T-Shirt war

pikesome · 11-12-2007, 11:56 PM

Am I alone in thinking this is a new height (or low as may be) of tasteless? Real, honest to god, massacres shouldn't be fodder for a sports rivalry.

Although, I do remember a rather deep disdain of Missourians from my teachers in school over this very topic when it came up sometime in elementary school.

Valiant · 11-13-2007, 12:00 AM

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Originally Posted by pikesome

Am I alone in thinking this is a new height (or low as may be) of tasteless? Real, honest to god, massacres shouldn't be fodder for a sports rivalry.

Although, I do remember a rather deep disdain of Missourians from my teachers in school over this very topic when it came up sometime in elementary school.

Not really no one is glorifying the violence.. They are glorifying Kansans getting owned/destroyed by people from Missouri.. People are looking way too much into this..

It is no worse then the Muck Fizzou shirts..

Silock · 11-13-2007, 12:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Valiant

Not really no one is glorifying the violence.. They are glorifying Kansans getting owned/destroyed by people from Missouri..

So, they're not glorifying violence, just the fact that people were killed?

Huh?

Valiant · 11-13-2007, 12:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Silock

So, they're not glorifying violence, just the fact that people were killed?

Huh?

No just a lot of peoples panties in a wad.. The sole purpose of the shirt is to show Missourians kicking the shit out of Kansans and nothing more..

They are using historical fact to rile up Kansas fans which seems to be working..

Hell I bet money that a good 4th of Kansas students don't even know about the incident..

Third Eye · 11-13-2007, 12:13 AM

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Hell I bet money that a good 4th of Kansas students don't even know about the incident..

Considering how many people go to KU from out of state, I would imagine the number to be consiberably higher. Very few people, outside of history majors or civil war buffs, not from Missouri or Kansas have heard of Bleeding Kansas.

pikesome · 11-13-2007, 12:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Third Eye

Considering how many people go to KU from out of state, I would imagine the number to be consiberably higher. Very few people, outside of history majors or civil war buffs, not from Missouri or Kansas have heard of Bleeding Kansas.

That's no lie. I knew someone from St Louis in the Navy and made a pointed crack about the whole deal with the voting, massacres, the works, and we got in to a bit of a heated discussion. The others around were completely lost.

Valiant · 11-13-2007, 12:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Third Eye

Considering how many people go to KU from out of state, I would imagine the number to be consiberably higher. Very few people, outside of history majors or civil war buffs, not from Missouri or Kansas have heard of Bleeding Kansas.

Lol I actually meant all Kansas schools.. But you are right...

Silock · 11-13-2007, 12:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Valiant

No just a lot of peoples panties in a wad.. The sole purpose of the shirt is to show Missourians kicking the shit out of Kansans and nothing more..

They are using historical fact to rile up Kansas fans which seems to be working..

Hell I bet money that a good 4th of Kansas students don't even know about the incident..

It's not the purpose of the shirt that's stupid. It's fine to show teams beating up another team, but it's entirely different to glorify the violence behind it. It wouldn't have been okay for me to make a shirt with holocaust victims on it just because we happened to be playing Hyman Brand Hebrew Academy that week.

Valiant · 11-13-2007, 12:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Silock

It's not the purpose of the shirt that's stupid. It's fine to show teams beating up another team, but it's entirely different to glorify the violence behind it. It wouldn't have been okay for me to make a shirt with holocaust victims on it just because we happened to be playing Hyman Brand Hebrew Academy that week.

Seriously unless you start petitioning to get KU name changed you are a hypocrite.. The Jayhawker name alone is an atrocity..

Like I said before panties in a wad...

Pitt Gorilla · 11-13-2007, 12:27 AM

I'm no history expert, but wasn't the burning of Larryland retaliation for the Hawkers burning Osceola, MO? If we're playing the PC game, shouldn't the glorification of the name "Jayhawk" be just as offensive as that T-shirt?

Third Eye · 11-13-2007, 12:27 AM

Is it just me or is anyone else looking forward to the absolute trainwreck this board is going to become next week?

Silock · 11-13-2007, 12:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Valiant

Like I said before panties in a wad...

Thinking it's stupid and "panties in a wad" are two different things.

cosmo20002 · 11-13-2007, 04:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Valiant

Seriously unless you start petitioning to get KU name changed you are a hypocrite.. The Jayhawker name alone is an atrocity..

Like I said before panties in a wad...

It was all bad stuff, no matter who did what to whom. However, one side was fighting for keeping people as slaves, the other side was against it. I think more people would defend the latter. Kansas wins.

teedubya · 11-13-2007, 12:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Valiant

No just a lot of peoples panties in a wad.. The sole purpose of the shirt is to show Missourians kicking the shit out of Kansans and nothing more..

They are using historical fact to rile up Kansas fans which seems to be working..

Hell I bet money that a good 4th of Kansas students don't even know about the incident..

I see it the same way.

In fact, I laughed at the "Scoreboard" tag line. Witty. ****ers.

CoMoChief · 11-16-2007, 07:43 PM

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I see it the same way.

In fact, I laughed at the "Scoreboard" tag line. Witty. ****ers.

Your sig is absolutely hilarious!!!!!!!

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