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DanTex

(20,709 posts) Wed Aug 27, 2014, 10:32 AM Aug 2014

Zara removes striped pyjamas with yellow star following online outrage [View all]

http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/aug/27/zara-removes-striped-pyjamas-with-yellow-star-following-online-outrage

Who can be enough of an idiot to design kids' pajamas like this? Assuming it's an honest mistake, that is.

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Zara removes striped pyjamas with yellow star following online outrage [View all] DanTex Aug 2014 OP

Assuming it's an honest mistake - maybe it's a Sheriff Convict playset? el_bryanto Aug 2014 #1

Honest Mistake. Octafish Aug 2014 #2

This message was self-deleted by its author ann--- Aug 2014 #3

Do you deny that Jews were victims of the Holocaust? nt msanthrope Aug 2014 #5

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You don't have to reminded of it? Apparently you do. nt msanthrope Aug 2014 #10

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Yes, you do...nt joeybee12 Aug 2014 #18

If you conflate the two, yes, you do. moriah Aug 2014 #21

There it is! Nuclear Unicorn Aug 2014 #50

Didn't take long, did it? You know, I do this for a living...cross people and just let them talk.nt msanthrope Aug 2014 #61

What the fuck leftynyc Aug 2014 #53

Kindly explain how the Palestinians are involved in the pajamas matter? nt msanthrope Aug 2014 #60

Do you deny that the star has the word "Sheriff" printed on it? pnwmom Aug 2014 #29

A prominent yellow star on a striped uniform clearly screams "sheriff" LanternWaste Aug 2014 #32

No, the word Sheriff screams Sheriff. n/t pnwmom Aug 2014 #33

The one doesn't deny the other.... LanternWaste Aug 2014 #35

Maybe if the word had been in black or dark blue on the gold. moriah Aug 2014 #38

I agree it was an oversight and should have been corrected. But I disagree with the OP's pnwmom Aug 2014 #40

"victimhood"? n/t tammywammy Aug 2014 #6

I have a movie recommendation for you. Gormy Cuss Aug 2014 #11

read that with my mentees one summer rurallib Aug 2014 #36

That's the first thing I thought of as well Violet_Crumble Aug 2014 #49

This same company pulled an item a few years back because the design looked like swastikas. Gormy Cuss Aug 2014 #58

Ditto this JustAnotherGen Aug 2014 #51

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Striped pajamas are more associated with prisoners, not sheriffs. moriah Aug 2014 #17

Your posting history is ugly and bigoted. Codeine Aug 2014 #25

+1000 leftynyc Aug 2014 #54

Are you referring to The Sheriff Star of David? Sheldon Cooper Aug 2014 #28

Except the star has the word Sheriff printed on it. n/t pnwmom Aug 2014 #30

Yep, and all the sheriffs in the Old West ran around in striped pajama tops. Sheldon Cooper Aug 2014 #34

and i suppose a swastika is just a nice geometric pattern? unblock Aug 2014 #39

You're not fucking kidding. sibelian Aug 2014 #46

And the confederate flag leftynyc Aug 2014 #52

You Weren't Kidding ProfessorGAC Aug 2014 #4

Weird. Granted, the star has the word "sheriff" on it, Nye Bevan Aug 2014 #7

Also. Isn't the sheriff's star a five pointed star not a six pointed one like Cleita Aug 2014 #16

Both five and six pointed stars are used csziggy Aug 2014 #19

That would have been much better. eom Cleita Aug 2014 #20

Also, 7-pointed stars. Chan790 Aug 2014 #31

If you google "sheriff star" you find a ton of six-pointed stars gollygee Aug 2014 #44

Maybe with a five pointed Texas star. Downwinder Aug 2014 #8

Then people would have been saying it was Satanic. ;) moriah Aug 2014 #22

This is horrifying. If they wanted it to resemble a badge they could have used another form. jwirr Aug 2014 #14

It's not "horrifying". sibelian Aug 2014 #47

My first reaction was that it was a sheriff's star Ms. Toad Aug 2014 #15

Perhaps more than subliminal messaging? Behind the Aegis Aug 2014 #23

Someone who never learned about WWII & The Holocaust Lurks Often Aug 2014 #24

more likely someone who did JI7 Aug 2014 #41

unreal trumad Aug 2014 #26

Well, at least the stripes aren't vertical Scootaloo Aug 2014 #27

in 2007 they had a handbag with swastikas on it..... steve2470 Aug 2014 #37

Whoa, really? Sheldon Cooper Aug 2014 #42

Wow. OK, one time, maybe they're stupid and slept through their history class. gollygee Aug 2014 #43

Marketing to the Hindu/NAZI demographic whistler162 Aug 2014 #48

Wow - I had no idea leftynyc Aug 2014 #56

The swastika shape is an ancient symbol. ladyVet Aug 2014 #45

I think it was the riversedge Aug 2014 #55

I feel like not one person was awake in that design meeting. (nt) Inkfreak Aug 2014 #57

There is just no way that was an honest mistake LadyHawkAZ Aug 2014 #59