On Saturday morning (11/25/06), I was sitting quietly in Takoma Park, Maryland (a town notorious for being full of "hippy liberals") enjoying my breakfast. I could not help but notice when a young boy entered the restaraunt wearing an army green T-shirt with "Fleet Betallion" written on it. The shirt was obviously made to resemble an army uniform. I found it to be an interesting choice of clothing, especially considering the boy's age (could not have been more than 7) and was led to wonder: how often, in our society, is clothing used as an expression of war or terrorism (or its antecedent peace)? Can this trend be seen more amongst certain age groups? In certain areas?
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This is an interesting thought: Has anyone seen the "M*A*S*H" t-shirts that were being sold (I can think of seeing them at Target, mostly)?
First, we all know the TV show (and/or movie) M*A*S*H; it's about Army doctors in Korea. But it was written and became popular during Vietnam as a protest of sorts to America's involvement in that war. Now, with the Iraq war being a "second Vietnam" or sorts, we see M*A*S*H t-shirts popping up again, especially among the teen/young adult crowd. Is this an expression of anti-war sentiment, perhaps?
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