Bob Jones University sure knows how to pick their battles when it comes to dress code:
Abercrombie & Fitch and its subsidiary Hollister have shown an unusual degree of antagonism to the name of Christ and an unusual display of wickedness in their promotions. In protest, articles displaying their logos are not acceptable to be worn, carried, or displayed (even if covered or masked in some way).
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Holy Moly!
Oh My G
Holy Shit!
Had I not known that was Christian university, I would’ve thought the rules came from the Islamic world!
It sounds as if they go around with a measuring tape checking people’s clothes and faces (the sideburns!).
But this is what I bet happens: the deans’ relatives and friends break the rules all the time, but they’re OK because they have connections. The same s*t as in church–and in high school.
I find it deliciously funny and ironic that, although they have come up with meticulous guidelines to control so many aspects of their students’ lives (your hairstyle, what you wear in the morning and the evening, etc.) in the name of “modesty” and “propriety”, they still manage to call themselves *BJ* University.
Talk about missing the forest for the trees, eh?
They’re probably talking about the whole A&F – kiddie porn thing that happened a while back. I only heard about it ’cause I wore an A&F shirt to an honors psychology class (dealing with the psychology of addiction – sex addiction that particular day) and my professor said something about how he found it ironic that I was wearing that shirt on that day.
I’m curious, does anyone know for sure what it is that A&F has done to “show antagonism to the name of Christ”? Is it the kiddie porn-claims like Dan suspects, or is there something else?
Anyway, if you, for some strange reason, really want a brand that actually rejects Christ, I would recommend clothes from the Swedish clothing label Cheap Monday: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheap_Monday
According to the Wikipedia page: “They are recognized by their distinctive logo of a skull with an inverted crucifix. The designer of the logo, Björn Atldax, meant it as an anti-religion statment, targeting Christianity in particular, citing the religion as the cause of many wars. Altdax hopes that young people will not simply purchase the denim but take into consideration the logo and its message.”
Now, I don’t think that the manufacturers view on religion is a sensible reason to buy or not to buy some particular clothes, but I still find it amusing. It’s a pretty unusual stand for a company to take publicly.
Well, I’m all in favour of banning clothes bearing oversized ads for their makers. Go Control Freak U!
;-)
Isn’t BJ Uni the one that dumped its segregated dating policy in 2000?
Wow–they’d almost caught up to the 1870s–and now they’re powering back to the fifteenth century.
Metro @ comment #6,
I think I’ve got it! BJU has invented time travel!