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Surrey School Board Bans "Ephin Apparel" From City Schools
By Kim Bolan 9 Feb 2010 COMMENTS(142) The Real Scoop Filed under: Surrey School Board, Kim Bolan., Vancouver Sun, Theresa Campbell, Real Scoop, Stompdown Killaz, Ephin Apparel, Doug Strachan, Ryan Wiese
Edgy and hip? Or promoting violence?
Surrey School officials have made their minds up about some of the clothing from stompdown.ca and the ephinstore - they have banned it from city schools.
True that some of the hoodies have crossed baseball bats, a balaclava and the words stompdown and killaz.
Entrepreneur Ryan Wiese, a graduate of Fleetwood Park Secondary, said he is surprised at the district's reaction. He doesn't accept the clothing promotes violence, though he admits it does celebrate tagging.
Theresa Campbell, who heads the very successful safe schools program, said the clothing line definitely contains "violent messaging."
Here is my story:
What do you think? Should the clothing be banned from schools?
Oh and I have to give credit to a Real Scoop poster who mentioned they had heard about a ban and asked me which line it was. This is what I found out.
from:keepsix
For starters , Public enemy #1 is now a clothing company...? what about the people still bein shot in surrey ? how about the people dressing up as cops and robbing people? How about the new statement released that pop more than twice a week can cause pancreatic cancer? these are issues worth fighting and making known to the public...not how a clothing brand is going "against the grain" of this wonderful yuppy north west coast culture you suit an tie , micheal buble listening whiners are all so proud of...the ignorane of people who are so quick to judge and come to an asumption about two basball bats and the word "killaz" .....killing, in graffiti terms, which seems to be the reason the clothing is so horrible,is in fact a term used when taking over everything with ones "tag" or "piece" to SEEK DESTROY KREATE ...killing is to do everything in ones power to dominate the public eye , good or bad...cant always have pretty pictures of flowers and bumble bees....some people like destruction and negativity....deal with it...the bats...simply to show the seriousness of our passion...we are artists and graffiti writers that take what we do very seriously...lets be honest , graffiti is very competitive and those who do it, for tha most part , are very much so as serious about thier art as we are...everyone wants to be tha best..its competiton to accell... competition like in any sport...UFC , people are payed to fight ...its broadcasted worldwide....its competition to be tha best... just because graffiti is writing on anything and everything doesnt mean tat those who take it seriously are writing on peoples houses and small buinisses...there are rules, rather , things that are looked down upon within graffiti writing...dont assume peopl are out to paint your car or mailbox because they think they are creating art...that just one part of "getting up" spreading your name around and everyone has thier own opinon on whats right and wrong about it....as for tha trains....pffffff...cmon , that really bothers you? hahahahahahahahaha , whens tha last time your tax dollars went to "buffing a train" and when was tha last time a train with graffiti on it really affected your life.....hahahaha....really? go do your hot yoga and eat your cream cheese bagel , have a v-8 and think about wat your bitching about....its a piece of clothing. look out world
det måste ni fan läsa viktigt alla sdk gillare och graff målare
from:keepsix
For starters , Public enemy #1 is now a clothing company...? what about the people still bein shot in surrey ? how about the people dressing up as cops and robbing people? How about the new statement released that pop more than twice a week can cause pancreatic cancer? these are issues worth fighting and making known to the public...not how a clothing brand is going "against the grain" of this wonderful yuppy north west coast culture you suit an tie , micheal buble listening whiners are all so proud of...the ignorane of people who are so quick to judge and come to an asumption about two basball bats and the word "killaz" .....killing, in graffiti terms, which seems to be the reason the clothing is so horrible,is in fact a term used when taking over everything with ones "tag" or "piece" to SEEK DESTROY KREATE ...killing is to do everything in ones power to dominate the public eye , good or bad...cant always have pretty pictures of flowers and bumble bees....some people like destruction and negativity....deal with it...the bats...simply to show the seriousness of our passion...we are artists and graffiti writers that take what we do very seriously...lets be honest , graffiti is very competitive and those who do it, for tha most part , are very much so as serious about thier art as we are...everyone wants to be tha best..its competiton to accell... competition like in any sport...UFC , people are payed to fight ...its broadcasted worldwide....its competition to be tha best... just because graffiti is writing on anything and everything doesnt mean tat those who take it seriously are writing on peoples houses and small buinisses...there are rules, rather , things that are looked down upon within graffiti writing...dont assume peopl are out to paint your car or mailbox because they think they are creating art...that just one part of "getting up" spreading your name around and everyone has thier own opinon on whats right and wrong about it....as for tha trains....pffffff...cmon , that really bothers you? hahahahahahahahaha , whens tha last time your tax dollars went to "buffing a train" and when was tha last time a train with graffiti on it really affected your life.....hahahaha....really? go do your hot yoga and eat your cream cheese bagel , have a v-8 and think about wat your bitching about....its a piece of clothing. look out world