Why do people wear t-shirts with deceased people on them (Kurt Cobain, Jimi Hendrix, Bob Marley)? All I see when people wear them are t-shirt companies digging up some graves by taking advantage of the ignorance of young people.
I think it's the illusion of non-conformity. We all want to be our own person and some of the people they put on those t-shirts represent what the person wearing it would really like emulate. So, people are in a sense paying tribute in a way, but they're also feeding a huge system of companies who own the rights to those images. So, you're damned if you do and damned if you don't. What are you going to do make your own clothing? I can sew bean bags and maybe hem a pair of pants if I tried, but I wouldn't ever want to wear a shirt I made.
They might also just look cool and be on sale. I got a "Give Peace a Chance" shirt with John Lennon on it and I liked it.
The one t-shirt that I absolutely loath are the ones with Che Guevara them. Try wearing that shirt in Miami where the people he terrorized, tortured and they have murdered family members in Cuban live now. In my book that's the worst t-shirt there is, period.
But what do I know ignorance is bliss right?
