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Retailer Apologizes For 'Wife Beater' Shirt Ad

Sun Mar 5, 2006 10:47 PM EST
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By Christian Watson
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But isn't that what everyone calls them? My wife does.

"The mistake was mine," Ellis told the paper. "I was either too dumb or too lazy or too distracted, and I let it go by. It certainly was insensitive ... and I'm sorry it happened."

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Christopher Bowers

That is really interesting. I was talking about how it is just "normal" to call them "wife beaters" no a days. No one calls them an A-shirt.

    Reply#1 - Mon Mar 6, 2006 6:42 PM EST
    Christian Watson

    I do too, but I can see how putting in an ad campaign might be construed as being a bad idea ;-)

      Reply#2 - Mon Mar 13, 2006 5:52 PM EST
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