Utah Mom Upset Over "Indecent Shirts" Buys Every Single One

[Initech]

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A mother upset about "indecent" T-shirts on display at a Utah mall found a quick if not especially convenient way to remove them: She bought every last one.

Judy Cox and her 18-year-old son were shopping Saturday at the University Mall in Orem, about 40 miles south of Salt Lake City, when she saw the shirts in the window of a PacSun store.

The shirts featured pictures of scantily dressed models in provocative poses.

Cox said she complained about the window display to a store manager and was told the T-shirts couldn't be taken down without approval from the corporate office. She then bought all 19 T-shirts in stock, for a total of $567. She says she plans to return them later, toward the end of the chain store's 60-day return period.

The shirts cost about $28 each on the website for PacSun, which sells beach clothes for teenagers and young adults.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/02/18/mom-buys-offensive-shirts_n_4811377.html?utm_hp_ref=weird-news

Idiot, doesn't she know the store doesn't care? They just get the profit and look the other way.

[grahamhgreen]

1. She's returning them.

[JoeyT]

4. If they let her.

I certainly wouldn't. If "Buy up a bunch of shit then return it two months later" caught on, people could use it to seriously inconvenience stores they don't like.

[MADem]

6. So they get the use of--and interest on--her money for a month. Who wins? nt

[alp227]

2. original AP link for non Huffpo fans, and a note about the local politics...

http://bigstory.ap.org/article/upset-mother-buys-all-indecent-t-shirts-store

Orem is a city of about 90,000 in ultraconservative Utah County that uses the motto "Family City USA." Most residents belong to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, which frowns on pornography and encourages its youth to dress and act modestly.

Cox met with Orem city attorney Greg Stephens on Tuesday to discuss whether the images on the T-shirts violated city code.

Stephens said he told Cox that she first needed to file a complaint with police. He said police would then review the issue and decide whether it needed to be passed on to the city attorney, a process that could take weeks.

City code prohibits anyone from putting "explicit sexual material" on public display. The city defines that as "any material that appeals to a prurient interest in sex and depicts nudity, actual or simulated sexual conduct, sexual excitement, or sadomasochistic abuse."

Mrs. Cox, why don't you move to Saudi Arabia if you don't like seeing all that skin?

[d_r]

3. based on the story

here's an example of the shirt:

http://images4.pacsun.com/is/image/pacsunproducts/0097483690020NEW_01_069?$dw-product-list$

you'll have to click it

[Warren DeMontague]

5. Another victory for progressivism!

...or something.

[opiate69]

7. What's her DU handle???