  Gannon Member Username: Gannon Post Number: 14597 Registered: 12-2003 |
This just in from the Bureau of Urban Living.  Brilliant, every home and office should have one, and I want to see the t-shirts become ubiquitous! The fashion item for 2008...and beyond. HUGE cheers for this one, we will be needing this reminder SO soon... | ||
Sean_of_detroit Member Username: Sean_of_detroit Post Number: 2005 Registered: 03-2008 |
Gannon, I love it. Good find! | ||
Eastsidedame Member Username: Eastsidedame Post Number: 566 Registered: 12-2006 |
IMHO: Almost perfect. I'd like to see it in green (grass/trees) or blue (duh water). Red is not much of a calming color. Excitable, volitle...also, reminds me of fire, something Detroit seems to have issues with. | ||
Gannon Member Username: Gannon Post Number: 14621 Registered: 12-2003 |
Yeah, they copied the basic design of an old London WWII-era campaign. I'm all for better colors, or at least choices. So few people are aware of the psychology of color...great post Eastsidedame! | ||
Gannon Member Username: Gannon Post Number: 14622 Registered: 12-2003 |
Here is the full text of their press release, or at least what showed up in FaceBook (thanks, Jill) quote: | ||
Thecarl Member Username: Thecarl Post Number: 1365 Registered: 04-2005 |
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Sean_of_detroit Member Username: Sean_of_detroit Post Number: 2007 Registered: 03-2008 |
Glad you're helping society move forward, thecarl... | ||
Thecarl Member Username: Thecarl Post Number: 1368 Registered: 04-2005 |
thanks sean. not everybody appreciates a blend of humor, insight, and introspection. | ||
9936sussex Member Username: 9936sussex Post Number: 196 Registered: 10-2007 |
I have a copy of the original poster (the British one). Bought it quite a while ago from a used bookstore in northern England off the internet. I love it. | ||
Sean_of_detroit Member Username: Sean_of_detroit Post Number: 2010 Registered: 03-2008 |
Overplayed | ||
Gannon Member Username: Gannon Post Number: 14627 Registered: 12-2003 |
Actually, if everyone DID keep calm, and carry hardware, the record shows that crime goes way down. The moment FL increased the availability of concealed carry, the crooks only went after those they KNEW to be more likely to be unarmed...the tourists driving rental cars. They were EASY to spot back then because FL had a code, all rentals had the letter Z as the first digit (if memory serves correctly). You are likely too young to remember the spate of German tourists robbed, shot, and/or killed during that time, Sean. For many, it was a crime WAVE, the Germans certainly thought SO! It was the opposite. Same when Louisiana allowed liberal concealed carry against the earliest trend of carjacking. The episodes went from epidemic to nearly vanishing in a very short duration afterwards. Guns are just guns, people kill people...and if they are available in any form to crooks, it is best that random solid citizens have equalizers...especially if they are level-headed against aggression, and crack shots under pressure. Both traits can be tested and ranked. There goes MY two cents...and another distraction from a decent thread. Cheers | ||
Sean_of_detroit Member Username: Sean_of_detroit Post Number: 2012 Registered: 03-2008 |
Gannon, good points. I think the general fear is that you would be giving them to everyone. If that worked, we should take it a step further. Instead of trying to ban weapons of mass destruction, we should just give them to every country. In all honesty, there is a good chance they would kill each other, and themselves. The risk already is being overlooked, or ignored. People pull guns on each other, despite the fact that the victims may have a gun too. This isn't my belief, but I can understand the other side's argument. | ||
Gannon Member Username: Gannon Post Number: 14760 Registered: 12-2003 |
Bump, ignore the tangential commentary! Keep Calm and Carry On, appearing in THE downtown deli soon! Cheers | ||
Spidergirl Member Username: Spidergirl Post Number: 351 Registered: 12-2004 |
http://www.threadless.com/prod uct/1466/Now_Panic_and_Freak_O ut | ||
Sumas Member Username: Sumas Post Number: 332 Registered: 01-2008 |
I thought the T shirt with the gun was funny but then I thought the T shirt, Detroit Where the Weak get Eaten was funny too. The slogan An Armed Society is a Polite Society is also apt. What is also funny is that I don't own a gun and never will. | ||
Seanmg Member Username: Seanmg Post Number: 4 Registered: 11-2007 |
http://www.keepcalmdetroit.com | ||
Lnfant Member Username: Lnfant Post Number: 190 Registered: 05-2008 |
the tee is printed on BROWN cotton, a more flattering color to wear than the orange-red used in the poster. | ||
Lodgedodger Member Username: Lodgedodger Post Number: 881 Registered: 05-2008 |
I love the idea. Now if only it came in a sweatshirt for all of us cold-blooded folks. Thanks for the heads-up, Gannon. | ||
Blueeyes313 Member Username: Blueeyes313 Post Number: 2 Registered: 11-2008 |
Sweet Gannon. Love it. (Message edited by BlueEyes313 on November 14, 2008) | ||
Blueeyes313 Member Username: Blueeyes313 Post Number: 10 Registered: 11-2008 |
Gannon, I would like it in a calm color like blue that's a calm color. | ||
Long_in_the_tooth Member Username: Long_in_the_tooth Post Number: 148 Registered: 01-2007 |
$30!!!! oh for fucks sake...... Illustrator....Helvetica...Spi rit of Detroit PDF.. are you kidding me... they stole it... so can you. oh, and Gannon, could you please limit your response so I do not have to scroll. P L E A S E ! ! ! ! ! | ||
Sean_of_detroit Member Username: Sean_of_detroit Post Number: 2207 Registered: 03-2008 |
There are days we need one of these in every room of our home.... and work.... and car... and everyone we know's home. Ahhh Michigan. It gets no better than this. You just have to remember how life works.  | ||
220hendrie1910 Member Username: 220hendrie1910 Post Number: 82 Registered: 02-2006 |
Long_in_the_tooth writes: quote:Before you go buying fonts, it's Gill, not Helvetica - British, not Swiss. :-) | ||
Digitalvision Member Username: Digitalvision Post Number: 1456 Registered: 11-2003 |
Go print it yourself, Long_In_The_Tooth... see how much large format printing costs. I can't find one-offs less than $45 at that size, and you gotta wait, and it's probably not printed locally... which is part of the point. I don't have the spare time, and if I did, the last thing I would do is waste it on something I can easily acquire AND get a good conversation with the bright people at Bureau... I'm going to go get mine this weekend methinks. Rolled, as I do have a poster frame that needs some love :-) | ||
Lefty2 Member Username: Lefty2 Post Number: 2911 Registered: 07-2007 |
all right, everyone calm down, no one is freaking out here. |
