Boycott Dirty Harry in Brighton North Laines

Tell the proprietors of Dirty Harry to stop selling "Joke" Guantanamo Bay orange boiler suits.

Dirty Harry in Brighton's Sydney Street in the North Laine has started selling orange boiler suits as some kind of sick joke. They wouldn't dream of selling Auschwitz suits for obvious reasons so why should it be acceptable to sell these.

The fact that Omar Deghayes, a Guantanamo inmate, and his family who live in Brighton and have suffered so much as a result of this legal black hole could easily walk past these and would understandably struggle to find the funny side as do many of us.

Pay them a visit and politely ask them to stop selling them now.

Roger

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Contact details

10.09.2011 16:55

Contact details - but remember folks keep it polite - Unfortunately this kind of mindless controversy thrives in Brighton and I doubt the party heads have really thought this one through. They also do a similar range of 'Death Row' merchandise. Edgy!

6 Sydney St
Brighton BN1 4EN

01273 607527

Lucky Punk

sense of humour bypass

11.09.2011 12:26

I doubt that many people would be offended. If you ban everything because a couple of people are offended then we'd live in a very dull place. Let these kids have their fun - its ultimately harmless.

Comparing Guantanamo to Auschwitz is plainly stupid and somewhat insulting to the memory of all the people who died at Auschwitz, because you are effectively cheapening the atrocity. Whatever you think of Guantanamo - it aint even close to Auschwitz.

Roger also

Fun

11.09.2011 17:24

We're not talking about 'banning' it 'cos we're not the government - we're asking them to re-consider.

A 'couple of people' could well include Brighton resident Omar Deghayes who was held in Guantanamo for years, tortured and blinded in one eye - I suppose he should just lighten up a little.

Lucky Punk

Result

12.09.2011 11:36

As of Monday morning they seem to have stopped selling these items. Well done Dirty Harry and well done those who contacted them to express disapproval.

Jolly Roger

Still being sold on Ebay

12.09.2011 18:22

They got 'babe' ones too

anon