Results: Suicide T-Shirts Cause An Outrage
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Consumers are outraged and are calling for Amazon to pull suicide themed t-shirts from their website. These t-shirts depict suicide-themed graphics that actually make light of this serious subject. Several mental health advocates say these shirts cross the line and should be pulled from the site. Are you aware of this story?
Yes
12%
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216 votes
No
88%
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1616 votes
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The t-shirts make fun of suicide according to mental health spokespersons and could even possibly 'push someone over the edge' Do you feel shirts like this should be pulled from the market? Yes they should be pulled and banned from being sold
47%
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861 votes
No, we live in a free market and no one should dictate what we wear or don't wear
20%
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361 votes
Not sure. It's a touchy subject
33%
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597 votes
Other (please specify)
1%
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13 votes
| Other Answers | Percentage | Votes |
| 0.27% | 5 | |
| n/a | 0.05% | 1 |
| non-issue | 0.05% | 1 |
| No, we don't live in a free market, but we do have freedom of speech. | 0.05% | 1 |
| never heard of the shirts. picture doesnt load on here so i cannot see the shirts | 0.05% | 1 |
| yes | 0.05% | 1 |
| NA | 0.05% | 1 |
| People have a right to free speech. | 0.05% | 1 |
| the shirts should be pulled but not banned from sale | 0.05% | 1 |
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Do you personally know someone who has either attempted suicide or actually committed suicide (or perhaps you yourself have attempted suicide)? Yes someone I know
45%
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819 votes
I have myself
7%
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125 votes
I don't know anyone who has
31%
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566 votes
Not sure
17%
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304 votes
Other (please specify)
1%
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18 votes
| Other Answers | Percentage | Votes |
| 0.22% | 4 | |
| n/a | 0.11% | 2 |
| NA | 0.11% | 2 |
| I Had A Friend Commit Suicide When I Was A Teenager , He Just Found Out He Had A Brain Tumor And Was Going To Be Blind And Paralized , He Did Not Want To Burden His Family. Very Sad , I Will Never Forget Either. | 0.05% | 1 |
| I almost did | 0.05% | 1 |
| both know someone who did commit suicide, and attempted it myself. | 0.05% | 1 |
| NO | 0.05% | 1 |
| both myself and someone I know | 0.05% | 1 |
| know couple ppl who succesfully commited suicide/i have tried numerous times | 0.05% | 1 |
| 1 and 2 | 0.05% | 1 |
| First 2... | 0.05% | 1 |
| Daughter's friend | 0.05% | 1 |
| an uncle and a great uncle but i never knew either of them | 0.05% | 1 |
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If your answer to previous question was they you knew someone or you yourself has, do these t-shirts offend you? Very much
26%
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484 votes
To a degree
18%
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322 votes
No they don't offend me
21%
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392 votes
N/A
34%
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625 votes
Other (please specify)
0%
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9 votes
| Other Answers | Percentage | Votes |
| 0.16% | 3 | |
| We get offended by too much these days get over it | 0.05% | 1 |
| I couldn't see them but I just wouldn't buy them. | 0.05% | 1 |
| non-issue | 0.05% | 1 |
| The T-shirts should be banned; taken off market. | 0.05% | 1 |
| I respect the right of free speech. | 0.05% | 1 |
| I want one | 0.05% | 1 |
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