In the much disputed contest between Pat's and Gino's Cheese-steaks, I have found one reason to not support Gino's in any fashion. It has nothing to do with bad-tasting cheese-steaks, but rather bad taste in the social sense: they have mixed business and politics in a hateful and deragotory manner.
In expressing their sympathies for Officer Danny Faulkner, they have pasted hateful sentiments on the backs of their business t-shirts.
The t-shirts, which look like typical Gino's business t-shirts on the front, have this slogan plastered on the back:
"Officer Danny Faulkner was murdered by Mumia Abu-Jamal who shouldn't be in an 8 x 10 foot cell...He should be 6 feet closer to hell!"
It seems that the shirts were made in collaboration with the Danny Faulkner supporters, as an identical t-shirt back appears on their website (which Gino's website links to).
Check it out for yourself here: http://www.danielfaulkner.com/Tshirt.html
No matter where you stand on the Mumia issue, it is for certain that this is overstepping all boundaries of good professional taste. If you need some real cheese-steak in Philly, eat at Pat's and get that greasy cheeze-whiz goodness that all em kids are talking about.
Filter
No comments...
Write Comment
Please keep the topic of messages relevant to the subject of the article.
Personal verbal attacks will be deleted.
Please don't use comments to plug your web site.. Such material will be removed
