Drunks vomiting shamrocks feature in top US store clothing line - POLL

OK some are funny, but how is it that it's OK to goof on the Irish? Let's say, for instance, the cap said "Black Yoga" and depicted a Afrocentric man with his hands behind his back. Or a Jew with a big hooked nose with a caption that read "Because Air is Free" Can you hear the howls? The reports at 6 and 11:00? And it would go on for days. But as long as you're Irish, or Catholic, there is no foul we are somehow fair game. Don't get me wrong, I'm not calling for a recall or anything, but, seriously. . .

GEORGINA-I dont drink so again, youve outdone yourself with nonsensical drivel. Well done!

Merefallow, georgedillon is an anti irish racist who perpetuates the diddley dee image of the Irish and when we dont conform, he calls us racist. Hes a vile little dwarf of a man.

I wish that ignorant anti-Irish slimeball Georgy boy would vent his hate somewhere else.

I HATE THE STEREOTYPING OF MY COUNTRY,as some leprochoun inhabited thatch roofed, diddely dee place,which we ourselves to a certain degree self parody, that's sort of okay when we do it to ourselves,but god help you if anyone else does it, especially in a nasty non funny way.i defy anyone who is patriotic not to feel shame when he see,s his countrymen behaving in a thuggish drunken loud violent,offensive way,whatever country you are from,but to put out propaganda like this is seriously offensive,boycott,and you should all know where that name came from and why,if you don,t look it up.

The best way to respond to this type of offensive behavior is to hit them in their pocketbook. Don't buy their products - any of them. Picket their stores and if your stock portfolio happens to have shares of their or their parent company, sell them. Write letters protesting and phone their home office. Tie up their phone lines and slow their productivity down by forcing them to deal with adverse media coverage.

@butlerreport.You would swear nobody else in the world drank.If we are a nation of drunks.Then the Americans are a nation of fatties.The Chinese are a nation of gamblers.Here are some facts:In spite of the most stringent drug policies and punitive laws in the world,the United States has the highest levels of lifetime illegal cocaine and marijuana use.The United States also has the highest rate of lifetime tobacco use but comes in third in alcohol use, behind the Ukraine and Germany.Ireland has the highest beer drinkers,but not the highest alcohol consumption.Of course you would know this if you did a bit of research.

@George....neither one of my Irish grannies touched a drop of liquor, and while I don't abstain wholeheartedly, a bottle of anything alcoholic can last for years in my house, and most of what is used goes into cakes and puddings of all sorts. My grandpa wasn't a teetotaler, but he certainly didn't fit the "stereotypical" Irish drunk, and being half Native American, he carried the potential "double whammy" for being an alcoholic. Now my dad, who was BRITISH.....yeah, he was a drunk AND a gambler, only, not from Las Vegas.

And to add injury to insult, all of the products were probably made in China or some other "offshore" haven. Would be fascinating to see who Urban Outfitters handles this. There is one at the corner of 72nd and Broadway in my neighborhood; may go by and see if they have stocked any of these there. If other groups can ask for respect, maybe it is time for the Irish to start doing the same. Will keep an eye out on this at UO store. Binge drinking is no longer a joke situation as is the image of the Jolly Fat person - we now know the real health and financial effects of these pseudo-comical images.

manhattan: "I took an offensive shirt to the Manager at Walmart who just looked at me as a crazy pain in the neck to him it was just "lighten up'." That's strange, I did the very same thing to the manager of Penneys department store right beside the Post Office in Dublin's O'Connell Street in 2010. His reaction was the same too--total incomprehension of why anyone would find T-shirts showing the Irish lying in their own vomit offensive. That's when I resolved--if the Irish have gone so low as to lose their self-respect, why should I have their pride for them? They can stay wallowing in their vomit if they don't have sufficient backbone to object.

Ipcusack, what the heck has this got to do with religion? 30% of Irish attend mass, why are you bringing religion into an argument about tshirts?

What's all the fuss about Urban Outfitters? Go over to Dublin right now and you'll see the same shirts on sale in the Penneys department store. If it's good enough for the Irish in Ireland why are so many people here bellyaching? Jews are smart, Italians are good cooks, the Irish are drunks. That's not rocket science. Get with the program, people.

If this was aimed at any other culture, race, or religion.....well, it simply WOULDN'T be aimed at any other group because of the "OUTRAGE!" So why should the Irish be the butt of someone's idea of humor, and then be expected to sit back and "take it?"

Having lived in NYC & Florida for many a St. Paddy's day, the drunk, vomiting Paddy is what is seen on the street. As offended as some are, we are regarded as a nation of drunks; Ireland is to drinking what Vegas is to gambling. It is a well earned moniker.

WE MUST BOYCOTT URBAN OUTFITTERS!!! Growing up, my parents and grandparents taught me that St. Patrick's day was a special day, a day of thanksgiving to celebrate our heritage. The entire family would gather and we'd have a feast and thank God. This hat racist and merely reflects stereotypes that have been perpetuated by those that hate Catholics. I will never shop at Urban Outfitters again until they apologize for this insult. Remember, the Irish invented the idea of a boycott. It's a well known fact.