Northern Irish politician calls for Urban Outfitters to pull offensive St. Patrick’s Day products

How come this politician--and indeed most of the posters here--aren't whining about the T-shirts openly sold in Dublin, Newry, Belfast etc. by the Penneys/Primark chain? Shirts with messages such as "I rish I was drunk" or "17 March St Patrick's Day, 18 March Hangover" etc. It's OK if the Irish do it, right?

Contact good to use -- and by her name she is Irish --: Oona McCullough Director of Investor Relations oona.mccullough@urbanout.com This kind of anti-Irish garbage has to stop. Get lots of email sent to her.

It's poor taste and the reality of all this is that the Americans drink and are sloppery drunks than any Irish I know. I work in DC and I'm still shocked by the speed at which my American buddies drink. In Ireland we drink slower when we are out because its a social event and chat is big. American friends are trying to drink as fast as they can because they don't stay out as late as we would in Ireland. I remember going home at 2am back home and still sober. Here they consider 8pm a late night out yet they go home blasted - and thats women as well as men. There is no doubt in my mind that a lot of Americans drink more and faster than we Irish - only have to be in downtown DC/Chinatown on ST. Pat's night to see the evidence. Some start with an 8am beer breakfast - dont ever remember that back home!!

Boycott the bigotry.