
Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia – People’s Army
Der Spiegel reported the Danish Supreme Court has ruled six members of Denmark’s tee-shirt producing ‘Fighters+Lovers‘ group are guilty of supporting terrorism — but handed them all suspended sentences.
It started as an experiment in low-end radical chic — a business to “produce funky street wear” and send money to “freedom fighters” in various parts of the world. But Fighers+Lovers, a small Denmark-based activist group, stands accused of providing financial support to two armed terrorist organizations outside Denmark — the Palestinian Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) and the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC).
The group produced tee-shirts with PFLP and FARC logos, donating about €5 ($6.75) from each sale — or around 20 percent of the total price — to the two movements.
My question is this – who the hell was paying €25 ($33.75) for a damn tee-shirt?
People who needed a laundered and semi-anonymous means of supporting terrorism would pay that repeatedly.
I think another important question is who would want one of these t-shirts? No, I wouldn’t pay $33 for a t-shirt either.
Reminds me of the “Charlie don’t surf” t-shirts that were popular for a minute. Evil becomes cool?
Many would buy the shirts to support the causes of these terrorists, not because they actually want the shirt itself, though some would wear it as a badge of pride.