WHAT AN OFFENSIVE SHIRT! DID HE HEAR THAT FROM EMINEM OR SOMETHING???

Stephen Downs, 61, was charged with trespassing in a mall after he refused to take off a T-shirt that said "Peace on Earth" and "Give peace a chance."

Mall security approached Downs, and his 31-year-old son, Roger, on Monday night after they were spotted wearing the T-shirts at Crossgates Mall in a suburb of Albany, the men said.

The two said they were asked to remove the shirts made at a store there, or leave the mall. They refused.

The guards returned with a police officer who repeated the ultimatum. The son took his T-shirt off, but the father refused.

"I said, `All right then, arrest me if you have to,'" Downs said. "So that's what they did. They put the handcuffs on and took me away."

Downs pleaded innocent to the charges Monday night. The New York Civil Liberties Union said it would help with his case if asked. (full story)

As the article mentions, today there was a protest numbering in the hundreds at the mall, near Albany NY. Nevertheless, there's always room for one nitwit:

The group marched through Crossgates Mall at noon. At one point, there was a confrontation between one of the marchers and a man carrying a sign that read "9-11."

Something tells me that fellow was among the 50% of Americans who have somehow come to the belief that there was at least one Iraqi among the 19 hijackers. Nevertheless, is that guy objectively pro-nonpeace?

And remember, this isn't some rowdy kid, it's a 61-yearold guy we're talking about here. Then again, it's guys around 60 (Bush, Cheney, Rummy) who are the problem.

Also, the man was SHOPPING! He was stimulating the economy! Isn't that supposed to be a good thing for the Bushies?