-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Re: Rumor's regarding Tommy Hilfinger's remakrs, I'm not sure it's as simple as he said/he didn't say. True, he didn't spurt racism on Oprah, however, <http://www.forbes.com/forbes/97/0421/5908142a.htm> has some quotes that indicate that he might very well have made comments derisive to black culture if he *had been on Oprah. Mayhaps the reason that the rumors are so persistant is that they are so plausible. In that case, maybe they shouldn't been seen so much as a failure of the reputation economy... Qoutes from Tommy Hil: "Many of these people would rather have a Rolex than a home" "I don't condone violence, and I think 'gangsta rap' should be outlawed, but the music is powerful because the musicians are irreverent and don't follow the rules. I don't tell them where to make their money, and I don't tell them where to spend their money." Tommy Hil and other "street" fashion designers are about exploitation. There is no respect or community there. I suspect the rumors' success in bsed on that. They are false, but they represent truthful attitudes. Bleah, enought literary criticism for today, Jer "standing on top of the world/ never knew how you never could/ never knew why you never could live/ innocent life that everyone did" -Wormhole -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 iQB1AwUBM1TMfskz/YzIV3P5AQEgnAMAuW8+AYTaXUcXtvRMlXE0B6flWRYSnVoO mZw/W4NQP9GD/FJe5bHPxYG1IVmzD7GM7fWWLAfztu5Mjt/qZYGpWfPNKjWEerFA iqB+rriGw8GoUTrC/6vb/wK1L+MOnBY0 =vVJW -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----