- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
Posted by: Yoozel
Hot Topic is owned by Gap or American Eagle, I forget which one. But in the end, it's just a crappy store than wants to sell 'goth' and 'punk' to kids... Go to good will if you want to be 'punk' or 'goth.'
True, wake up guys, business is business, and money is money. Counter Culture is an industry in itself, aesthetic social statements are nothing more than advertisements. Selling a shirt is no different than selling a suit. There are no 'deeper' implications, or business practices.
It's just selling another image, to people who will buy into it.
Superficial would be the key word. Buying an "anti image" is still buying an image.
[Edited on 10/25/2004 3:45:37 PM]