How to safely remove logos?

[jim logan]

I strongly dislike labels and I, too, avoid brands with large ones (North Face leaps to mind). The only Patagonia item I ever had was simple to deal with as the label was stitched on; soon I had a generic item. Living where I do, I occasionally get things from LL Bean and I will try to pick colors which negate the legibility of the labels, and that has worked ok (not great, but ok). I have found a local seamstress who is tickled to cover labels on down jackets and other things with varied items: once a Moose patch and other times colored calico cloth approximating the jacket's color. That probably adds weight but I am sure I sleep better for it — seriously.

I cannot fathom how people get so enthusiastic about free advertising for corporations (even though we now know that corporations are people, too). In a local Wal-Mart the other day I saw a man with the Carhart logo tattooed up his arm. I know I am missing something and it must be important. Additionally, I cannot even begin to understand why grown men and women need to parade around in jerseys with sports players' names on them! Have these people no lives or identities of their own? It's bad enough that jerseys have names on them ("team sports?") and that they are marketed to little ones, but grown people needing this security blanket? I will admit that those in this area who sport jerseys with Yankee names on them are probably showing how tough they are!

[J R]

Because they don't think of it as advertising for corporations, they think of it as advertising for themselves. They wear the corporate logo as some sort of symbol to display to the world about who they are.

[David Thomas]

>"there are three kinds of people in the world
– those who can count, and
– those who cannot."

There are 10 kinds of people in the world – Those who count in Binary and those who don't.

[Eric Blumensaadt]

The Buddha warned against "clinging" to material things but we 21st century 'Mericans have been so brainwashed that we either don't often notice labels and logos or we display them prominently in hopes others will notice and envy us.

However the female of our species (ex. our oldest daughter)is ESPECIALLY prone to "labelism. Our daughter just has to have the top brands of everything from cars to appliances to clothes (hers & her kids'). From the Audi to her Jummy Choo shoes that girl is totally into labels.

I will not buy POLO clothes just because of the blatant "labelism/logoism". I black out the BUSHNELL label on my binoculars strap and unstitch logos on packs and other gear.

The one "logo" that I have to display prominently is "SKI PATROL" on my parka and first aid fanny pack. I don't mind because it is an important identifier for the area's clients.

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