I wonder how long it will be until we're past "post 9-11". I keep hearing that- it makes me a sad panda. =-( I love that-- how long till we're past post. Heh. I didn't even know some states had laws now about "causing panic". Or maybe I did, but it sounded funny hearing it in this context. The "artist" who threw them up has turned himself in. They're talking a $500,000 or so fine. The way this thing is getting treated is what's giving me a laugh. I mean, we are such reactionists! Guess that'll show these fools to mess around in a post 9/11 America! If I was witty I'd do a bite of "the word" like Colbert does. =] Interesting that our peeps couldn't find one, real quick- determine what it was, and get the word out to the rest of our flock, or whathaveyou. testing testing 1 2 three "Is it a glowing space-invader doing an obscene gesture? Oh, grab it, sell it on eBay- that'll show these dorks to spend loot on what could have just as easily been done via those rave-type fliers" (flyers? eh. =) But I want one of these for my house. That'd be rock'n To be cool, they coulda called the oolice and given them a heads-up, been like "if anybody calls, wondering about the throwie light-brights, tell them it's ""one of those"" ad campaigns." or something. Eh. I doubt we're coordinated enough to even get the word out.
That's where some money could be spent. There really are things that can be done that will cover us no matter what, vs., say, one specific area at a time. Or invading Iraq. <-- Just had to throw that in there, ya know. Gonna be the new "nazi"- makes threads last! Yet here we are, years later-- throwing the book at anything that "looks funny", or has wires and lights (lights on a bomb? I know you see it on t.v. a lot, but give me a break.), why? Oh well. I guess I should be scared. This is a post-9-11 America. *sniff* I'm sarcastic, but I would be worried if I saw something that really looked like a bomb. Maybe we need bomb-sighting classes? On 1/31/07, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm the last person who would advocate increased surveillance over > this. However. As marketing goes it's a bit dense. > > In Texas they have a law saying that if you drive your car into high > water when the road is clearly marked "closed" then you are liable for > the costs of rescuing you. This does come up a couple times a year, > from what I understand. Something of the kind may be in order. > > How much got spent on this incident? I bet that if they forfeited a > good part of their marketing fee to reimburse the city of Boston, > they'd find a way to do guerrilla marketing without involving the bomb > squad. I mean, in this day and age anyone could imagine that > improvised-looking devices involving wires might trigger some security > measures. > > Da a > > > > On 1/31/07, Denshtizzy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 1/31/07, Bruce Sorge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Here is the part that gets me. These things have apparently been > hanging > > > around for over two weeks now, and they were "just noticed?" I suspect > > > that > > > those in on this "marketing" gimmick made the calls and had they not > done > > > this no one would have ever thought twice about these things. This > just > > > goes to show how easy it really could be to do something bad to us. No > one > > > notices anything (at least those in large cities) out of the ordinary. > > > Since > > > > > > And this is the whole kit and caboodle. Personally, I think it might be > > violating > > some advertising laws, but we're too dumb-- it takes SOMETHING THAT > LOOKS > > LIKE A BOMB for people to call, get all panicked (heh, where'd the k for > > panick > > come from?), etc. Give me a break. Any terrorist worth his salt isn't > > going to > > be using crap like this. Well, /foreign/ terrorist, I guess. Local > > yokels-- sure. > > > > But we've never really been concerned for "our" terrorists like we are > > "them". > > A monopoly on terror, I tell you what. Ohh, phear something over here, > > while > > my right hand picks yer pocket. > > > > we are inundated with neon signs and LED signs, we just assume these lit > up > > > > > > See, that gets me. Who would look at that and think it was terror-ific? > > "Oh no! They figured it out! If they make them look like space > invaders..." > > > > things were supposed to be there. If terrorists happen to be reading the > > > same news that we are (and we know they do), then this just gives them > > > another idea. I know that they have LOTS of ideas how to attack us on > > > U.Ssoil, but we really do not need to give them any assistance. > > > > > > You'd have to be brain dead not to be able to think of ways to "get us" > > > > That's why this whole "give us power to make you safe" is such a load > > of BS. we will never be "safe". Ok? NEVER! And if you think trading > > your freedom and liberty and peace of mind for an un-fullfillable > wish... > > Bah. We should know better. *sigh* > > What we need to focus on [probably] is response times, crap like that. > > Hell, I saw in a movie where this dude used birds to muck up an > > airplane. Lets get rid of birds. Yup. Totally doable. =P > > > > So basically, all this hubbub about a marketing campaign is silly. > > > > They were obviously like those mario cubes that were the last > > big "oh no, look, it's something strange, it must be a bomb!" > > type deals. Lets be sure we throw the book at anyone who > > would think that we were maybe still in a free country or some > > such, just to deter a [would have to be retarded], hypothetical > terrorist. > > > > Oh wait, it's to deter US from shouting FIRE in a crowded theater! > > Now I get it! Duh! > > > > Hmmmmm... Oh, wait, that's more like shouting WATER in > > a crowded theater. Hmmmm... Or maybe just shouting... > > > > What's the big deal? > > > > post directed@ everyone who seems so upset about this, not specifically > > you Bruce. But feel free to respond. =] > > > > I'll warn anyone tho-- if you propose* lots of video cameras, and people > > being watched all the time-- please don't. > > *as a solution to terrror. the watched society is the politer one, neh? > > The armed society is polite too, I've heard... > > > > --ps I /love/ marketing campaigns like this. But I love to be like > /WTF/ > > is /that/!, which I think we seem to have lost here in the big ol' US of > A. > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 Experience Flex 2 & MX7 integration & create powerful cross-platform RIAs http:http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:226423 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
