Hmm, I thought it was satire.
On Sun, Jan 19, 2003 at 02:36:33PM -0600, Alif The Terrible wrote: > This is about the lamest thing I have read in years. > > On Sun, 19 Jan 2003, Tyler Durden wrote: > > > Well, our offensive against Starbucks wasn't so much against Starbucks per > > se. We wanted to utilize some crappy generic corporate "art" to auto-destroy > > another establishment that, at the time, was rapidly crystallizing "brand > > consciousness" in the minds of consumers. > > So, to put this in a language other than "Dot-Com Drivel", you picked on the > first thing that came to mind, blindly, and then tried to figure out how to > justify it later. > > > By destroying a Starbucks, we > > wished to introduce a crystal imperfection, so that alternate, > > non-corporate-driven considerations of "branding" might be catalyzed. > > We continue to maintain the right to develop truly populist forms of conception > > towards consumer items, independent of the desire of the coporate state. > > Yet more Dot-Com Drivel. Do you write web pages for living? > > > Unfortunately, we incurred our first casualty, one Robert Paulson. Note the > > willingness of rentacops to use deadly force to stop someone who was > > finished in the destruction of mere property. This, according to the > > establishment, was justified as an act of "violence against violence". > > I agree that death was an inappropriate sentence here, while I also realize > that there is an delicious Darwinian twist as well. > > > As for Starbucks itself, we have no particular qualm. > > And with this one sentence, you have utterly destroyed your credibility. > > > -Tyler Durden > > > -- > Yours, > J.A. Terranson > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > If Governments really want us to behave like civilized human beings, they > should give serious consideration towards setting a better example: > Ruling by force, rather than consensus; the unrestrained application of > unjust laws (which the victim-populations were never allowed input on in > the first place); the State policy of justice only for the rich and > elected; the intentional abuse and occassionally destruction of entire > populations merely to distract an already apathetic and numb electorate... > This type of demogoguery must surely wipe out the fascist United States > as surely as it wiped out the fascist Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. > > The views expressed here are mine, and NOT those of my employers, > associates, or others. Besides, if it *were* the opinion of all of > those people, I doubt there would be a problem to bitch about in the > first place... > -------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Harmon Seaver CyberShamanix http://www.cybershamanix.com
