The "man on the street" defense of their actions seems hauntingly stupid ... "they were just doing their jobs, following orders."
I want to see interviews with executives who approved this debacle. That would be a laugh riot. --- In [email protected], "J. Rhett Aultman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I sincerely doubt the charges that end up sticking on these guys will be > all that strong, but the truth of the matter is that they did disrupt the > public, and disrupting the public is a crime. Yes, the authorities > probably overreacted, but planting strange devices in public places, some > of them depicting what is, by American standards, an obscene gesture, for > the sake of advertising a corporate television show...yeah, that's a > crime. There's a reason that the public has a process of filing permits > for use of public space, and it's to keep nonsense like this from > happening in the first place. > > I mean, if I have to file a permit so that I can use a public beach for my > wedding ceremony...or if I have to file a permit so I can shoot a short on > public land, then it stands to reason that I can't go throwing Lite Brites > around to advertise a product, either. > > So, red alert...not necessary...but this was BAD "guerilla marketing", and > it was a public nuisance. > > -- > Rhett. > http://www.weatherlight.com/freetime > > > yes, but it's also the story of a major world city being put on red > > alert (which could have been avoided), and also the story of some > > people who - however stupid - may go to jail for a long time > > unnecessarily for a guerilla marketing & video stunt, which is how > > all this got started. Despite all my good words in the last email, > > the reason people in Europe might roll their eyes is that it seems > > like a uniquely American response. So really it's the story of a > > political/societal response to the threat of terrorism, which is for > > another group and which I keep on prolonging here. sorry. goodnight. > > > > > > On 1 Feb 2007, at 21:38, J. Rhett Aultman wrote: > > > > This is just a basic story of some dumbasses putting things where they > > don't belong and the cops having to diffuse/detonate them. Nothing more. > > > > -- > > Rhett. > > http://www.weatherlight.com/freetime > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > >
