[Peace-discuss] Fwd: Ad Council creates pro-liberty advertisements

[Alfred Kagan]

So the build-up to 9/11 is already starting.

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>advertisements (very good)
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>These PSAs are really wacked out. They are supposed to be fictional
>depictions of life in a country other than the U.S., but they are
>incredibly hypocritical!
>
>For example, the "Library" PSA shows a young guy asking for a book from a
>librarian, who informs him that it is no longer available and then asks
>him why he wants to read it. They pan the library and all these government
>agents pop out of hiding.
>
>Of course, as many of you know, the U.S. government would like to see this
>become a reality, with some kind of TIPS programs for libraries. The FBI
>is already requesting information from libraries and libraries have this
>annoying habit of monitoring and controlling the surfing habits of patrons
>at library terminals.
>
>I looked at another PSA, "Arrest," which shows some guy being pulled over
>by the police and then being arrested for having the wrong reading
>material. Fact it, activists and other people have routinely been detained
>at airports for having the wrong reading material. Having radical books in
>your car has frequently been a pretext for arrest and, at the least,
>harassment.
>
>Don't get me started about what happens to Americans who commit
>intellectual property "thoughtcrimes" against corporations.
>
>Chuck0
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>Subject: FC: Ad Council creates pro-liberty advertisements (very good)
>Date: Thu, 08 Aug 2002 02:22:37 -0400
>From: Declan McCullagh <declan at well.com>
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>From: "Meeks, Brock (MSNBCi)" <Brock.Meeks at MSNBC.COM>
>To: "'declan at well.com'" <declan at well.com>
>Subject: Freedom PSA's
>Date: Tue, 6 Aug 2002 13:27:26 -0700
>
>Check out this crop of PSA's from the Ad Council.
>
><http://www.adcouncil.org/campaigns/campaign_for_freedom/>http://www.adcouncil.org/campaigns/campaign_for_freedom/
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>Click on the various spots in the right hand margin.  Most
>telling:  Library, Diner and Arrest.
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Al Kagan
African Studies Bibliographer and Professor of Library Administration
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