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

[Alfred Kagan]

I could not agree more with Ricky.  Well said.

At 3:21 PM -0400 8/8/02, Ricky Baldwin wrote:
>This is precisely why we do not need to be shy about our plans for 
>9/11.  I agree that we should express sadness, and generally conduct 
>ourselves as sincere human beings.  But to back away now as so many 
>groups did a year ago would be to acquiesce (again) to the bloody 
>policies that are killing our brothers and sisters around the world, 
>and depriving us of our hard-won liberties.  It is hard, but it is 
>necessary.  We have a good crew.  We can do this.
>
>Ricky
>
>>From: Alfred Kagan <akagan at uiuc.edu>
>>To: Peace-discuss at lists.groogroo.com
>>Subject: [Peace-discuss] Fwd: Ad Council creates pro-liberty advertisements
>>Date: Thu, 8 Aug 2002 13:57:35 -0500
>>
>>So the build-up to 9/11 is already starting.
>>
>>>Delivered-To: akagan at alexia.lis.uiuc.edu
>>>Date: Thu, 08 Aug 2002 11:51:07 -0400
>>>From: Chuck Munson <chuck at tao.ca>
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>>>Subject: [SRRTAC-L:8706] Ad Council creates pro-liberty 
>>>advertisements (very good)
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>>>Status:
>>>
>>>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
>>>
>>>-------- Original Message --------
>>>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>
>>>Reply-To: declan at well.com
>>>To: politech at politechbot.com
>>>
>>>
>>>---
>>>
>>>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/
>>>
>>>
>>>Click on the various spots in the right hand margin.  Most
>>>telling:  Library, Diner and Arrest.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>
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>>
>>Al Kagan
>>African Studies Bibliographer and Professor of Library Administration
>>Africana Unit, Room 328
>>University of Illinois Library
>>1408 W. Gregory Drive
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Al Kagan
African Studies Bibliographer and Professor of Library Administration
Africana Unit, Room 328
University of Illinois Library
1408 W. Gregory Drive
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