FC: Anarchist "Chuck0" on pro-liberty ads: "Incredibly hypocritical!"

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

Chuck is a reasonably prominent anarchist in the Washington DC area:
http://www.politechbot.com/cgi-bin/politech.cgi?name=chuck0

Previous Politech message:
http://www.politechbot.com/p-03859.html

-Declan

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Date: Thu, 08 Aug 2002 11:51:07 -0400
From: Chuck Munson <chuck () tao ca>
Subject: Ad Council creates pro-liberty 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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