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Cool poster

mammasanmammasan Posts: 5,656
edited December 2006 in A Moving Train
I came across this poster today and just had to share.

http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p253/nabuc2/PG_22001.jpg
"When one gets in bed with government, one must expect the diseases it spreads." - Ron Paul
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  • gimmesometruth27gimmesometruth27 Posts: 23,303
    thats pretty messed up.

    notice the small casualty numbers. that must have come out in the first year of the war.
    "You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry."  - Lincoln

    "Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
  • mammasanmammasan Posts: 5,656
    gimmesometruth27 wrote:
    thats pretty messed up.

    notice the small casualty numbers. that must have come out in the first year of the war.

    The poster was created some time ago. I just thought it was an amazing use of popular advertising/imagery to get across a point.
    "When one gets in bed with government, one must expect the diseases it spreads." - Ron Paul
  • AbookamongstthemanyAbookamongstthemany Posts: 8,209
    mammasan wrote:
    The poster was created some time ago. I just thought it was an amazing use of popular advertising/imagery to get across a point.

    It definitely works to get that shock effect when those two completely different worlds collide into one piece. I think the poster is very good.
    If you want to tell people the truth, make them laugh, otherwise they'll kill you.

    Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.
    -Oscar Wilde
  • mammasanmammasan Posts: 5,656
    Here is another.

    http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p253/nabuc2/silence.jpg
    "When one gets in bed with government, one must expect the diseases it spreads." - Ron Paul
  • AbookamongstthemanyAbookamongstthemany Posts: 8,209
    http://www.northernsun.com/images/thumb/1367.jpg

    http://www.northernsun.com/images/thumb/1568.jpg

    http://www.northernsun.com/images/thumb/1662.jpg

    http://www.northernsun.com/images/thumb/1816.jpg

    http://www.northernsun.com/images/thumb/1862.jpg

    http://www.northernsun.com/images/thumb/1905.jpg
    If you want to tell people the truth, make them laugh, otherwise they'll kill you.

    Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.
    -Oscar Wilde
  • mammasanmammasan Posts: 5,656
    Abookamongstthemany wrote:
    http://www.northernsun.com/images/thumb/1367.jpg

    http://www.northernsun.com/images/thumb/1568.jpg


    Good one.
    "When one gets in bed with government, one must expect the diseases it spreads." - Ron Paul
  • rebornFixerrebornFixer Posts: 4,901
    I agree with the underlying message, but I still feel that this poster insults my intelligence, sorry. There are better ways to criticize the Iraq war ... That image? Come on ... Why not toss in an image of a infant-sacrificing satanic cultist, while we're at it? you know, eating an Iraqi baby?
  • mammasanmammasan Posts: 5,656
    http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p253/nabuc2/blinders.jpg
    "When one gets in bed with government, one must expect the diseases it spreads." - Ron Paul
  • mammasanmammasan Posts: 5,656
    reborncareerist wrote:
    I agree with the underlying message, but I still feel that this poster insults my intelligence, sorry. There are better ways to criticize the Iraq war ... That image? Come on ... Why not toss in an image of a infant-sacrificing satanic cultist, while we're at it? you know, eating an Iraqi baby?

    Hey everyone has a right to their opinion, nothing wrong with that.
    "When one gets in bed with government, one must expect the diseases it spreads." - Ron Paul
  • trappedinmyradiotrappedinmyradio Posts: 1,189
    reborncareerist wrote:
    I agree with the underlying message, but I still feel that this poster insults my intelligence, sorry. There are better ways to criticize the Iraq war ... That image? Come on ... Why not toss in an image of a infant-sacrificing satanic cultist, while we're at it? you know, eating an Iraqi baby?

    it's something that makes people stop and look and read.
    I'll dig a tunnel
    from my window to yours
  • rebornFixerrebornFixer Posts: 4,901
    trappedinmyradio wrote:
    it's something that makes people stop and look and read.

    One of the best ways to create an urban legend is to associate either Nazis or the KKK with one's target ... Groups almost everyone reviles. Want to make up something horrifying about ... say, KFC? Then make up a story about how Colonel Sanders willed 10% of all KFC's profits to the KKK. Total BS, but it spooks people and they start to buy into it. Now, the Iraq war sucking isn't exactly an urban legend. My opinion is that this is darn near close to fact. But its the same tactic ... Associating something loathesome with one's target in a simple soundbyte or "eyebyte" fashion. Not a fan of these tactics. Like mammasan said, my opinion. I'm not a fan because they can be used for evil as well as good ...
  • trappedinmyradiotrappedinmyradio Posts: 1,189
    reborncareerist wrote:
    One of the best ways to create an urban legend is to associate either Nazis or the KKK with one's target ... Groups almost everyone reviles. Want to make up something horrifying about ... say, KFC? Then make up a story about how Colonel Sanders willed 10% of all KFC's profits to the KKK. Total BS, but it spooks people and they start to buy into it. Now, the Iraq war sucking isn't exactly an urban legend. My opinion is that this is darn near close to fact. But its the same tactic ... Associating something loathesome with one's target in a simple soundbyte or "eyebyte" fashion. Not a fan of these tactics. Like mammasan said, my opinion. I'm not a fan because they can be used for evil as well as good ...

    well, that certainly is interesting, but i was talking, only, of the fact that the technique employed makes people take notice...and that's what they want.
    I'll dig a tunnel
    from my window to yours
  • flywallyflyflywallyfly Posts: 1,453
    http://www.topplebush.com/photos17.shtml
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