[Robotgroup] Food for thought and discussion

[Def Egge]

Going after the guerilla marketers for their 
flashy artwork is only necessary if the Boston PD 
and Homeland Security Department break out in a 
rash of little anuses and sh*t all over 
themselves.  Where were all of the bomb-sniffing dogs?

Censor all forms of self-expression because it 
costs too much to do otherwise and, once again, 
the terrorists win.  Game over, Man!


All the best....

Mike



At 13:28  2007/02/01, you wrote:
>You may all be aware by now that Turner Broadcasting / Adult Swim is in
>pretty hot water for an ad campaign that used electronic LED devices
>placed around the country:
>
>http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/01/31/2314214
>
>The artists who created the devices were recently arrested:
>
>http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/02/01/boston.bombscare/index.html
>
>The devices they created and placed around looked like this:
>
>http://www.flickr.com/photos/xjohnpaulx/361613084/in/photostream/
>
>http://www.flickr.com/photos/vanderlin/sets/72157594512553078/with/358742603/
>
>Arguably, this guerrilla art ad campaign has much in common with the
>"throwies" that were featured in make magazine and elsewhere:
>
>http://www.instructables.com/id/E9D2ZJ3FG0EP286JEJ/
>
>http://c2.com/cybords/thumb/mt/demo.html
>
>Right now, I have a couple of circuit boards on the front floorboard of
>the passenger side of my car. These boards consist of batteries, wires,
>resistors and LEDs. These very parts were deemed by the Boston
>authorities to be "consistent with an improvised explosive device":
>
>http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/10888268/detail.html
>
>So, the topic for discussion is how, in this increasingly security
>paranoid society, do we continue to make and use technology and art
>without having someone mistake us for terrorists?
>
>Do we go into "hiding" making sure our component laden circuits are
>always boxed or bagged to avoid the paranoid? Or do we proudly hold out
>our work for inspection and hope to educate others as to what it is and
>what we do?
>
>Or is it just a matter of time till someone sees one of our circuit
>boards accidentally left on a chair at Pokejo's and the bomb squad is
>called out?
>
>All in all, this recent development is very troubling to me... :(
>
>Vern
>
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