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This story made it to France, which honestly doesn't help:
http://gawker.com/5084164/fake-new-y...res-who-did-it
So what do we have: a bunch of people working for a year, spending a ton of cash, to print some fake rag.
What they hope: erm.... change the world, maybe? Or simply have a laugh... But I spose that hard work was motivated by some kind of belief in a cause, like the end of the war. fine.
What they'll get: a laugh from passerbies, who will trash that rag after having read it. Maybe an anecdotal talk around the thanksgiving table, if discussion falters a bit... news coverage? a day at most, maybe half a day. A Lawsuit from the time Times ? maybe.
So a year fo work, cash, for basically not a darn thing, certainly nowhere forward on the anti war front.
What I hate is that waste. The same year of work, and that same money, would have fed how many, for how long ?
Trade your half hour of fame, your 15 sec on Network TV, for some food to those who need it.
You're against the war ? Look back to the 70's. If the anti war movement had been the same back then as it is now, GI's would still be hip deep in rice paddies...
So yes, the intension maybe noble. That doesn't mean the effort is not in vain, and this reality should have been faced beforehand.
Then again, maybe it's just me.
http://gawker.com/5084164/fake-new-y...res-who-did-it
So what do we have: a bunch of people working for a year, spending a ton of cash, to print some fake rag.
What they hope: erm.... change the world, maybe? Or simply have a laugh... But I spose that hard work was motivated by some kind of belief in a cause, like the end of the war. fine.
What they'll get: a laugh from passerbies, who will trash that rag after having read it. Maybe an anecdotal talk around the thanksgiving table, if discussion falters a bit... news coverage? a day at most, maybe half a day. A Lawsuit from the time Times ? maybe.
So a year fo work, cash, for basically not a darn thing, certainly nowhere forward on the anti war front.
What I hate is that waste. The same year of work, and that same money, would have fed how many, for how long ?
Trade your half hour of fame, your 15 sec on Network TV, for some food to those who need it.
You're against the war ? Look back to the 70's. If the anti war movement had been the same back then as it is now, GI's would still be hip deep in rice paddies...
So yes, the intension maybe noble. That doesn't mean the effort is not in vain, and this reality should have been faced beforehand.
Then again, maybe it's just me.
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