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Civil Disobedience Hero
« on: September 25, 2012, 01:54:20 PM »
http://www.animalnewyork.com/2012/wanted-drone-poster-artist-discusses-how-he-punked-the-nypd/

This guy is going around NYC and making creative alterations to pro-guv AgitProp posters that are meant to make New York residents feel all warm and fuzzy about NYPD drones.



NYPD is trying to find him, for obvious reasons.

I say, keep it up dude.
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Re: Civil Disobedience Hero
« Reply #1 on: September 25, 2012, 02:09:06 PM »
If all the guy did was add the missile, the poster didn't need any help to be perceived of as less than warm and fuzzy. What moron decided a family being chased by a Predator would instill confidence in the NYC .gov?
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Re: Civil Disobedience Hero
« Reply #2 on: September 25, 2012, 02:51:12 PM »
Actually, I take it back.  I read the article again, and what they are doing is driving around in a van marked as the company responsible for the kiosk advertising (Van Wagner), and opening the kiosks and putting in new posters.

I still say, have at it.  Though it is trespass against private property (the kiosk advertising space which is not owned by NYPD, the target of the operation).
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Re: Civil Disobedience Hero
« Reply #3 on: September 25, 2012, 03:27:06 PM »
Quote from: Ben on September 25, 2012, 02:09:06 PM
If all the guy did was add the missile, the poster didn't need any help to be perceived of as less than warm and fuzzy. What moron decided a family being chased by a Predator would instill confidence in the NYC .gov?


Look closer. That is definitely not the only alteration. Whole new poster, apparently.
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Re: Civil Disobedience Hero
« Reply #4 on: September 25, 2012, 03:48:47 PM »
Quote from: fistful on September 25, 2012, 03:27:06 PM

Look closer. That is definitely not the only alteration. Whole new poster, apparently.

Ah, that makes a lot more sense. The .gov is so similar to The Onion these days, I can no longer separate satire from reality.
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Re: Civil Disobedience Hero
« Reply #5 on: September 25, 2012, 04:23:49 PM »
Excellent work.

I love the loop the missile makes... it denotes a certain wild carelessness. As if it was fired willy-nilly, set off on its own to seek out a random target.

Run peasants! Run!
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Re: Civil Disobedience Hero
« Reply #6 on: September 25, 2012, 04:38:36 PM »
The actual posters are pretty scary. Straight up Communist style propaganda.
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Re: Civil Disobedience Hero
« Reply #7 on: September 25, 2012, 04:41:02 PM »
is there a link to what the unmolested posters look like?
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Re: Civil Disobedience Hero
« Reply #8 on: September 25, 2012, 04:43:16 PM »
When private business partners with .gov, I say their property is no longer completely private.

Keep up the good work, civil disobedience man.
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Re: Civil Disobedience Hero
« Reply #9 on: September 25, 2012, 05:05:05 PM »
Quote from: Ben on September 25, 2012, 03:48:47 PM
Ah, that makes a lot more sense. The .gov is so similar to The Onion these days, I can no longer separate satire from reality.

No doubt.
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Re: Civil Disobedience Hero
« Reply #10 on: September 25, 2012, 06:56:59 PM »
Quote from: 41magsnub on September 25, 2012, 04:41:02 PM
is there a link to what the unmolested posters look like?






ETA:  Note the typo in "Wathching."
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Re: Civil Disobedience Hero
« Reply #11 on: September 25, 2012, 06:59:00 PM »
Reminds me of the London Underground Orwellian campaign.

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Re: Civil Disobedience Hero
« Reply #12 on: September 25, 2012, 08:00:28 PM »
Quote from: AZRedhawk44 on September 25, 2012, 06:56:59 PM





ETA:  Note the typo in "Wathching."

Creepy  =(
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Re: Civil Disobedience Hero
« Reply #13 on: September 25, 2012, 09:32:31 PM »
New York, New York, it's a wonderful town.
The cameras are up, and the crime rate is down,
They hide from the drones in a hole in the ground,
New York, New York!
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« Reply #14 on: September 25, 2012, 11:03:18 PM »
The fleeing family reminds me of the "Caution Illegal Aliens running across an 8 lane interstate" that I remember seeing in So. Cal.



Yep,



And the Sig-runes on the "original" finish it off nicely....
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Re: Civil Disobedience Hero
« Reply #15 on: September 26, 2012, 07:45:29 AM »
Quote from: AZRedhawk44 on September 25, 2012, 06:56:59 PM





ETA:  Note the typo in "Wathching."
Big Brother is wathching!
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Re: Civil Disobedience Hero
« Reply #16 on: September 26, 2012, 08:22:19 AM »
Quote from: AZRedhawk44 on September 25, 2012, 06:56:59 PM





ETA:  Note the typo in "Wathching."

these are scarier than the ones he was putting up!
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« Reply #17 on: September 26, 2012, 09:09:02 AM »
Quote from: AZRedhawk44 on September 25, 2012, 06:56:59 PM





ETA:  Note the typo in "Wathching."

Sadly, these are also the work of Civil Disobedience Man.

And I agree, keep it up.
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Re: Civil Disobedience Hero
« Reply #18 on: September 26, 2012, 09:58:27 AM »
hero?  my how that words been diluted

the revolution will never be
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Re: Civil Disobedience Hero
« Reply #19 on: September 26, 2012, 10:02:25 AM »
That tea in Boston Harbor was someone's private property too.
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Re: Civil Disobedience Hero
« Reply #20 on: September 26, 2012, 10:03:58 AM »
Quote from: cassandra and sara's daddy on September 26, 2012, 09:58:27 AM
hero?  my how that words been diluted

the revolution will never be

Lemme guess, you hope the NYPD curb stomps his ass and puts him in the hospital for his offenses against the establishment?
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Re: Civil Disobedience Hero
« Reply #21 on: September 26, 2012, 10:11:51 AM »
Quote from: MicroBalrog on September 26, 2012, 10:02:25 AM
That tea in Boston Harbor was someone's private property too.

yes it was    and the guys dumping it actually put their butts on the line. would have suffered real consequences. not gotten a ticket. and they had real support not wannabes tee hee ing on the internet.
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Re: Civil Disobedience Hero
« Reply #22 on: September 26, 2012, 10:18:19 AM »
Quote from: cassandra and sara's daddy on September 26, 2012, 10:11:51 AM
yes it was    and the guys dumping it actually put their butts on the line. would have suffered real consequences. not gotten a ticket. and they had real support not wannabes tee hee ing on the internet.

This guy probably has 100x more resources hunting him down than the Boston tea party mob had back then.

If there was a paypal or chip-in location to send him gas money, I'd do it in a heartbeat.  But he'd be caught if such a thing existed.  I have no connection and wish I did, so I COULD help him.
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Re: Civil Disobedience Hero
« Reply #23 on: September 26, 2012, 10:29:34 AM »
Quote from: cassandra and sara's daddy on September 26, 2012, 10:11:51 AM
yes it was    and the guys dumping it actually put their butts on the line. would have suffered real consequences. not gotten a ticket. and they had real support not wannabes tee hee ing on the internet.

Are you saying the moral value of an act depends on the support it has?
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Re: Civil Disobedience Hero
« Reply #24 on: September 26, 2012, 10:43:40 AM »
We have a similar situation here in town.  You may or may not have heard about the federal investigation into a bunch of rapes at the University of Montana, the football team, and possible efforts by the campus and city police to cover things up.  This guy spray painted a "Rape Nation" spoof of the "Griz Nation" fan logo on various public buildings and bridges in town.  He was caught doing it by a surveillance camera and arrested.

In this case, I think the guy is wrong if for no other reason than this is real vandalism with real costs to the city to clean up.  I agree with him that what happened at the U is wrong but it is mostly being handled.  A number of folks lost their jobs, several griz players were arrested, and I'm sure the justice department is making life hell for the two police departments.  The only thing that has not happened is the head of the U needs to be canned.  He threw his subordinates under the bus when it appears he knew what was going on.

http://missoulian.com/news/local/man-pleads-not-guilty-to-placing-rape-nation-stickers-on/article_f0023efa-0437-11e2-8cf9-0019bb2963f4.html
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