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« Intellectual Triangulation | Main | DOJ v. Google » January 17, 2006Point One Finger...I saw a bumper sticker yesterday that ruffled my feathers a bit. It contained a three-line message in tiny print, so small that I would have had to come close to striking the SUV to see it. I didn't attempt that, so I only saw a couple of words of the sticker; something about religion in schools. The message is not important, however. That the owner is arrogant enough to think that 1) people will get close enough to read the sticker, despite danger to life and limb and 2) that the message will have some effect on its reader (besides reckless driving) is my point. I started thinking: What kind of person places on his car a bumper sticker with such small type? What kind of person has such a specific need to self-satisfy by broadcasting his political views that he puts a sticker contining a detailed, three-line argument on the bumper of his Tahoe? Why isn't he satisfied being "annoying political guy" at parties? Isn't having his friends and neighbors knowing what he believes about religion in schools sufficient for his ego? Then it hit me... he's probably a blogger... Posted by Adam Packer at January 17, 2006 06:55 PM CommentsPosted by: wahoofive at January 17, 2006 07:44 PM | permalink besides, in the simplistic, sound-bite world that politics has become, it's actually refreshing to encounter someone whose philosophy takes three lines to express. Posted by: wahoofive at January 17, 2006 11:16 PM | permalink Posted by: Adam Packer at January 18, 2006 10:33 AM | permalink "I brake for people who brake for animals so I don't hit them." --bumper sticker featured in some movie or TV show I saw a long time ago and can't remember anymore. Posted by: Eric Seymour at January 18, 2006 12:39 PM | permalink Bumper stickers are great distractions on the road. Who doesn't chuckle at Calvin taking a leak on bin Laden or Wal-Mart or a Ford blue oval? Too often, though, they show the weaknesses, vices, or ignorance of their owners. One I see every few weeks at the neighborhood grocery store (always on the same car) says "The Labor Movement. From the People Who Brought You the Weekend." In addition to being cutesy, it's wrong. Henry Ford, an opponent of unions, "brought you the weekend" when he instituted the 5-day work week on his assembly lines. He wanted to give workers a chance to use the wages he was paying them. If you're going to be a smarty pants, at least get your facts right... Posted by: Adam Packer at January 19, 2006 05:40 PM | permalink "Who doesn't chuckle at Calvin taking a leak on bin Laden or Wal-Mart or a Ford blue oval?" Bill Watterson Posted by: Anonymous at January 20, 2006 09:56 AM | permalink Post a comment |
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