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Holy fuck, I can't believe these new TV PSAs from the AdCouncil: http://www.adcouncil.org/campaigns/campaign_for_freedom << "These PSAs are really wacked out. They are supposed to be fictional depictions of life in a country other than the U.S., but they are incredibly hypocritical! For example, the "Library" PSA shows a young guy asking for a book from a librarian, who informs him that it is no longer available and then asks him why he wants to read it. They pan the library and all these government agents pop out of hiding. Of course, as many of you know, the U.S. government would like to see this become a reality, with some kind of TIPS programs for libraries. The FBI is already requesting information from libraries and libraries have this annoying habit of monitoring and controlling the surfing habits of patrons at library terminals. I looked at another PSA, "Arrest," which shows some guy being pulled over by the police and then being arrested for having the wrong reading material. Fact it, activists and other people have routinely been detained at airports for having the wrong reading material. Having radical books in your car has frequently been a pretext for arrest and, at the least, harassment."ChuckO. ChuckO runs an excellent anarchist site at www.infoshop.org I recommend the interactive news highly.