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  • UK Couple Pressure McDonalds To Remove Their Boat From TV Ad

    rooben ( profile ), 19 Nov, 2010 @ 01:42pm

    It doesn't seem that the customers are worried about people being able to see their boat, but from businesses using it as a prop in an ad. I see this as a complete different subject. If Babs had complained about a commercial using the pictures of her house in it, vs pictures available to the general public for free - different.

    This was a very carefully framed shot, with that boat intentionally used as a prop - that shot wouldn't have been the same without the boat. It was a substantial part of those three seconds of film.

  • Court Says Police In Ohio Can Just Guess How Fast You Were Going And Give You A Ticket

    rooben ( profile ), 09 Jun, 2010 @ 01:05pm

    Re:

    Many states allow you to ask the police officer to show you the speed results, and if they cannot produce them (i.e. didn't actually catch you on the gun, or if they cleared the results), you can have the ticket overturned. Believe this was in CA.

  • If School Officials Got Confused By Kid's Science Project, Why Does The Kid Need Counseling?

    rooben ( profile ), 19 Jan, 2010 @ 03:55pm

    Re: (sigh)

    I was thinking exactly the opposite! Typical right-wing fear (everything/everyone is a terrorist if they are not part of the Hive Mind).

    If you look at San Diego, they actually lean further right wing than left. Most of their State and National reps are Republican.

    Unfortunately, Terrorism fear is the responsiblilty of right-wing hacks trying to scare their way into office, and the blind media promoting fear in order to boost ratings.