There’s a ton of military advertising out there in desperate need of subversion. For anyone that thinks that the military already has way too much influence on American culture, military billboard liberation can be a fun and effective, though slightly dangerous, activity. You don’t even need any artistic ability whatsoever, because if all you do is frustrate them enough so that they take the ad down (or do it yourself), you’ve been successful. Here are but three examples of worthy efforts, from the Army, the Navy, and the Marines, respectively. Anyone got one for the Air Force?
I have to say, I don’t like those signs hating on the Military. I will tell you that I have enlisted in the Marine corps and I am from a very wealthy family. It has always been my dream to be a Marine and you can’t tell me that some kid living in a slum shooting at cops is better than a man who is earning his pay and keeping people who want to talk smack about him safe at night. Shame on those who deface billboards, especially billboards offering people a way to free education and many other opportunities. I hope you know that the majority of the military is not directly involved in combat operations.
“Patriotic dissent is a luxery of those protected by better men than they.”
you can’t tell me that some kid living in a slum shooting at cops is better than a man who is earning his pay and keeping people who want to talk smack about him safe at night.
Colin, the terrorist attacks on 9-11 were a calculated response to past U.S. military interventions in the Middle East. They were not, as this nation’s leaders are so fond of repeating, “because they hate our freedoms.” Furthermore, the U.S. military’s history of intervention in that region has everything to do with the control of resources (e.g., oil wealth), and nothing to do with the security or freedom of average American citizens.
So actually, the military is making people in the U.S. less safe, because American citizens have been tricked into participating in a war between Al Qaeda and the U.S. government over control of the Middle East. Maybe you’ve heard that terrorism has greatly increased since the beginning of the Iraq war? The actions of the military are creating far more enemies than they are destroying.
Instead of directing your anger at people who deface billboards, you should be more concerned about your government whose actions have made you and your family less safe by invading other people’s countries, killing innocent women and children, and subjecting their fathers and sons to torture and indefinite detainment in secret prisons.
“Patriotic dissent is a luxery of those protected by better men than they.”
Dissent is not a luxury, it is the necessary obligation of everyone when faced with injustice. And where were these “better men” when I was thrown in jail for 2 days just for protesting torture on the steps of the Supreme Court? Dissent is much less tolerated in this country than you think, and I can assure you, there’s nothing luxurious about being held in flex cuffs for 12 hours.