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[yendi]

Wow. Just wow. It's like the city of LA hired an ad agency that staffed by people who didn't understand Phillip K. Dick novels. Or maybe execs who were fired from Froghammer.

Yes, folks, report everyone you don't like to the government, who will surely handle all of that information in an appropriate manner.

(And it should go without saying that if you don't report the strange behavior -- you know, things like praying towards Mecca, speaking a language other than English, men kissing other men, etc -- then the terrorists win.)

Comments

[rm.livejournal.com]

Dude! What the hell?

[yendi]

I know! I kept waiting for the little bit at the end to indicate that this was from Demolition Man 2 or something, but no luck. I can't even imagine what the focus groups for this ad must have been like. I'm guessing folks were afraid that if they said the ad sucked, they'd vanish.

[valarltd.livejournal.com]

Highway Watch, truckers keeping an eye out for suspicious stuff like hijackers or terrorists, has been around for several years.

This is the next logical step. Shall I await delivery of my telescreen any time soon?

[yendi]

I hadn't heard of that, but I was please to find, via Google, that HW seems to have expired.

[lurkerwithout.livejournal.com]

What. The. Fuck?

[goldsquare.livejournal.com]

Next up, iStazi.

And, of course, the dramatic and ridiculous over-reaction of the Boston authorities isn't anything like a counter-example. Or anything.

Don't you wish someone in that ad wore a fucking hijab? Or a yarmulke?

How much of this stuff will lead to more crank calls (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swatting)? What sort of file and publicity do YOU get if you report?

Makes me fucking sick. Hitler did pretty well scape-goating Jews, let's call everyone different from us a terrorist...

[averyslave.livejournal.com]

Did they mean Night Watch?

Oh, and I kept thinking the blonde was Anna Faris.

[poobah103.livejournal.com]

I feel safer already!

[amokk]

Big Brother is everyone.

[samhenderson.livejournal.com]

I'm pretty sure I've seen some of these folks 'round town. Uncanny valley much?

[regalpewter.livejournal.com]

Especially with an administration that is adding Military Re-enactors, Veterans and teabaggers to thier own terror watch lists.
YIS,
WRI

[dagoski.livejournal.com]

Dang, this ad alone justifies the Stop Snitching culture in inner cities. Way to go LAPD. Nice way to sow trust in a community that has alot of reason to distrust the police.

[rosefox]

SO FUCKING CREEPY. There is not enough O.O in the WORLD.

[alephz.livejournal.com]

I just wait for the news report about the whole thing just tanking due to people calling in faked or totally inane 'suspicious activities'

Will there be some sitcom-esque character who just calls them up every few minutes with something suspicious talked about in vague terms? "I just saw some teenagers digging around in their pockets! It looked like they were getting DRUGS!" "What did they look like?" "TEENAGERS!"

[goblinpaladin.livejournal.com]

My favourite part is that the Indian woman has a 'community' but it's the white girl's 'america'.

[bill_sheehan.livejournal.com]

This is the creepiest thing I've ever seen. "Think about the power" said one informant. Yes, that's exactly what I'm thinking of - the power of anonymous denunciation.

[mfree.livejournal.com]

Every time the mayor of LA goes out with a security force, make sure to note the location and alert iWatch that there are a bunch of suited men carrying rifles and they just got into a convoy of large black SUVs and are headed....

[littlefrogling.livejournal.com]

wow, this was so ridicadunk creepy i didn't actually believe it was for-true at first. but it is. totally for-true.

it's a good thing we can have complete trust in people to not abuse this in any way or let pre-conceived assumptions about "others" somehow make them assume every brownie is a terrorist waiting to blow up a beloved starbucks.

/end sarcasm

[lordrexfear.livejournal.com]

I would so anonymously abuse this from payphones all over L.A. if I was there.

Hell... Larry David is always suspicious.

"Hello officer, there's like a thousand cameras over on the L.A. Highway and a car blew up."

"Is it a movie?"

"How should I know... it's Hollywood.... couldn't anything be a movie?!?"