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The IOC's 'Clean Venue' Policy
Dave21212 writes "Yes folks, the International Olympic Committee's 'Brand Protection Team' will be protecting against the threat of Advertising Terrorism at the games. According to an MSNBC article, the IOC's Karen Webb states 'Our role is to protect all of our sponsor categories and actively monitor ambush activity.' Restricted items include, flags, umbrellas, shirts, hats, and bags with trademarks of rival sponsors. Unofficial brands can be confiscated and with only Coke allowed on Olympic grounds, this brings new meaning to The Pepsi Challenge!"
Now I can't wear my Al-Qaeda baseball cap.
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I draw your attention to the inappropriate use of the words "Olympic" and "Pepsi" in the same article. Please remove this document immediately or you will be hearing from our lawyers.
Jacques
Yeah, unless you're wearing a Pepsi shirt...
I, for one, welcome our new corporate overlords. No, wait... no i don't.
They say the first thing to go is your penis. Well, it's either that or your brain. I forget which...
Ein OS, Ein Schtadium, ein uh, advertising? =P
GAAH! MY PRINTER IS ON FIRE!!! PUT IT OUT! PUT IT OUT!
..., e.g. Olympics ???
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Not that I drink a lot of any CSD, but
CC.
TaijiQuan (Huang, 5 loosenings)
I assume you are talking about such things as censoring cusswords and things like women's breasts? If that is the case, then you have to remember that the United States is a Christian Nation (tm) and as such, is extremely immature when it comes to things like sex in particular. It's not really the fault of christianity (tm) per se, just the peculiar American implementation thereof. Like the old joke goes, "Why did Australia get all the convicts and America get all the religious nuts? Australia got first choice."
Prohibited items: Guns, explosive materials, chemical or incendiary mechanisms, tear gas, smoke bombs, knives, narcotic or other illegal substances, fireworks, firecrackers, poles, bats and in general items that may cause physical damage, even if they are legally possessed.
Well there you go. And they spent like, what, a billion dollars on security? And for what? There was a rule against bringing in things terrorists would use all along. Sounds like conspiracy!
BytesTemplar.com
America isn't a christian nation. There are indeed religious nutbags who desperately wish it were a christian nation, but so we've managed to keep those nutbags from seizing the government. If it ever becomes a christian nation, I'll be one of the first to pick up a rifle and join the rebellion against the theocracy.
Time to pick up that rifle then. *Cough* Bush *Cough*.
Telling the powers that be to get stuffed is a great Australian tradition.
:P
Disagreeing with the powers that be was what got a lot of them there in the first place.