Bumper Sticker Battle
Now, I've seen plenty of stupid bumper stickers. Some of them even supporting ideas I believe in, I hasten to add. For instance, although I believe the Darwin Fish is destructive to atheist-Christian relations, I think the "Truth Fish Eating The Darwin Fish" is just dumb. And there's probably a "Calvin Pissing on Osama" bumper sticker somewhere which I will stipulate is stupid even before I've even seen it.
However, a Pro-Choice bumper sticker I saw yesterday has to take the cake. Not because it's Pro-Choice; hey, if you don't think it's murder, I guess abortion is just like getting a hangnail fixed. (I've actually seen that lovely sentiment from a Pro-Choicer.)
But if you're trying to stop and make people think about the wonderful benefits of abortion, you probably could do so much better than with a bumper sticker reading:
Guns don't kill people. Abortion protestors do.
Huh?
OK, sure, there have been some widely-publicized cases of anti-abortionists engaging in murder, and we all know that's horrible and even a tad ironic. But still, it's a small number compared to thousands and thousands who abhor the murder of millions of innocent babies and take it to the streets.
But, back to the bumper sticker. I mean, it kind of leaves one wide open, doesn't it? If that's not the stupidest Pro-Choice-supporting sentiment ever presented, I'd like to know what is.
I probably need to go to Cafe Press and get some bumper stickers printedup and on sale:
Guns don't kill people. Abortionists do.
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BUMPER STICKERS KILL! I agree regarding the inflammatory language, but otherwise don't have a comment on the issue.
What I want to see is a sticker where Calvin is pissing on a number "3" (preferably one of those with angel wings and a halo). Of course, anyone who would put that on their car has a death wish, as within minutes some NASCAR fan would probably blow them away.
Posted by: Joe Martin | March 11, 2004 11:24 AM
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My favorite bumper sticker is "Visualize Whirled Peas". It's satirical AND surreal.
Posted by: Farmer Joe (The artist formerly known as Guy Smilee) | March 11, 2004 12:41 PM
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Farmer Joe! Welcome aboard! Again! Can't wait to view, link, and roll your blog.
I'm not objecting to inflammatory language; I'm all for it, especially on bumper stickers. When people I strongly disagree with are shooting themselves in the foot, I enjoy pointing out, but not in the form of a comment on the muzzle velocity of the weapon they've chosen.
Wouldn't a Calvin peeing on "3" be cool, though. It would probably create some sort of redneck bumper sticker singularity and cause the universe to be sucked into its ever-widening maw.
Hmm...using "maw" in a paragraph with "redneck" in it creates some interesting associations...
Posted by: Brian Jones | March 11, 2004 01:03 PM
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Maw! There's a maw outside!
Posted by: Farmer Joe (The artist formerly known as Guy Smilee) | March 11, 2004 01:11 PM
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I enjoy bumper sticker irony. One of my favorites is a couple houses from my own. It's a jeep held together by peace and environmental stickers, parked in front of a house with a constant pile of garbage and unretrieved Star and Tribunes.
Posted by: mz | March 11, 2004 04:49 PM
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Bumper sticker irony! Le mot juste.
Is there BSI in a Mercedes-Benz or other rich-guy cars papered over with Dancing Teddy Bear and other Dead iconography, he asked?
Posted by: Brian Jones | March 11, 2004 04:54 PM
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Not so much I don't think. There are a lot of deadheads with money, and some of them are even conservatives. It's not easy to be a conservative deadhead, but it IS possible.
Posted by: Farmer Joe (The artist formerly known as Guy Smilee) | March 11, 2004 05:27 PM
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Out on the road today I saw a Deadhead sticker on a Cadillac. A little voice inside my head said "Don't look back, you can never look back."
Posted by: Joe Martin | March 12, 2004 07:41 AM