Comments on: +WAR +Iraq Poster Exhibit

+WAR +Iraq Poster Exhibit

billsaysthis — Sun, 26 Dec 2004 12:31:54 -0800

+WAR +Iraq Poster Exhibit Graphic designers from multiple political POVs collaborate, and the gallery is up to 17 pages of thumbnalish posters since March, 2003. [via jennet.radio]

By: odinsdream

odinsdream — Sun, 26 Dec 2004 12:58:09 -0800

Thanks for this link.

By: Steve_at_Linnwood

Steve_at_Linnwood — Sun, 26 Dec 2004 13:36:17 -0800

This one is nice: "Dress Up A Terrorist" "US Marine = Skinhead = Hamas Suicide Bomber = Al-Qaeda fighter = KKK Member = Multinational manager"

By: ism

ism — Sun, 26 Dec 2004 13:45:38 -0800

This site uses the same kind of facile appeal and vague association of ideas as any other limp, half-baked conspiracy edutainment and similarly causes no good effect on society... It will suck you in if you're already leaning in a certain direction, but it's a worthless and counterproductive path they lead you down... that is, provided you're genuinely concerned with the causes that are supposedly being championed.

By: ism

ism — Sun, 26 Dec 2004 13:48:08 -0800

What I mean by "this site" is "some of the posters in the gallery." I'm all for the pacifist and anti-war ones. Just some of the more allusive, suggestive political ones bother me.

By: cmonkey

cmonkey — Sun, 26 Dec 2004 13:50:18 -0800

I'm an America hating leftist, and many of these make me feel embarrassed by association.

By: thedevildancedlightly

thedevildancedlightly — Sun, 26 Dec 2004 14:02:39 -0800

I've seen better graphic design on Fark.

By: ticopelp

ticopelp — Sun, 26 Dec 2004 14:14:40 -0800

It's like Adbusters without the sense of restraint or taste!

By: dhoyt

dhoyt — Sun, 26 Dec 2004 15:52:33 -0800

Ism said it best. The posters have nothing to do with world affairs, and everything to do with vanity, vanity, vanity. Throw them in a bin with the "The Only Bush I Trust is My Own" placards and the "Buck Fush" messenger bags, et al.

By: Steve_at_Linnwood

Steve_at_Linnwood — Sun, 26 Dec 2004 17:32:27 -0800

By: lathrop

lathrop — Sun, 26 Dec 2004 17:52:02 -0800

I'm an America hating leftist, and many of these make me feel embarrassed by association. cmonkey: No need to be embarrassed. American-hating is a big all-inclusive tent. It takes all kinds of people to do it in all the ways it needs to be done. Seriously.

By: aerify

aerify — Sun, 26 Dec 2004 20:05:57 -0800

I'm an America hating leftist, and many of these make me feel embarrassed by association. Heh. They may be trite and facile, but no one says political art has to be subtle. These are posters - and posters are not a medium for "serious" art anyway. People hang these from their walls to get a gut reaction, not to stimulate intellectual debate. The more outrageous the better.

By: Uther Bentrazor

Uther Bentrazor — Mon, 27 Dec 2004 08:01:13 -0800

Wait a minute, why are they protesting McDonalds? Say what you will about the quality of their cuisine, but last I checked, they have precious little to do with Iraq.

By: odinsdream

odinsdream — Mon, 27 Dec 2004 08:07:05 -0800

Uther, you may not be aware, but Saddam would just die for a Big Mac.

By: ism

ism — Mon, 27 Dec 2004 08:48:09 -0800

actually, odinsdream, he'd kill for one and we couldn't just wait for the smoking gun to come in the form of a mushroom swiss bur- ... nevermind

By: Bag Man

Bag Man — Mon, 27 Dec 2004 14:05:56 -0800

Wait a minute, why are they protesting McDonalds? Say what you will about the quality of their cuisine, but last I checked, they have precious little to do with Iraq. I agree. There is the segment of people here and on the left in general who think that all corporations are evil and they all cause war. I think they need to throw out their Starbucks cups and stand next to "free Palestine" groups at the anti-war rallies because I don't want to be associated with them. I think people need to get away from their dogma a little more and look at reality without all of the generalities. However, it's very good gallery in general.