tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34970069.post2410814075098501380..comments2024-03-28T14:56:04.846-07:00Comments on Biology in Science Fiction: Mysterious Plague Hits Sydney?Peggy Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18360669414917755737noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34970069.post-8872191231192389742008-05-23T13:09:00.000-07:002008-05-23T13:09:00.000-07:00I think that it's fair to ask whether it's right t...I think that it's fair to ask whether it's right to perform a stunt like this in the name of promotion when it might cause some people serious distress. I wonder too if some of us have become so numbed to this sort of thing - assuming it's BS as you say - that if something similar were to actually happen that the crowd would do nothing to help people who were truly in need of assistance.Peggy Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18360669414917755737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34970069.post-24473713937111916522008-05-22T07:29:00.000-07:002008-05-22T07:29:00.000-07:00It seems to be an advertising plank by the film ma...It seems to be an advertising plank by the film maker....a prank which pays....<BR/>arvindArvind Mishrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02231261732951391013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34970069.post-71255485669325234962008-05-22T04:16:00.000-07:002008-05-22T04:16:00.000-07:00And having now subjected myself to the little prom...And having now subjected myself to the little promotional video, I see the defensive reaction which at least protects modern urban sophisticates from this sort of emotional vampirism: they are familiar enough with the idea to know that if a dozen people collapse in a mall in a coordinated fashion, it's probably bullshit, and probably safely ignored.Mitchellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10768655514143252049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34970069.post-89426378150896809242008-05-22T03:42:00.000-07:002008-05-22T03:42:00.000-07:00There is far far too much "guerrilla art" which co...There is far far too much "guerrilla art" which consists of faking genuine crises or distress. It is nowhere near as corrupting as the blankly ubiquitous fake smiles and bodies of advertising, but it does its little part to make the world a worse place.Mitchellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10768655514143252049noreply@blogger.com