Duelling buses
[ by Charles Cameron — a contribution to media studies ]
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Feeling more than usually (ir)religious? Wanna have an argument?
Advertise on (or in) a bus!
That’s how the British do it.
American humanists weren’t far behind their British cousins, either…
The bus proclaiming the late Lubavitcher rebbe as King Moshiach goes with the motto: “Just add in goodness and kindness” — not so far from the humanists’ “just be good for goodness’ sake”…
Ah, but what of Islam?
This business of religious argument appears to be a never-ending story…
Those buses will catch you coming or going, inside or out…
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But you know, from a theological point of view, I think I’ll let the Metro bus company in that second Judgment Day image have the final word, commenting on the advertisement’s proclamation of May 21st — less than a week away as we speak — with its own small midrash in lights:
May 16th, 2011 at 12:26 pm
Has anyone done a Cthulhu version yet?
May 16th, 2011 at 3:30 pm
You mean (turns eyes away helplessly) like this?