Poster Girl

You gotta wonder why people who've just committed multiple acts of vandalism, who've destroyed the property of others, and who've just engaged in public censorship, would freely talk to a news team about their exploits.

Especially when what they're reacting to what is obviously a hoax. Especially after they've been told it's a hoax. In my book, that makes them vandals, censors, and certifiable idiots all rolled into one.

I'd skulk away in shame, but not these folks. How proudly the Sarah Heywoods of the world face reporters' microphones!

Advertisements for an unusual children's adventure camp where kids could learn to throw grenades outraged passersby on Toronto streets Tuesday. The posters turned out to be part of an ad campaign by a charity group promoting aid and awareness for child soldiers and children affected by war. ... Some Torontonians didn't realize the blue, tree-motif posters were a hoax. Sarah Heywood told CBC News that she flew into a rage when she saw the ads on Queen Street West. She said she was so upset that she ripped down all the Camp Okutta signs that she encountered during the afternoon, "until my fingers were actually sore from tearing at the tape and ripping them off."

Nannies have neither shame nor remorse, only the burning desire — make that the unnegotiable demand — that others conform to their exact sensibilities. They'll go to any lengths to bring about their goals, even if it means committing crimes and misdemeanors, and even if it means their puny intellects will be on display for all to laugh at.

I know that their self-important rages and their unchecked totalitarian impulses ought to amuse me, but mostly, the ever-swelling ranks of these neighborhood stormtroopers just scare the living daylights out of me.

Comments

[somebody]

What are you talking about. If that's what the poor woman felt she should do then that's the course of action she had to take. Who has time for rational thinking?

[Martin Owens]

ANd of course if someone had done the same thing to a cause or party that Heywood supported, tearing down posters and blocking advertising, she would be furious, and screaming that her rights were violated.....

[Jeff the Poustman]

I'd be curious to see followup, if this person is held accountable for her actions or not.