Community | October 25, 2009 | 11 comments

LAPD's Creepy Orwellian Anti-Terrorism Ad

source: http://www.thrfeed.com/2009/10/lapds-ultra-creepy-orwellian-ad.html

Ever get the feeling you're being watched?

Check out the Los Angeles Police Department's creepy new public service announcement for its city-wide anti-terrorism iWatch program. The civilian program was launched earlier this month and is endorsed by 63 police chiefs around the country.

The ad features wide-eyed, blink-free residents reciting Orwellian mantras and looking as if they're about to crawl out of your television like that girl in "The Ring."

So what have we learned by this ad?

We've learned that terrorism is actually a crime. And that if we smell something suspicious, we should report it. Think about the power of that. I'm James Hibberd and I watch my America.
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11 comments // LAPD's Creepy Orwellian Anti-Terrorism Ad

  • omshaantih
  • 402Chicago
    • 0
      402Chicago  

    • "like a neighborhood watch for the whole city"... neighborhood watches are supposed to save your neighbors, not condemn them...more like a secret police for the city's government.

      thanks for showin this video, freaks me out though... really does remind you of Orwell's 1984, of Children telling on parents, of screens in your room, etc. Wow.

    • 2 years ago
  • hunzedog
  • hunzedog
  • kyackr
  • RaceBannon
  • larrysnotes
  • tangibleparadox
  • hunzedog
  • sidewaysclyde
  • spacemikey
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      spacemikey [removed]  

    • But really that NRA bumper sticker "terrifies" me, as do; speeders, tinted windows, loud music, long hair, corn rows, black clothing, homeless people, side walk chalk markings, motorcycles, people on motorcycles, backpacks (being worn or otherwise), tattoos, piercings....

      On and on and on, those things all terrify me, and I just think the authorities should know every time I see anything like that?

      WTF? Do people care so little about themselves and others, that they have to be told to look out for one another?

      I don't think most people wanted a terrorist act going on around them, long before campaigns like this.

      This is stupid.

      Who was it......

      "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."

      ......Benjamin Franklin

    • 2 years ago
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