"In a totalitarian system, you can't criticize the government. In a corporate system, you can't criticize the sponsor." — Kalle Lasn, AdBusters
And: If you don't have the freedom to offend someone, you don't really have freedom of speech.
And: "Anything subversive, anything meant to disrupt the status quo and challenge traditional models of thought and behavior is eventually adopted into the mainstream it is swimming against. Once caught in the currents of convention, it becomes powerless. Just another commodity to be traded in the system." — Sarah Nardi in Adbusters
Former editor of the Hastings Banner with 35 years experience in the business of community journalism. Please understand that nothing I write here reflects the opinions of J-Ad Graphics and its owners. Please also understand all I wrote here is 100% truth, to the best of my knowledge.