Comments on: Tank covered in bookshelves: Weapon of Mass Instruction http://boingboing.net/2010/05/19/tank-covered-in-book.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:29:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: benzie http://boingboing.net/2010/05/19/tank-covered-in-book.html#comment-792334 benzie Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-792334 also relevant to the story is the history of ford falcons in argentina: the government drove green ford falcons when they were kidnapping their own citizens during the dirty war. those cars hold a lot of symbolism for argentines, so the artist's choice there was definitely not random. also relevant to the story is the history of ford falcons in argentina: the government drove green ford falcons when they were kidnapping their own citizens during the dirty war. those cars hold a lot of symbolism for argentines, so the artist’s choice there was definitely not random.

]]> By: Dougo http://boingboing.net/2010/05/19/tank-covered-in-book.html#comment-792851 Dougo Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-792851 Could also call it a Think Tank, Could also call it a Think Tank,

]]> By: AirPillo http://boingboing.net/2010/05/19/tank-covered-in-book.html#comment-792096 AirPillo Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-792096 But... they don't get any money if people view it directly on youtube, either... But… they don’t get any money if people view it directly on youtube, either…

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/05/19/tank-covered-in-book.html#comment-792622 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-792622 And I thought the HOL RPG was just a pastiche of sci-fi clichés and gaming tropes. Turned out it was a prophecy of Brazil in 2010. PS: AFP - part of the cancer that is killing America And I thought the HOL RPG was just a pastiche of sci-fi clichés and gaming tropes. Turned out it was a prophecy of Brazil in 2010.

PS: AFP – part of the cancer that is killing America

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/05/19/tank-covered-in-book.html#comment-791917 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-791917 aww wish the video worked. aww wish the video worked.

]]> By: Stuart Ellis http://boingboing.net/2010/05/19/tank-covered-in-book.html#comment-791920 Stuart Ellis Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-791920 Please, someone send a whole battalion of those tanks to Texas. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37220562/ns/us_news-life/?Gt1=43001 Please, someone send a whole battalion of those tanks to Texas.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37220562/ns/us_news-life/?Gt1=43001

]]> By: turnstyle http://boingboing.net/2010/05/19/tank-covered-in-book.html#comment-791922 turnstyle Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-791922 fwiw, the embed is blocked, but the video plays fine on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFi27PQ2bxo fwiw, the embed is blocked, but the video plays fine on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFi27PQ2bxo

]]> By: Sekonda http://boingboing.net/2010/05/19/tank-covered-in-book.html#comment-791927 Sekonda Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-791927 Why has AFP blocked? Why has AFP blocked?

]]> By: amgunn http://boingboing.net/2010/05/19/tank-covered-in-book.html#comment-792246 amgunn Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-792246 This tank piece is well-meaning, but stupid, and one more reason antiwar people are treated as fopsy hippies by the prowar crowd. This tank piece is well-meaning, but stupid, and one more reason antiwar people are treated as fopsy hippies by the prowar crowd.

]]> By: MadRat http://boingboing.net/2010/05/19/tank-covered-in-book.html#comment-792772 MadRat Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-792772 "This video contains content from afp. It is restricted from playback on certain sites." Guess afp doesn't like BoingBoing. “This video contains content from afp. It is restricted from playback on certain sites.” Guess afp doesn’t like BoingBoing.

]]> By: Andrew W http://boingboing.net/2010/05/19/tank-covered-in-book.html#comment-793044 Andrew W Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-793044 Yeah, man, you tell 'em! Stupid smart people with their learnin' and their books. Buncha hippies. Bet they all go home at night and cry into their herbal tea that Donald Rumsfeld won't come around for lentil roast. Yeah, man, you tell ‘em! Stupid smart people with their learnin’ and their books. Buncha hippies. Bet they all go home at night and cry into their herbal tea that Donald Rumsfeld won’t come around for lentil roast.

]]> By: Agies http://boingboing.net/2010/05/19/tank-covered-in-book.html#comment-792043 Agies Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-792043 Because they don't get any money from ads when someone views an embedded video. Because they don’t get any money from ads when someone views an embedded video.

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