[EAS]Police Cars as Billboards

[pjk]

Subject:   Police Cars as Billboards

You probably thought this pretty weird when I sent it to you in July
<http://www.tampatrib.com/MGA5WPU8Z3D.html>

But the interaction between police and the world of commerce is
developing yet newer dimensions. See

<http://www.csmonitor.com/2002/1003/p01s01-ussc.htm>.

> "I really feel we've finally gone completely over the edge of
> appropriateness and better judgment into a fuzziness between
> commercial and public discourse that is really dangerous," says
> Kalle Lasn, author of several books on the rise of advertising and
> publisher of Adbusters Magazine. "We've already tracked the rise of
> ads into every area of life from urinals to golf holes. I think this
> will diminish respect for the whole institution of police," Mr. Lasn
> says.

    --PJK