A few years ago, the gov. of my province started showing theses awareness advertisements for road safety. What set them apart from previous awareness campaigns was the shock value of these TV ads; They showed car crashes (with graphic injuries showed in slow motion) to try and shock people in the hopes that perhaps the message would be taken more ( Read more... )

I recently had a rant on someone's lj about things I thought should be changed in america when they posted something about The Westboro Baptist Church. It made me think a lot about the differences between Canada and the states and this morning I found a really great article (reposted on tumblr) from a 2003 Pittsburgh Post Gazette editorial:

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I started watching this show about a month ago (I downloaded seasons 1-4 in a week, thank you setos_puppy, me love you long time) and got hooked instantly. It's got everything; It can be scary, strange, funny, angsty, filled with not-so-subtle innuendo moments and of course sexy men (I'm looking at you, Dean!)

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(Those who are concerned by this post will know who they are. Others please ignore this.)I recently made this journal f-locked. There are 2 reasons I did this; the first is because of the shit that's been happening around lj during the summer. And the second is that, as stated on my 'friending' post, "This lj is for sharing my art, doujinshi and ( Read more... )

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