Slog - Comments on Bus Driver Objects to Bus Ad http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/bus_driver_objects_to_bus_ad You can slap a controversial ad on the side of a public bus, even if the person driving that ad all over Olympia resents it. An advertisement featuring a marijuana leaf that's on the sides of some Intercity Transit buses has drawn complaints from two residents and one of IT's own bus operators. The complaints concern the content of the Olympia Hempfest ad, which includes the image of a marijuana leaf and the phrase "Equal Rights are for Everybody," said Meg Kester, an agency spokeswoman…. In this case, the agency could forbid the advertisement if it were "an encouragement for... Copyright 2008 Mon, 11 Aug 2008 12:43:25 -0800 Mon, 11 Aug 2008 14:26:31 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by DOUG. I'm more offended by Rush Limbaugh's fat face on the side of numerous Metro buses.

]]> DOUG. http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/bus_driver_objects_to_bus_ad#c1098091 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/bus_driver_objects_to_bus_ad#c1098091 Media Mon, 11 Aug 2008 12:52:58 -0800 Comment by ReverendZ Uh, it's legal to own a handgun. That doesn't mean everyone who supports that law is "encouraging" people to shoot other people.

]]> ReverendZ http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/bus_driver_objects_to_bus_ad#c1098098 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/bus_driver_objects_to_bus_ad#c1098098 Media Mon, 11 Aug 2008 12:57:18 -0800 Comment by jameyb "tootling"? really?

]]> jameyb http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/bus_driver_objects_to_bus_ad#c1098111 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/bus_driver_objects_to_bus_ad#c1098111 Media Mon, 11 Aug 2008 13:07:16 -0800 Comment by Dougsf "Equal rights" for people that want to smoke weed is kinda a lame angle to argue. Actually, really lame. There's a hundred good argument to be made for legalizing marijuana, they might want to list one of those instead.

]]> Dougsf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/bus_driver_objects_to_bus_ad#c1098116 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/bus_driver_objects_to_bus_ad#c1098116 Media Mon, 11 Aug 2008 13:10:18 -0800 Comment by Dominic Holden @ 4) Agreed.

]]> Dominic Holden http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/bus_driver_objects_to_bus_ad#c1098121 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/bus_driver_objects_to_bus_ad#c1098121 Media Mon, 11 Aug 2008 13:12:15 -0800 Comment by mnm God bless Tom Bjorgen and Intercity Transit

]]> mnm http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/bus_driver_objects_to_bus_ad#c1098132 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/bus_driver_objects_to_bus_ad#c1098132 Media Mon, 11 Aug 2008 13:18:33 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle I am offended by NASCAR ads on the side of a bus, but you don't see me protesting ...

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/bus_driver_objects_to_bus_ad#c1098134 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/bus_driver_objects_to_bus_ad#c1098134 Media Mon, 11 Aug 2008 13:19:11 -0800 Comment by mnm @4

Yeah I agree, but I support allowing people to put cannibus leaves in public places no matter what their argument is. It makes pot seem less like a dangerous drug.

]]> mnm http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/bus_driver_objects_to_bus_ad#c1098137 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/bus_driver_objects_to_bus_ad#c1098137 Media Mon, 11 Aug 2008 13:21:23 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle Except for the effects on speling.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/bus_driver_objects_to_bus_ad#c1098265 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/bus_driver_objects_to_bus_ad#c1098265 Media Mon, 11 Aug 2008 14:26:31 -0800