Posted by beckett2 on October 20, 2018, at 18:49:07
In reply to Re: Anthony Bourdain » sigismund, posted by beckett2 on October 20, 2018, at 16:12:32
Who coined 'shock and awe'? There are a series of documentaries by Adam Curtis for bbc, one called All Watched Over By Machines of Loving Grace. I love it.
Looking up the term, the wiki entry closes with this:
In popular culture
Following the 2003 invasion of Iraq by the US, the term "shock and awe" has been used for commercial purposes. The United States Patent and Trademark Office received at least 29 trademark applications in 2003 for exclusive use of the term.[23] The first came from a fireworks company on the day the US started bombing Baghdad. Sony registered the trademark the day after the beginning of the operation for use in a video game title but later withdrew the application and described it as "an exercise of regrettable bad judgment."[24] It is also the name of a level in the video game Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, in which the player character experiences a nuclear detonation. The preceding section of the game is an example of Shock and Awe tactics, as the United States Marine Corps executes the strategy in an unnamed Middle Eastern country. The term is also used as an achievement in the popularly acclaimed game Starcraft 2, where it is obtained when a certain number of units die to the tactical strike craft whilst invisible. It is also the name of an achievement in Gears of War 2 and Miss Fortune's weapons in League of Legends. Miscellaneous other uses of the term include golf equipment, an insecticide, a set of bowling balls, a racehorse, a shampoo, condoms, and heroin.In an interview, Harlan Ullman stated that he believed that using the term to try to sell products was "probably a mistake," and "the marketing value will be somewhere between slim and none."[25]
Despite the bile I vent over trump and feel very very angry about the votes cast for him, the US is experiencing something like disaster capitalism. Puerto Rico is literally experiencing this.Did I mention this? My kid asked why I am practically apoplectic at the mention of trump. Because I'm a parent, and of course this is a topic of both amusement and bemusement. I say it's because he comes from where I lived and has always been a person deserving (?) scorn and ridicule; imagine if Logan Paul or Rice Gum (youtube personalities) became president when you were an adult. Well, this was hilarious, and I've never again been called out for my extreme response.
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