Comments on: Legislating Taste http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2007/02/legislating_tas.html Dispatches from a Small Business Sun, 12 Feb 2012 09:39:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Tom Gellhaus http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2007/02/legislating_tas.html/comment-page-1#comment-4903 Tom Gellhaus Wed, 04 Apr 2007 04:39:48 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2007/02/legislating_tas.html#comment-4903 <p>I cannot be the only one who read this post, saw the pictures of Peabody Terrace and thought IMMEDIATELY of the book "The Fountainhead" by Ayn Rand. There, brought to real life, are the government planned monstrosities that Ms. Rand warned about years ago. (No, not the ones that Roark designed. )</p> <p>One thing (of many) that she got right in her fiction was an good sense of prediction - very eerie these days, it seems to me.</p> I cannot be the only one who read this post, saw the pictures of Peabody Terrace and thought IMMEDIATELY of the book “The Fountainhead” by Ayn Rand. There, brought to real life, are the government planned monstrosities that Ms. Rand warned about years ago. (No, not the ones that Roark designed. )

One thing (of many) that she got right in her fiction was an good sense of prediction – very eerie these days, it seems to me.

]]> By: dearieme http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2007/02/legislating_tas.html/comment-page-1#comment-4902 dearieme Wed, 28 Feb 2007 21:17:40 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2007/02/legislating_tas.html#comment-4902 <p>Those aren't buildings, those are cries for help.</p> Those aren’t buildings, those are cries for help.

]]> By: mith http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2007/02/legislating_tas.html/comment-page-1#comment-4901 mith Wed, 28 Feb 2007 19:59:30 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2007/02/legislating_tas.html#comment-4901 <p>Don't forget it was Boston that completely shut down when Cartoon Network put up flashing signs of cartoon characters to promote their Aqua Teen Hunger Force show on Adult Swim. The city thought it was some sort of insidious terrorist plot, and the whole incident ultimately resulted in the resignation of Cartoon Network's CEO.</p> Don’t forget it was Boston that completely shut down when Cartoon Network put up flashing signs of cartoon characters to promote their Aqua Teen Hunger Force show on Adult Swim. The city thought it was some sort of insidious terrorist plot, and the whole incident ultimately resulted in the resignation of Cartoon Network’s CEO.

]]> By: triticale http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2007/02/legislating_tas.html/comment-page-1#comment-4900 triticale Wed, 28 Feb 2007 19:06:19 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2007/02/legislating_tas.html#comment-4900 <p>The lawyers for the Cartoon Network should be thrilled to learn that Boston wants illuminated animated advertising signs.</p> The lawyers for the Cartoon Network should be thrilled to learn that Boston wants illuminated animated advertising signs.

]]> By: Craig http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2007/02/legislating_tas.html/comment-page-1#comment-4899 Craig Wed, 28 Feb 2007 16:59:39 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2007/02/legislating_tas.html#comment-4899 <p>The Peabody Terrace reminds me of the "crack stacks" in Minneapolis:<br /> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riverside_Plaza</p> The Peabody Terrace reminds me of the “crack stacks” in Minneapolis:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riverside_Plaza

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