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The Corpuscle reports from Target A: Didn't all New Yorkers get at least one of these in their mailbox last...

Back in NYC -- comment #1 from Harry Connolly

Mon, 10 Oct 2005 12:05:57 -0500

Separate direct-mail houses? But they're both working for George Soros!

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Posted October 10, 2005 12:05 PM by Harry Connolly

Back in NYC -- comment #2 from ae

Tue, 11 Oct 2005 01:49:49 -0500

Absolutely brilliant.

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Posted October 11, 2005 1:49 AM by ae

Back in NYC -- comment #3 from Zoe

Tue, 11 Oct 2005 05:56:34 -0500

New York seems to be full of wonderful people doing nefarious and funny things.

Have you heard about Ji Lee's speech bubble campaign?

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Posted October 11, 2005 5:56 AM by Zoe

Back in NYC -- comment #4 from Zoe

Tue, 11 Oct 2005 06:18:45 -0500

Oh...wait...

That was a joke, right?

Damn.

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Posted October 11, 2005 6:18 AM by Zoe

Back in NYC -- comment #5 from Ken MacLeod

Tue, 11 Oct 2005 06:54:20 -0500

In A Case of Conscience James Blish mentioned, in a great world-building aside, the name of NYC's local government: the New York Target Area Authority.

(This is just a skiffy aside to the Corpuscle's fine satire on something else entirely.)

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Posted October 11, 2005 6:54 AM by Ken MacLeod

Back in NYC -- comment #6 from Luthe

Tue, 11 Oct 2005 10:15:09 -0500

We here in Subordinate Target Area 06804 would like to ask why we are not being given higher priority by al-Qaeda. What, is flyover country not good enough for terrorism? The military-industrial complex surely thinks so, as they have provided more money per capita for us than for people in more popular terrorist targets. Why are we not getting equal interest from terrorist groups? We can die horrifically, too!

Signed,
Everywhere that isn't a major metropolitan area.

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Posted October 11, 2005 10:15 AM by Luthe

Back in NYC -- comment #7 from Madeleine Robins

Tue, 11 Oct 2005 11:36:30 -0500

Do they have a "thank you for visiting New York; your senseless death as a visitor to the city will increase our impact" letter?

Signed, see you next week.

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Posted October 11, 2005 11:36 AM by Madeleine Robins

Back in NYC -- comment #8 from Cady

Tue, 11 Oct 2005 21:02:04 -0500

What a lovely little morsel; satire is my favorite snack :)

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Posted October 11, 2005 9:02 PM by Cady

Back in NYC -- comment #9 from Bernita

Wed, 12 Oct 2005 10:04:17 -0500

I live in Canada.
In Canada we hijack a bus.
In Canada we blow up a wheelchair ramp, not a government building.
It's quiet here.
Sigh.

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Posted October 12, 2005 10:04 AM by Bernita

Back in NYC -- comment #10 from Carolyn Davies

Wed, 12 Oct 2005 11:14:24 -0500

Bernita: you say that like it's a bad thing.

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Posted October 12, 2005 11:14 AM by Carolyn Davies

Back in NYC -- comment #11 from Bernita

Wed, 12 Oct 2005 12:17:57 -0500

No, but it can be a complacent thing.
A smug thing.
And therefore a dangerous thing.

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Posted October 12, 2005 12:17 PM by Bernita

Back in NYC -- comment #12 from Carolyn Davies

Thu, 13 Oct 2005 19:04:07 -0500

I, for one, would rather live in naive complacency and get killed for it than spend the rest of my life in paranoia. But maybe that's just me.

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Posted October 13, 2005 7:04 PM by Carolyn Davies

Back in NYC -- comment #13 from Wim

Fri, 14 Oct 2005 03:06:05 -0500

I've been working on a "live in naïve complacency and die at a ripe old age" scheme. So far so good. Some details still to be worked out.

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Posted October 14, 2005 3:06 AM by Wim