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   Thursday, January 29, 2004

CYNICS OF THE WORLD, UNITE!

I always enjoy checking out The Onion every Wednesday for its subversive snarkiness (who can't resist headlines like "Bush 2004 Campaign Pledges To Restore Honor And Dignity To White House" or "Area Priest To Get Out Of Priesthood As Soon As Parents Die"?).

Imagine my surprise, then, when I see an advertisement on the site from the Business Software Alliance featuring some "wacky" scribbling on a yellow legal notepad, reading:

The three worse [sic] business practices:
1) Hawaiian shirt Fridays
2) Cover sheets on TPS reports
3) Using unlicensed software!!!

Love the triple exclamation points. A handy link then directs you to their site, where you can learn more about the pain of software theft and report any piracy in your area. Huh? It's ridiculous enough that the BSA might believe that the average Onion reader will find that amusing but downright crazy to believe that the reader will take it seriously. Onion readers have long been a tech-savvy lot and I'm sure that they've got their own opinions on software piracy. Another silly example of ad-money wasted on the wrong audience!

Labels: George W Bush