STAR WARS and DU: Here's a modest proposal

[derby378]

We all know that there's a lot of apparent parallels between Revenge of the Sith and what's going on in the Bush administration now. I say apparent because George Lucas has claimed he was thinking more along the lines of the Nixon years - which is only fair.

We also know that just about everything associated with Star Wars is trademarked and the copyrights are enforced fairly rigorously, and with good reason: too many people would love to make a buck seeling inferior knock-off SW memorabilia. That's cool.

But maybe - just maybe - those of us with the time and money to spare can start a little "cultural jamming" along these lines. Dems in general and DUers in particular are the Rebel Alliance. The Bush administration is the Evil Empire, right down to Darth Bush and Palpatine Cheney. (And perhaps Leo "Exar Kun" Strauss?)

So, if you're gonna be a rebel, you might as well look the part. Here's a link to help:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=60361&item=7516177763&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW

Nope, it's not mine. And if this item is aleady sold by the time you find this link, you should be able to purchase these helmets from Altmann's in Australia - they've got a Web site.

Now, we don't want to violate copyrights and we don't want to step on Lucas' toes, so we want to be very careful. Still, I think the "Fair Use" policy may come into play, even with the Digital Millenium Copyright Act in force. This might be one for our resident legal experts to research, though.

Having said that, let's brainstorm. I'm just plantin' seeds here...

[cassandra uprising]

1. phew

I was scared I would have to eat babies or something.

45 minutes till show time!

This is a great post by the way.

[derby378]

2. No babies were eaten during the typing of this post

But no, I'm just trying to throw out some ideas here.