Facebook campaign moves Blair's memoir to crime section in bookstores

[EFerrari]

Sun, Sep 5 12:20 PM


London, Sept 5 (ANI): As part of a Facebook campaign, mischievous shoppers are moving copies of Tony Blair's memoir - entitled A Journey - to the Fantasy and Crime sections of bookshops.

Over 3,000 people have joined a group called 'Subversively move Tony Blair's memoirs to the crime section in book shops' on the social networking site.

The autobiography has turned up in various 'inappropriate sections' including Horror, Crime and Dark Fantasy.

The Facebook group claims it wants to 'make bookshops think twice about where they categorize our generation's greatest war criminal'.

Within hours of being launched dozens of users had logged onto the site with many posting photographs of the book on the wrong shelf.

http://in.news.yahoo.com/139/20100905/882/twl-facebook-campaign-moves-blair-s-memo.html

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=150746811621277

:evilgrin:

[Arctic Dave]

1. LOL

Using it for tp would be a good idea too

[EFerrari]

4. This one lady said she was in a store with no crime section

so she put the book in the diapers aisle.

LOL

[sabrina 1]

7. Even better!

I can't get over the gall of these people. I used to think Blair was a rational human being. I remember watching a documentary on his life once and he was such a cool guy. Do they give them something when they reach that level of power to turn them into totally different people?

I hope he gets it that people do believe he is a war criminal. But I have a feeling they believe they are different somehow and that we little people don't matter at all.

[glitch]

11. I've long suspected chemical or even needle lobotomies. nt

[sabrina 1]

22. Something goes on between who they were before they

get to DC or in Blair's case, Downing St. Needle lobotomies would work I suppose. I remember rumors claiming that Blair had something to hide and was being threatened with being exposed if he didn't go along. Maybe so, but at least it showed how shocked people were by how much he had changed.

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

21. "Ready to wipe in 45 minutes!"

[janx]

2. That's hilarious!

Thanks for the links! :rofl:

[sabrina 1]

3. Lol, good for them .... that's where it belongs.

[EFerrari]

5. Link to their photos page:

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=150746811621277#!/group.php?gid=150746811621277&v=photos

[Quantess]

10. 77 photos already

at last count

That's quite a lot for a facebook page!

[EFerrari]

16. Is it? Good!

:hi:

[lob1]

6. Maybe we could do something similar when Bush's book comes out.

[Swamp Rat]

9. It should be placed next to "My Pet Goat"

[grasswire]

8. the other day I turned all Beck's books over

and also those of Mark Levin.

[Odin2005]

12. LOL, that is hysterical.

That reminds me of how I moved that new book by anti-vax conman Andrew Wakefield to the New Age section of Barnes and Noble!

[proud2BlibKansan]

13. Awesome!!

[EFerrari]

17. They got 6000 members in less than 24 hours!

:rofl:

[Hannah Bell]

14. we should do it for the bush gang in the states too.

[EFerrari]

15. Definitely. Although we might need to open a new Bush Crime Family section.

lol

[Scurrilous]

18. LOL

:thumbsup:

[janx]

19. K&R

[WinkyDink]

20. Truth in advertising!

[EFerrari]

23. .

[janx]

24. kick -- before sleep time

[stevedeshazer]

25. I love it.

:)

[EFerrari]

26. I have to do this.

And get pictures.

lol

[stevedeshazer]

29. I used to move Bill O'Reilly's books to the 'fiction' section.

Then, I'd go back and put Al Franken's books in their place at Barnes & Noble.

I may have to consider another visit.

:)

[Emit]

27. lol!

:rofl:

[EFerrari]

28. Isn't this awesome?

LOL

When Blair and Junior go on their book tours, we need to call in their appearances to crime tip lines, too. :)

[Emit]

38. Hilarious, EFerrari!

I see he has cancelled his book signing appearance in Piccadilly, lol.

Oh, and did you catch this? From the war criminal's own mouth ... the irony:

"You've got to put in prison those who deserve to be there."

Pfft.

... The former prime minister, who once promised to be "tough on crime and tough on the causes of crime", said he "profoundly disagrees" with the approach of Kenneth Clarke, the justice secretary, who has rejected the "prison works" mantra of previous administrations.

Clarke has challenged the trend towards larger prison populations and questioned the need for short sentences, suggesting the government could save money by locking up fewer offenders and focusing more on rehabilitation.

But Blair called for "a far tougher, more targeted way" of tackling crime. "You've got to put in prison those who deserve to be there," he said. ...

From: Tony Blair scraps London book signing - Former PM cancels scheduled appearance at Waterstone's store in Piccadilly days after eggs and shoes were thrown at him in Dublin

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2010/sep/06/tony-blair-scraps-london-book-signing

[suffragette]

30. A hearty K&R

[Jim Lane]

31. Those Brits have their nerve, calling Blair "our generation's greatest war criminal"

We could spot them Bush and Cheney and still have people who outranked Blair.

[EFerrari]

32. I don't know. They needed Blair to sign off on Iraq.

He gave the illusion that the Coalition of the Bribed and Blackmailed was real.

[EFerrari]

33. Last kick and thanks for the recs, guys. Appreciated.

:kick:

[Octafish]

34. Kick for a good cause.

The Poodle's book belongs in the crime section.

Blair and his owners belong where criminals should live, prison.

(Already "R"d, way back when.)

[EFerrari]

37. Mil gracias. I would so love to see this go global.

:)

[malaise]

35. I'm lovin' this

The war criminal had to cancel his book signing in London. :rofl:

[EFerrari]

36. That was just toooooo good.

There are many ways we can fight back and this is a wonderful one. :toast:

[AzDar]

39. K & R