Firstly, a massive hat-tip to The Register for alerting us to this story, and particular thanks to John Lettice for providing me with the gruesome evidence.
If you're wondering who the strange looking fella' to the right is; he is the new face of/logo for the Identity and Passport Service's latest ID card marketing campaign.
The fact that he appears to be a fingerprint leaves Big Brother Watch in the strange position of not being sure whether to laugh or cry.
Relief, however, is at hand in the form of the video that accompanies our friendly little fingerprint's heavy-sell - click here to view.
By using a rip-off of Kubrick's Spartacus, the IPS has made the unfortunate, albeit hilarious, error of associating the use of ID cards with a film about a rebellious slave seeking to bring down an overbearing and wayward empire.
In the film, once identified, our eponymous hero is put to death by the aforementioned empire. So no downsides to that reference either.
Wonderful. Just, wonderful.
By Dylan Sharpe
Typical doublespeak - albeit via image.
Rotterdam are introducing [naked] body scanners in public places, such as football matches.
http://bit.ly/4JQ7UV
Where next? Town centres?
Posted by: FaustiesBlog | 08/01/2010 at 05:56 PM
But what is the reason for this bullsh1t?
Watch this and find out …
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VebOTc-7shU&feature=player_embedded
New World Order = World Government by big business.
George W. Bush > Barack Obama
Gordon Brown > David Cameron
Do you see it now ?
You MUST watch then you will understand.
Posted by: vervet | 08/01/2010 at 08:38 PM
I'm Spartacus and so is my wife.
Sorry felt a Life of Brian moment come over me there.
Posted by: www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=703511392 | 10/01/2010 at 10:56 PM
Is this Spartacus ad for real of just a spoof? No2ID.net don't seem to have carried it which means they may just think it's a spoof. Either way we must know for sure: genuine or fake?
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