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No Hate Crimes (Reported)

Practitionor: Bill Fisher
Date:
Jan 30 2012
Location: Grand Rapids MI; Milledgeville GA, North America, UICA


For widespread distribution, each billboard would carry information relevant to its geographical location.


Modeled on the “No Traffic Fatalities in ____ Days” signs seen in some
communities. The information is communicated through the conflict of
emotions these signs elicit: as we feel relief or civic pride over a
(seemingly) long period of time without a traffic death (or local hate
crime), we are at the same time reminded of an unpleasant truth, in this
case the knowledge that the denial of basic civil and human rights
exists right here and vicious acts of destruction are perpetrated close
to home. When the day-count numbers are low, this realization may be
most powerful. Awareness of this issue, as with all social maladies,
can be the first stage of a fundamentally decent population affecting
positive social change within its community.


External sources:

  • http://www.billfisher.dreamhosters.com/nohate2.html
  • http://www.billfisher.dreamhosters.com/nohate.html

Posted by

billfisher

on

May 23, 2012

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