Activists cleverly, non-destructively deface Bank of America ATMs in San Francisco

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http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/01/13/activists-deface-bank-of-america-atms-in-san-francisco/

Activists with the Rainforest Action Network recently devised a clever way of promoting their message: defacing Bank of America ATMs with non-adhesive stickers that look like the bank’s software interface, bearing some startling truths about the nation’s largest financial institution.

As part of a campaign they’re calling “Bankrupting America,” the activists claim to have visited 85 ATM locations, turning the “automated teller machines” into “automated truth machines.”

Their sticker asks users to “select your transaction,” with options like: “invest in coal-fired power plants,” “foreclose on America’s homes,” “bankroll climate change” and “fund executive bonuses.”

[William769]

1. Recommended.

[gateley]

2. Wow -- I'm impressed! nt

[OffWithTheirHeads]

3. I want some!

[ClassWarrior]

4. I wish I could rec this a thousand times.

Beautiful.

NGU.

[PETRUS]

5. Very clever.

[izquierdista]

6. What is a "non-adhesive sticker"?

Anything like a sugar-free sweet roll? Or non-wetting water?

[slackmaster]

7. I was wondering that myself. I certainly wouldn't pay good money for one if I saw it for sale.

I believe the verb 'to adhere' is synonymous with 'to stick.'

Of course I've always been deeply disturbed by the fact that flammable and inflammable are synonyms.

[MadashellLynn]

8. Its like reynolds wrap

It is a plastic that sticks to windows but pulls right off like the stickers with milage the oil change places put in you windshield.

[lunatica]

9. Vynil stickers are very common. It's like static electricity that makes things stick together

But you can peel them apart because they aren't glued or permanently stuck.

[redqueen]

10. They're like those window decals you can buy with holiday related designs.

They just cling to the window and peel right off.

No adhesive required.

[izquierdista]

18. Ah, yes. Those things adhering to the window.

Through the magic of non-adhesive adhesion.

[ClassWarrior]

22. Not adhering. Clinging. That's why they're called...

..."window clings" (http://www.buildasign.com/Window-Clings). If they adhered, they'd have adhesive.



NGU.

[tclambert]

24. Static cling.

but it does sound funny.

[pinboy3niner]

25. And the commercials tell us static cling is bad--very bad

And we have to buy stuff to prevent it. Maybe B of A missed those commercials?

[ClassWarrior]

31. Mercury's very bad too...

...if you drink it.

NGU.

[marmar]

11. Awesomeness.

nt

[Throd]

12. Now THAT is clever!

[coalition_unwilling]

13. Emphatic K&R! - n/t

[Raine]

14. Very COOL! nt

[annabanana]

15. I would buy one of those....

or a couple maybe....

(put them in my car windows..

[Starry Messenger]

16. k&r

[AtomicKitten]

17. Bravo!

I love this city!

[AverageJoe90]

19. LOL. K & R. =D

[freshwest]

20. LOL!

[rhett o rick]

21. k&r

[BrendaBrick]

23. K&R

[qb]

26. I love it! I hope they start printing ones for Wells Fargo & others!

[xchrom]

27. Very good. Nt

[Spazito]

28. Very creative!

Kudos to Rainforest Action Network for this, I love it.

[Fumesucker]

29. K&R

[WillyT]

30. Excellent !!! - K & R !!!