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Kids with Guns: OLPC Ad Goes for Impact
blog.wired.com - 12/17/2008
Kids with Guns: OLPC Ad Goes for Impact
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OLPC's new ad is nothing if not hard hitting: Has OLPC Gone too Far? Or Do they Finally Make the Point? [Laptop Mag]

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Gizmodo:  OLPC Ad Goes For the Jugular With Child Laborers, Child Prostitutes, Child Warriors [Olpc]

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OLPC Ad Goes For the Jugular With Child Laborers, Child Prostitutes, Child Warriors [Olpc]
Gizmodo — ... OLPC folks are advocating doing the ol' switcheroo—XO for AK-47—to eradicate such horrors as the ones depicted on the spot. No, I think the ad does a great job in reminding us that, hey, this project was started for a serious reason. It's not OLPC's fault that they spawned an entirely new laptop category with plenty of consumer frenzy and ridiculousness behind it in the process. The ad is intended only for the internet. [OLPC Ad on Daily Motion via Laptop, Gadget Lab] ...

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