Yesterday a plane circled high above Penn State‘s statue of football-hero/rape facilitator Joe Paterno, dragging a banner that bore a message for the school:

TAKE DOWN THE STATUE OR WE WILL

It’s a message from the same guy who hired a plane to troll Tiger Woods at Pebble Beach and reminds me of a campaign that the American Atheists that flew these banners around the country on the Fourth of July:

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So, aggressive airplane banners are now officially a protest “thing.” Thoughts?

Sarah Shay Mirk reported on transportation, sex and gender issues, and politics at the Mercury from 2008-2013. They have gone on to make many things, including countless comics and several books.

4 replies on “CONDEMN OR ALLOW: Aggressive Novelty Plane Banners”

  1. It’s only cool if you can get the airship with ” The world is yours’ sign from “Scarface”. Otherwise, eh. Also someone tell those Mensa’s at Penn State they are idolizing a guy who covered for a a scumbag pedophile. Thanks.

  2. Banners can still be “tasteful” provided it does not touch on issues that are discriminatory. That novelty banner is indeed aggressive but in nowhere offensive as far as I am concerned. But as to how it was “bannered” is another story. They should have consulted some custom banner maker experts first prior to doing such atrocity.

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