{"id":183,"date":"2012-02-06T09:23:00","date_gmt":"2012-02-06T13:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.skepticblogs.com\/justinvacula\/2012\/02\/06\/2712-really-really-really-inoffensive-atheist-bus-ads-some-updates\/"},"modified":"2012-02-06T09:23:00","modified_gmt":"2012-02-06T13:23:00","slug":"2712-really-really-really-inoffensive-atheist-bus-ads-some-updates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skepticink.com\/justinvacula\/2012\/02\/06\/2712-really-really-really-inoffensive-atheist-bus-ads-some-updates\/","title":{"rendered":"2\/7\/12 – Really, Really, Really inoffensive atheist bus ads – some updates"},"content":{"rendered":"

As many of my old and new readers alike may know, I — in conjunction with the NEPA Freethought Society<\/a> – the group for which I am a co-organizer, spokesperson, board member, and podcast host — have announced plans to launch an original — as far as I am aware — ad campaign<\/a> in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania that is intentionally really, really, really inoffensive.<\/p>\n

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Last Monday (1\/30\/12), I, before announcing the ad campaign online, had contacted Jim Smith — the advertising contact listed on the bus company’s website — on the telephone asking preliminary questions about placing advertisements on buses. Jim Smith asked me what my design would look like, what message it would contain, and if I can send him a preview image via e-mail. I had asked Jim Smith, when I was talking with him on the telephone, if he could wait a moment so that I could e-mail him [I told him I had the file on my computer and would need to boot it and send it]. Jim Smith told me to send the file later in the day\/after I hung up and he would respond.<\/div>\n
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After the discussion with Jim Smith, I announced my plans on my blog, on the NEPA Freethought Society’s website, and Hemant Mehta posted in support<\/a> of my idea. Several persons approached me [online and in ‘real life’] pledging to donate money, expressed excitement with the idea, and have been very supportive in general.<\/div>\n
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American Atheists is now, additionally, in support of the idea! [More details to come.]<\/div>\n
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I’m very much ready to go with this so that this ad proposal can become a reality! …but we just have to wait for confirmation from the bus company.<\/div>\n
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I got the following message today from Jim Smith:<\/p>\n

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“Justin I Gave The Ad Info To My Supervisor On Friday \u2013It Is Being Review,<\/span>
As Soon As I Here Back, I Will E-Mail Or Call You.”<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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