Startups Cashing In On Swine Flu(washingtonpost.com)
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Startups Cashing In On Swine Flu
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/30/AR2009043000093.html
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Why is it that when someone tries to "cash in on death" in a negative or satirical way they are evil, but when they do it in a "good" way, say by creating "support our troops" magnets, nobody cares? They seem equivalent to me.
While they're equivalent from a monetary perspective, the line between good taste and poor taste is gray and blurry. There's a big difference between a website that informs and makes money from ad revenue, and one that hocks crappy merch which makes light of a serious situation, especially to those affected.
It's a bit hard to see the distinction as it relates to this swine flu nonsense, since it's already an enormous, alarmist media circus. But imagine you bought a shirt in '91 that said "I survived the AIDS epidemic by wrapping my willy!" Would you wear it today? And how would you feel about where your money went?
It's a bit hard to see the distinction as it relates to this swine flu nonsense, since it's already an enormous, alarmist media circus. But imagine you bought a shirt in '91 that said "I survived the AIDS epidemic by wrapping my willy!" Would you wear it today? And how would you feel about where your money went?
Oh kyro Your secret is safe with me and #startups :)
This is just a repost of the TechCrunch story.
People may not have noticed it out of a desire to avoid the cesspool that is TechCrunch.
In any case, good luck to them.