What kind?
'Where will terror strike next?' kind.
Where-next.com is an exciting gambling game. The most accurate prediction on where terrorists will attack next, wins.
The person guessing the right technique used (a bomb attack, a suicide bomber, chemical weapons, etc.) and getting the closest location of the attack, [...] will receive the exclusive where-next.com T-shirt, showing the place and the time of the attack.I understand it's sarcasm and a guerilla marketing technique of some sort, but I still think it's sick.
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8 comments:
Losers is a good word for them, Jeff.
Yes, sick is the correct term for this.
I know, not much else to say really.
heh.
I can think of better words, but I wouldn't post them on your blog!
Erin, I know exactly what you mean.
People will gamble on anything. After all here in the not-so-great state of New Mexico cock fighting is still legal. "Ooo. Let's watch two birds eviscerate each other and lay bets on the winner."
Lovely.[sarc]
On the other hand, it's good fodder for story ideas. In my first novel, two demon species are always at war. It's been going on for so long that the other magical creatures bet on when the next war will start, where, why, etc.
Pat, at least in your stories it was two demon species, all evil. So kinda - who cares attitude towards them.
Josh, I never heard of that. Thanks for bringing it to my attention. This is such crap of course, excuse my language.
I don't think that it's possible to predict mathematically/statistacally one event or a what a small group of people will do.
Even in the stock market, trading styles tend to be on the market as a whole (a large group). When it comes to investing individually in one stock, one would either investigate them thoroughly (which you can't really do with Al-Qaeda) and even then it's a crap-shoot re Enron and Worldcom.
"sacrificing morality for the promise of income" is something some of these guys are quite good at.
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