There have been many powerful iconic symbols throughout the history of political dissent. The peace symbol makes us think about how we need to end all wars. The hammer and sickle represents communism, looks great on a t-shirt, and can totally get you laid at certain keggers if you play your cards right. A raised black fist makes us think about those afro picks with black fists for handles, and how cool it would be to have an afro.
A crossed-out ghost is great, but the same ghost sticking up two fingers? Not so much. Where do these symbols gain their power, and why do some become iconic while others fall by the wayside? Why is the Batman logo known the world over, while Ripclaw, a Native American cyborg shapeshifter, is remembered only by fans of Native American superheroes? Why do hippies love yin yangs while goths prefer anhks, and why does the color red symbolize the anger everyone feels when they think about hippies and goths? Why did the hooded man standing on a box come to symbolize the Abu Ghraib torture scandal instead of a slice of pizza or a cellular phone? The last answer is simple - because those things are not related to Abu Ghraib in any way shape or form - but the rest? Nobody knows.
That being said, I’d like you all to think long and hard (no pun intended) about this video of an interrupted speech by chess grandmaster Garry Kasparov. I don’t know what Kasparov’s speech was about, I don’t know why it was controversial, and I have no idea why someone chose to express their dissent by flying a remote-controlled helicockter into the room, but I do know that whoever did it was clearly a forward-thinking genius who will be forever remembered, even in anonymity, by the annals of history (unlike that shitty Ripclaw guy). Not only did they get their point across, but they inadvertently just created a symbol of dissent that will define our generation for decades to come.
Take that, Che Guevara.
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August 8th, 2009 at 11:56 am
If that conference was in Russia, and I think it was in Russia, then that
guy who flew the revolutionary dong-copter is probably tied to a chair having dildos thrown at him.
January 7th, 2009 at 5:17 pm
Somebody else knows who Joe Cotten is! My dream is already coming true!
January 7th, 2009 at 5:02 pm
I can totally see J Mascis or Joe Cotten or somebody writing a song about this.
June 2nd, 2008 at 11:13 pm
A sexual T-shirt! I found so many hot sexy vids @@P l u s M e e t . c o m, where so many big boob women, big booty women and big handsome men mingle together! You can also chat with the vid owner and view their blogs!
May 29th, 2008 at 12:44 pm
@Clint Allen, Yes, it WAS a typo, but I can see that the typo has had a profound effect on you. You have my permission and my blessing to use it as your primary insult
May 29th, 2008 at 10:06 am
Didn’t the whole idea of the peniscopter come from Second Life? That’s what I heard.
May 29th, 2008 at 7:51 am
@Miko:
It makes sense if you know what he’s talking about.
“Rule 0 of political struggle is *respect for one’s opponent*, recognition of equal rights of politicians with differing views, a desire for open negotiations…” Enter the dongcopter. Basically, “Here’s respect you’re worthy of, Garry”. Epic win.
May 28th, 2008 at 3:10 pm
Penis!
May 28th, 2008 at 2:31 pm
@ Gemineye870530,
That’s a true story. Nowadays the teacher would have never let me go outside without some kind of supervision and would have believed me when I told her about it and every cop in the world would have been there in about two minutes.
To top it all off I couldn’t have snack or lunch that day either, because I lost my damn money.
@Assgoblin Fleshlight rockets , that’s to fucking funny, hahahahahahaha!
May 28th, 2008 at 11:41 am
We need an armory of rocket fleshlights, just in case were ever invaded by dildocopters.
May 28th, 2008 at 10:28 am
so is that helicockter a flying fuck? Maybe this is how Garry Kasparov says he doesn’t give a flying fuck or perhaps that he doesn’t put up with dicks. Maybe this was a protest saying that Kasparov is a total pussy. Maybe he’l be the worst cock block in history.
Or perhaps russia has awesome political protests.
May 28th, 2008 at 8:40 am
glendoor42, that was one of the saddest stories i’ve heard. I would have ran too.
May 28th, 2008 at 8:35 am
@Dennis, I think Paris is just misunderstood. I’d definitely fuck her with a helicockter.
Wow, would that scene in Apocalypse Now not be the coolest ever with a squad of those things destroying that village to “Flight of the Valkyries?
May 28th, 2008 at 8:04 am
Ripclaw was a Native American?
May 27th, 2008 at 10:13 pm
We should form a helicockter squad.
May 27th, 2008 at 9:37 pm
Paris Hilton never met a dick she didn’t like. I hate that skank
May 27th, 2008 at 9:36 pm
some how I dont thing blackgirls had intrests in flying dildo shirts (that can be taken many ways).
I need to buy me a helicockter.
May 27th, 2008 at 8:44 pm
It is a sexy shirt, is it? Someone from —–blackgirlsconnect.com—– had that shirt, I saw it and many people had interested in it.
May 27th, 2008 at 7:38 pm
That is simply the best form of protest I have ever seen. Screw Gandhi, this wins.
May 27th, 2008 at 6:06 pm
Where can I get one of those sexy resist shirts with a helicockter on it?
May 27th, 2008 at 5:41 pm
This is true, when I was in the first grade, and mind you this was like 1973 or 1974, I had lost my lunch money check and asked my teacher if I could go look on the play ground for it.
She let me go by myself with no one else out on the play ground, to look for the check.
That would not happen now a days but again this was like 1973. While I was looking for the check a man came up to me in some sort of coveralls and his penis was hanging out.
He said “hey how are you ”
I said “Fine” the whole time my eyes were transfixed on his penis. Even in first grade I knew that it was not right for anyone to walk around with their dick hanging out.
He said ” what school is this? I told him the name of the school. Still still glaring at his penis.
He said “what are you doing” and I told him I was looking for my lunch money check. still staring at his penis blowing in the wind, like an airport weather sock.( the wind was coming out of the west that day if I remember)
Then came the big question ” What are you staring at” and I said “THAT” pointing to his now erect penis.
He said “Oh and grabbed his penis and I didn’t see what he did after that because I turned and ran like hell into the school. Promptly told my teacher what happened and she punished me for making stuff up.
After that experience I learned that in general when someone puts a penis in face, or the general vicinity there of, FUCKING RUN.
May 27th, 2008 at 5:05 pm
Also, I’d like to take this opportunity to say the word “penis” again. Penis. I LOVE CRACKED!!
May 27th, 2008 at 5:04 pm
@glendoor42: You generally run from penises in your face? Is there a specific instance of this, or is it just in general?
May 27th, 2008 at 4:35 pm
Yeah, but that’s the genius of the dildocopter, the reaction time of his bodyguards is slowed
because of the humorous aspect of the dildocopter.
If I saw one of those things flying at me in Iraq I shudder to think of how slow I would have been to react because I would have been laughing so hard until it blew up in my face.
But then again I’ve generally run from penises in my face so maybe it would have turned out alright.
Welcome back Ross, good one.
May 27th, 2008 at 4:05 pm
@glendoor42: Well, I presume that’s what they were expecting. You can see his bodyguards’ reaction there; Kasparov’s trying to promote democracy in Russia, and that’s generally a good way of getting killed.
It does strike me as weird as hell that someone sent in the dickcopter. It’s not what you’d call a typical tool of the brutal totalitarian.
May 27th, 2008 at 3:52 pm
@smashpro1: I know it’s a typo, but “suck a cock block” is beautiful in its simplicity, and in the way it rolls off the tongue (pun intended). I will henceforth use it as my primary insult, along with whatever variations I can come up with, e.g. “suck a block of cocks”. Thank you for this.
May 27th, 2008 at 3:46 pm
What would really been cool if the dildocopter had blown up right after everyone had got done laughing and then cut to a scene of a evilly grinning Vladimir Putin.
May 27th, 2008 at 3:17 pm
The dude who knocked it down didn’t have to be suck a cock block. Also, I need me one of those shirts
May 27th, 2008 at 2:09 pm
I’ve got it! Kasparov has a detachable, flying penis. It was attempting to fly back home, but (as penises will do) chose a very bad time. Kasparov played it off well, I thought.
May 27th, 2008 at 1:54 pm
Kasparov is now well beyond Chess, it has all been training for the great military coup that will usher in a new Regime. One that will ban all fake penises from Russia, and will completely destroy the adult toy industry in Russia FOREVER!
Hahahahahaha!
May 27th, 2008 at 1:39 pm
Good question, Ross. Another is…what did they do with the downed dildocopter? I think they should keep it as a trophy, to show the world that the Kasparov regime will not be intimidated by aerial penis attacks.
May 27th, 2008 at 1:32 pm
Kasparov is into politics now, mostly criticizing Putin. So, no, it’s not about chess.
May 27th, 2008 at 1:32 pm
Do you think the guy who had to bat it away now lies awake reconsidering his sexuality?
May 27th, 2008 at 1:20 pm
And what’s up with the KGB agents guarding him? Are they working for the Russian Chess Club now?
May 27th, 2008 at 1:04 pm
Some hippie somewhere came up that brilliant idea. Although I applaud their creativity I still hate hippies and I think we should turn their own weapon against them. We make an army of helicockters and attack PETA with them.
May 27th, 2008 at 12:52 pm
Oh, and I think it should be called the dildocopter.
May 27th, 2008 at 12:51 pm
But seriously…protesting Garry Kasparov?!? Somebody cares that much about professional chess?
May 27th, 2008 at 12:19 pm
If only this had happened before the Cracked T-Shirt competition.
May 27th, 2008 at 11:24 am
‘Remote-controlled helicockter’ …amazing.
May 27th, 2008 at 11:21 am
I would buy that shirt. the helicockter shirt.
sell it.
now.