One Handgun Per Child
Having spoken plenty enough about the One Laptop Per Child project recently i just want to finish by saying that I am very proud to be a member of the IT industry at such a time as this. How great it would be if other industries shared our spirit of endeavour. Perhaps the firearms industry could come forward with the "One Handgun Per Child" project. The banks could step forward and offer "One Mortgage Per Child" Governments could offer "One soul-destroying job in a miasma of bureaucratic inconsequentiality Per Child" Correctional facilities industry, "One Prison Cell Per Child" project And so on for all other industries. Lucky you, lucky me. Lucky kids.
'KristofU' on Thu, 17 Jan 2008 06:05:10 GMT, sez: One lawsuit per child.
When some IT player notices a patent violation in the OLPC.
'Nic Wise' on Thu, 17 Jan 2008 06:52:33 GMT, sez: Um, they do all of those things already, esp in the US.....
Just it takes most kids a few years (ie, once they hit 18) to get them :)
'WaterBreath' on Thu, 17 Jan 2008 11:51:57 GMT, sez: KristofU:
Sorry, the RIAA already has a trademark on "One Lawsuit Per Child".
And they'll be suing "One Laptop Per Child" shortly for using their trademark "OLPC".
'mike' on Thu, 17 Jan 2008 12:19:40 GMT, sez: Unfortunately, the US government has other priorities. Right now, we're working on "One Staggering Burden of Crushing Multi-Generational National Debt Per Child."
One industry that has really stepped up to the plate on the one-per front is the funeral industry, eh?
There, we've covered death and taxes. :-)
'lb' on Thu, 17 Jan 2008 12:22:30 GMT, sez: thanks for the impressive level of cynicism guys. ;-)
'Rubert' on Thu, 17 Jan 2008 12:24:52 GMT, sez: Why don't the casinos get in on the act and offer:
One Gambling Chip Per Child,
just to get them hooked.
'Matt Casto' on Thu, 17 Jan 2008 13:21:56 GMT, sez: I'm pretty sure the credit card industry is already working on their One Credit Card Per Child program.
One Vote Per Child has had great success here in Ohio.
'Dave Archer' on Fri, 18 Jan 2008 00:07:31 GMT, sez: Or the ultimate for the US - the BPBPC (Bullet Proof Backpack Per Child http://www.mychildspack.com/) included with the OLPC !
'Ole Phat Stu' on Sun, 10 Feb 2008 02:31:24 GMT, sez: One free drug dose per child :-(
'hln' on Wed, 27 Feb 2008 16:26:39 GMT, sez: How about what they really want: one chore per child.
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