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...white, and, most recently, blue in stylized swaths makes his images instantly recognizable to the initiated, Fairey has peppered the walls of buildings, electrical boxes, and street signs for the past 20 years with stickers and posters. The text accompanying the images dares the observer to “obey,” seeking to prompt passersby to question the world, and especially the institutions, around...

Author: By Anna K. Barnet and Joshua J. Kearney, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Shepard Fairey and the Obedience Paradox | 2/12/2009 | See Source »

...Eugene, Oregon, when he came home to find a draft notice waiting for him. "I went down to the draft board and asked them if this was really serious," he recalls, "or if it was like an invitation." But it was an order, the first of many Mellinger would obey. He started his military career as a clerk in what was then called West Germany, and was looking forward hanging up his uniform after two years of service. "I was dead-set on getting out," he says. "We had a lot of racial problems, drug problems, leadership problems...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: America's Last Draftee: "I'm a Relic" | 2/7/2009 | See Source »

Kung'u and Otieno believe the best way to take down the politicians' armies is to take away the cannon fodder. For them, it's a simple calculus: Get kids to reject a culture in which they must obey the commands of their elders. Then, get kids to start working so that the next time politicians come offering $15 for them to go kill someone from the wrong tribe, they stop and think about how much they have to lose. "We are trying to create that rebel mind, where you think on your own," says Kung'u. "If the young...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Will Kenya's Election Violence Recur? | 12/30/2008 | See Source »

Replicating Milgram: Would People Still Obey Today? Jerry M. Burger, PhD. American Psychological Association...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why We're OK With Hurting Strangers | 12/19/2008 | See Source »

...Felicity could only obey...

Author: By Lesley R. Winters, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: THE STABLE BOY | 12/12/2008 | See Source »

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