Caveat emptor...

BC's wannabe consumer 'informer,' Adbusters has won the right to sue the CBC and CanWest after the two media powerhouses denied the fake anarchist magazine access to the airwaves with anti-consumerist commercials.

Adbusters sums up perfectly how I feel about anarchists. They stand up for what they believe in and will never back down, but they ultimately lead lives of hypocrisy. Adbusters is completely dependent on the system they want to break down.

Back in school, I met a guy who worked for the BC Mag while he was teaching a class on some random Sunday. At first, he believed in the Adbusters messages which is why he really wanted to work there. He also said it was a fun time because their was lots of beer.

Although he saw some of the magazine's bullshit early, he didn't think anything of it until they had to do a photoshoot with a pair of Nike's.

It wasn't the photoshoot that changed his mind about the publication. It wasn't because Nike is one of Adbusters' most powerful nemesis (wearing Nike is the equivalent of holocaust profiteering to Adbusters) or that he was the poor, idealist sap that had to go out shopping for Michael Jordan's favourite kicks himself.

What did this kid in was that he had to bike around Vancouver looking for a specific pair of $160 Nike's in the publishers size. Turns out the publisher of Adbusters has nothing in common with the message of the magazine and really likes sweat-shop sneaks.

Anyone who thinks Adbusters is about anything more than making a profit at the end of the day is buying the hype. Or rather, the anti-hype, counter-hype or any other antonym-hype that piece of shit publication can think of to make you feel bad about yourself and conform to the non-conformists.