Tit for tat

Aug. 2, 2008
I have a neat idea: why don't we flood Beijing with fake tickets to the Olympics? Give them a taste of counterfeiting, eh? Maybe a blast of overbooking of seats will show the government our displeasure at them not doing a whole bunch to stop phoney drugs from being made and distributed to the world. My idea is a prank, but a seriously ill person taking a placebo or, worse yet, a toxic chemical isn't very funny. It is difficult to put any pressure on a country from whom we are borrowing billions a day, I would guess. What would we threaten: that we will repay it faster? Maybe it's time for a "food tester," such as royalty used in the Middle Ages. We ask the vendors to take the drug, eat the dog food, or brush with the toothpaste before we buy it. We could always employ "Dog, the Bounty Hunter" to go after the counterfeiters, but he might not easily move about in China. Or, we could remember, if a deal sounds too good to be real...it isn't (real, that is...duh).
I have a neat idea: why don't we flood Beijing with fake tickets to the Olympics? Give them a taste of counterfeiting, eh? Maybe a blast of overbooking of seats will show the government our displeasure at them not doing a whole bunch to stop phoney drugs from being made and distributed to the world. My idea is a prank, but a seriously ill person taking a placebo or, worse yet, a toxic chemical isn't very funny. It is difficult to put any pressure on a country from whom we are borrowing billions a day, I would guess. What would we threaten: that we will repay it faster? Maybe it's time for a "food tester," such as royalty used in the Middle Ages. We ask the vendors to take the drug, eat the dog food, or brush with the toothpaste before we buy it. We could always employ "Dog, the Bounty Hunter" to go after the counterfeiters, but he might not easily move about in China. Or, we could remember, if a deal sounds too good to be real...it isn't (real, that is...duh).
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