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these cranes really are fliers
6:51PM ON
08/14/2008
BY
Beth Comery
World peace and a healthy investment portfolio are not mutually exclusive, per se. The Providence Journal reports that 6000 origami cranes will be distributed at this Saturday’s WaterFire. These cranes have been folded over the last few months by volunteers from the Institute for the Study & Practice of Nonviolence and employees of Fidelity Investments. And guess what color the cranes are — Fidelity Investments color! One can easily see that the paper used is some sort of Fidelity promotional material, the logo and ‘Fidelity.com’ are clearly visible. Read more about Fidelity’s peace initiatives in Sudan. (This female employee is presumed to be utterly blameless in this cynical exercise.)
August 16th, 2008 at 9:20AM
WaterFire tonight | Providence Daily Dose Says:
[...] website for updates. So go get your fried dough fix. And when you realize that the paper peace crane you have been handed is a cynical appropriation of this symbol by a corporation with huge image [...]