Spain: See world's first HOLOGRAM protest

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WOW. 

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ImgSpain, my country, very proud of ha tecnology. 

PD: how the f'uck i am supposed to insert agif now?

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It looks cool, but surely it completely defeats the point of a protest? If you really care about something you yourself give up your time to go out and try and change it. Sending out holograms is basically sending nobody out and in my opinion it looks like nobody cares. They could program this to support/object anything 

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It looks cool, but surely it completely defeats the point of a protest? If you really care about something you yourself give up your time to go out and try and change it. Sending out holograms is basically sending nobody out and in my opinion it looks like nobody cares. They could program this to support/object anything 

You should maybe read why they did it.

In an effort to curb the ongoing anti-austerity protests, Spain has introduced the “Leyes Mordaza,” or so-called safety or gag laws, which make it illegal to protest outside government buildings, refuse to reveal identification documents, or insult police officers.

 

Huge fines have been imposed of up to 600,000 euros (just under $650,000) for holding unauthorized protests in the country’s capital, despite the fact that more governmental corruption is being revealed, austerity continues to hit the public, budget cuts affect the medical and scientific spheres, unemployment is extremely high, and people are losing their homes on an almost daily basis.

In what was dubbed an “act of irony,” a virtual protest using three-dimensional projection images was held in the center of the city using hologram techniques.

As reported by the Spanish language Huffington Post, the protesters wanted the ability to speak out, but the Spanish government is trying to suppress this. Escaño, a spokesman for the protesters, said that the virtual protest was “an act of irony” and that they can only speak out without being in the street.

 

Escaño did say that this doesn’t mean they will stop physically protesting. They are trying to get their point across in a different manner and their point is, apparently, getting across as the UN has urged Spain to withdraw the new “gag law,” which officially comes into force on July 1.

 

http://www.inquisitr.com/2000206/virtual-protest-activists-launch-hologram-demo-against-spains-new-anti-protest-laws-video/

 

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You should maybe read why they did it.

In an effort to curb the ongoing anti-austerity protests, Spain has introduced the “Leyes Mordaza,” or so-called safety or gag laws, which make it illegal to protest outside government buildings, refuse to reveal identification documents, or insult police officers.

 

Huge fines have been imposed of up to 600,000 euros (just under $650,000) for holding unauthorized protests in the country’s capital, despite the fact that more governmental corruption is being revealed, austerity continues to hit the public, budget cuts affect the medical and scientific spheres, unemployment is extremely high, and people are losing their homes on an almost daily basis.

In what was dubbed an “act of irony,” a virtual protest using three-dimensional projection images was held in the center of the city using hologram techniques.

As reported by the Spanish language Huffington Post, the protesters wanted the ability to speak out, but the Spanish government is trying to suppress this. Escaño, a spokesman for the protesters, said that the virtual protest was “an act of irony” and that they can only speak out without being in the street.

 

Escaño did say that this doesn’t mean they will stop physically protesting. They are trying to get their point across in a different manner and their point is, apparently, getting across as the UN has urged Spain to withdraw the new “gag law,” which officially comes into force on July 1.

 

http://www.inquisitr.com/2000206/virtual-protest-activists-launch-hologram-demo-against-spains-new-anti-protest-laws-video/

 

​I'd say it worked well, people are definitely paying attention.