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Anti-War Billboard Unveiled Over Times Square

After a legal battle ends in compromise, an anti-war billboard was finally unveiled in Times Square Monday.

Next to a 105-foot dove painted with the stars and stripes, the ad on the Conde Nast building says: “Democracy Is Best Taught By Example, Not War.” The anti-war group had originally wanted to use the image of a bomb, but it was forced to change to a dove after the billboard owner clear channel refused to put up the ad.

New Yorkers seemed to be happy about the change.

“I didn’t think the bomb was appropriate; the dove is fine,” one city resident said. “Everyone has a right to say what they say. They paid for it, so they have a right. It’s not obscene or anything like that, so you have a right to say it.”

“I think a dove stands for peace, and that’s what the U.S. is about, and it’s a great anthem to use,” another passer-by said.

The billboard will stay in place through the Republican Convention, until October. A separate ticker displaying the cost of the war in Iraq will hang on the W Hotel until December.

After a legal battle ends in compromise, an anti-war billboard was finally unveiled in Times Square Monday.

Next to a 105-foot dove painted with the stars and stripes, the ad on the Conde Nast building says: “Democracy Is Best Taught By Example, Not War.” The anti-war group had originally wanted to use the image of a bomb, but it was forced to change to a dove after the billboard owner clear channel refused to put up the ad.

[ Overall this might be a better billboard anyway. That ticker is new to me though... interesting tack. -k]