Law Students

T and I were at a stoplight last night, behind a car with a bumper sticker that read "StopHD.org". There was some small print underneath that was illegible to both of us, and I pointed out that the bumper sticker was rather ineffective, given that I had no idea what HD was and why I should want to stop it. I opined that most folks, even if curious, would later forget the message and not take the time to visit the website.

Then began the speculation about what HD might be. T guessed High-Def. I laughed at the absurdity of it, then reconsidered. After all, analog broadcasting is about to be a thing of the past, right? Surely there are thousands of people with only analog TVs; perhaps there was a movement to stop the process of making them obsolete, thereby creating more "e-waste," etc...

Turns out HD is Huntington's Disease, of which I am not trying to make light with this post. But I'm a nurse and didn't know the disease was known as "HD," so I'm guessing lots of other people don't, either. And when I visited the website, it was clear the purpose of the movement was to stomp out HD, but it still took some digging to figure out just what HD is - I don't see an explanation anywhere on the home page. A little web re-design, and perhaps a bumper sticker overhaul, might go a long way toward helping the cause.

Meanwhile, how do we stop High-Def?

Full post as published by Just Playin on January 10, 2008 (boomark / email).