Flash mobbers take cue from TV’s FlashForward

Flash mobbers take cue from TV’s FlashForward

Written By: Bryan Farrell

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Copy and paste the following into your page to republish: <h1>Flash mobbers take cue from TV’s FlashForward</h1><p><object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" width="548" height="331" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="src" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/M0oe7k7M4IU&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;" /><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="548" height="331" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/M0oe7k7M4IU&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object><br /> People all across Zurich were dropping like flies on Tuesday as part of a flash-mob protest against the proposed building of nuclear power stations in Switzerland. The action simulated what might happen if a nuclear radioactivity disaster were to occur. Plus it apparently <a href="http://newslite.tv/2010/05/26/flashforward-style-flashmob-sc.html" target="_blank">references the recently cancelled ABC show FlashForward</a>. Hopefully, unlike the show, it met with a stronger audience reaction.</p>