We were cool. We had buttons with smiles and buttons boasting the faces of political candidates. And then there were the buttons announcing to the world that the wearer had made a donation at a blood drive. Even before the term was coined, buttons served to announce the wearer's political correctness. That's the way it is in Israel today - only with bumper stickers.
Every sticker has a message.
Some are profound, others poetic. Some are simple and come straight to the point. Some turn a phrase, while others are down right insulting. Bumper stickers are dispensed by teens, often wearing t-shirts carrying the same message as the bumper sticker, at street corners and busy intersections. It's a dangerous occupation, and not just because the stickers are usually political in nature.