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BadJelly
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posted 06-24-2002 02:03 AM     Profile for BadJelly   Email BadJelly     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
I'm not sure how old this news is, but I just heard about this group called the Yes Men. They are a group of anti-globalisation satirists who impersonate WTO employees at business meetings around the world.

Some of the suggestions they have made to their audiences included: selling votes to the highest bidder, curing world hunger by recyling burgers to the poor, and allowing sweatshop operators to give workers electric shocks with a giant phallic object.

The Yes Men have found that expert audiences accept anything that they believe the WTO endorses. The Yes Men have been surprised that they have not been caught out by the various audiences they have spoken to.

You can check out their hoaxes at http://theyesmen.org/tro/
and visit their website: at http://www.gatt.org/
enjoy!


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Phylis Sophical
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posted 06-27-2002 01:03 AM     Profile for Phylis Sophical   Email Phylis Sophical     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
These guys are hilarious. I've read everything they've done. Very clever stuff. Here's a link to another prank and you can view the intire power point presentation;
YES MEN

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