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February 21, 2005
The Yes Men on DVD, 2/20/05
These two guys got the idea of creating a fake website for the World Trade Organization using the organization's predecessor, the GATT. Other organizations, not paying attention to the info on these faked sites, sent invitations to these men to speak as representatives of the WTO. This is the documentary they made about a couple of those invites. It got them some headlines but it doesn't seem like people are paying very close attention to what they two are doing. In a presentation in Finland, they advocate slavery and wear strange golden lame costumes with some very phallic monitors to watch over their workers.
I'm glad that these two were able to do this, but it worries me that so many people didn't understand this as politically pointed humor. Is capitalism really this indestructible? Are people at conferences gullible, tired, or just not paying attention? I'm not sure and this really worries me, but I'll laugh at it everytime.
Either way, these two were cute. I'd do 'em.
Posted by deaconmf at February 21, 2005 12:40 PM
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