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Exxon's Brute Squad Hacks the Yes Men

Posted by kdawson on from the can't-take-a-joke dept.

tom_evil notes a story up on Infoshop.org about a parody site and the lack of a sense of humor in a large multinational. "One day after the Yes Men made a joke announcement of ExxonMobil's plans to turn billions of climate-change victims into a brand-new fuel called Vivoleum, the Yes Men's upstream internet service provider shut down Vivoleum.com and cut off the Yes Men's email service, in reaction to a complaint whose source they will not identify. 'Since parody is protected under US law, Exxon must think that people seeing the site will think Vivoleum's a real Exxon product, not just a parody,' said Yes Man Mike Bonanno. Exxon's policies do already contribute to 150,000 climate-change related deaths each year,' added Yes Man Andy Bichlbaum. 'So maybe it really is credible. What a resource!'"

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  1. Soylent Green fuel by edwardpickman · · Score: 3, Funny

    Apparently you they are starting a program where you can bring grandma into a recycling plant and exchange her for fuel. It's called Blue Hair to Green Fuel. They are hoping to show their carbon neutral environmental side.

  2. They Have A Right by mdsolar · · Score: 4, Funny

    Remember corporations have human rights too. ExxonMobile has an inherent free speech right to distort debate http://mdsolar.blogspot.com/2007/01/your-opinion-c ould-be-paid-for-by.html and threaten others with law suits to intimidate them.

    It is their right to have no sense of humor, especially if the joke is at their expense. Please be more sympathetic.
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    1. Re:They Have A Right by mdsolar · · Score: 4, Funny

      But the poor things are only trying to do right by their shareholders. Shouldn't their high moral purpose trump mere individual rights?

  3. Re:*sigh* Corproations have too much power by rbanffy · · Score: 4, Funny

    No, but if you make Exxon buy each and every ISP out there you can then use your very effective anti-monopoly legislation...

    No. wait...

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  4. Re:News For Nerds How??!! by PopeRatzo · · Score: 4, Funny

    They tricked someone into fronting the expenses for their stage and audience

    See, that's the funny part.
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