-Caveat Lector- ------- Forwarded message follows ------- Date sent: Fri, 24 May 2002 12:51:39 -0400 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Declan McCullagh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: FC: Gatt.org pranksters are back: WTO announces it will dissolve Send reply to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Politech archive on the gatt.org pranksters' earlier exploits: http://www.politechbot.com/cgi-bin/politech.cgi?name=gatt -- Date: Thu, 23 May 2002 20:18:37 -0400 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Keith Dawson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: A WTO hoax Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi Declan -- This morning I received a press release apparently from the communications office of the WTO, with the headline: WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION WILL DISBAND, REFOUND UNDER NEW CHARTER. It's posted at [1]. The press release claimed: > As of September, agreements reached under the WTO will be > suspended pending ratification by the new organization, > tentatively referred to as the Trade Regulation Organization > ... Existing agreements ... each will be subject to individual > review for compliance with the TRO's charter, which is based > upon the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Disbanding for humanitarian reasons sounded quite unlike any WTO I had ever heard of. A little examination fingered the press release as a hoax. Further investigation revealed that it is an unusually well put-together hoax. In the past, the culture jamming groups The Yes Men and RTMark have acknowledged responsibility for WTO hacks originating at gatt.org [2] since just before the Seattle meeting of the WTO in November 1999. Don't know for sure who is responsible for the latest one. More details are at [3]. [1] http://tbtf.com/resource/WTO-hoax.txt [2] http://www.gatt.org/ [3] http://tbtf.com/blog/2002-05-19.html#1 _______________________________________________________ Keith Dawson [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://dawson.nu/ Layer of ash separates morning and evening milk. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- --- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if you include this notice. To subscribe to Politech: http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ Declan McCullagh's photographs are at http://www.mccullagh.org/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Like Politech? Make a donation here: http://www.politechbot.com/donate/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- --- ------- End of forwarded message -------From }}}>Begin End<{{{ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Forwarded as information only; no automatic endorsement + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. section 107, this material is distributed without charge or profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving this type of information for non-profit research and educational purposes only. + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + "Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe simply because it has been handed down for many generations. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by many. Do not believe in anything simply because it is written in Holy Scriptures. Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of Teachers, elders or wise men. Believe only after careful observation and analysis, when you find that it agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all. Then accept it and live up to it." The Buddha on Belief, from the Kalama Sutta + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + "Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut." --- Ernest Hemingway <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html";>Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/";>ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
