>Excerpt from a speech by WTO boss Mike Moore
><http://www.wto.org/english/news_e/spmm_e/spmm67_e.htm>:
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>It would strengthen the hand of those who seek change if NGOs
>distance themselves from masked stone-throwers who claim to want more
>transparency, anti-globalization dot.com-types who trot out slogans
>that are trite, shallow and superficial. This will not do as a
>substitute for civilized discourse.
So, the head of the WTO believes that the black bloc wants "more transparency" and that there is a large number of "anti-globalization dot.com-types" who regularly trot out subpar slogans. Hmmm, maybe the recent protests in Sweden and the impending Genoa debacle have him rattled.
Peter