FW: [awpd] Re: The WTO disbands

michael pugliese debsian at pacbell.net
Thu May 23 14:08:58 PDT 2002



>--- Original Message ---
>From: Jay at Fenello.com
>To: awpd at yahoogroups.com
>Date: 5/23/02 8:07:28 AM
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>Well, it looks like I've been had!
>
>Sorry about that ...
>
>Jay.
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>At 5/23/2002 11:47 AM, Tom Atlee wrote:
>>Dear friends,
>>
>>This just came in. It announces the disbanding of the World
Trade
>>Organization (WTO), which is to reform in a just and democratic
new form.
>>I expect this announcement will spread like wildfire among
progressives,
>>greens, cultural creatives, etc. It is, sadly, a spoof (see
>><http://directory.google.com/top/society/activism/media/culture_jamming/spoof_we
>bsites/?tc=1>). But I think it's one of the most creative and
ingeniously
>>crafted spoofs I've seen!! It looks virtually identical to
the real WTO
>>website (<http://www.wto.org>) and it makes us think and feel
some very
>>positive things.
>>
>>It comes close to what I call "imagineering" (see item 6 on
>>http://www.co-intelligence.org/P-scenario-visioning.html ),
where flights
>>of imagination like this are used to actually create changes
in the real
>>world. I've added a closing statement to the announcement
below to make it
>>a true imagineering piece. You can forward it as such (without
all this
>>introductory stuff) or you can forward this whole message,
as you wish.
>>(Or, better yet, cut and paste it, so that it doesn't accumulate
all those
>> >>>>s and start breaking up the lines.)
>>
>>Let our best dreams become real.
>>
>>Coheartedly,
>>Tom
>>
>>
>> - - - - - - - - - (forwarded message) - - - - - - - - - -
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>>At 5/23/2002 06:39 AM, World Trade Organisation Public Relations
wrote:
>> >[NOTE: On May 21, information regarding the WTO's restructuring
was
>> >released prematurely at a special luncheon of CPA Australia,
Sydney
>> >(http://www.aapmedianet.com.au/scripts/DisplayRelease.dll?id=304601).
>> >The early release of this information, which met with overwhelming
>> >approval, has accelerated this announcement, originally
scheduled for
>> >next Friday.]
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