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jducoeur ([personal profile] jducoeur) wrote2007-01-18 09:35 pm
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Rent-a-Protester

Thanks to [livejournal.com profile] dmnsqrl for this link to an article in Der Spiegel. Short version: a website in Germany has made the jump to the logical next step after astroturfing -- they will rent demonstrators for you, at reasonable rates.

Every time I think "okay, that's just too ridiculous to be real", the world proves me wrong...

Disturbing the peace

[identity profile] metageek.livejournal.com 2007-01-19 01:54 pm (UTC)(link)
Protester gets picked up for disturbing the peace $50/hr

Plus legal fees...and medical bills.