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Call to Arms agenst DSEi

 
 
iKsolano100
23:12 / 07.09.07
hello my lovies, once again i call to arms every peace loving person here in London.
i'm going to pre-apologize about copying and pasting something onto here, but i feel this subject and event is so important and i feel passionately about this, so here goes guys.

The Space Hijackers Arms Dealing at DSEi Arms Fair

Press Release

Every two years DSEi (Defence Systems & Equipment International), the
worlds largest Arms fair, happens at the ExCeL centre in east London.
Selling everything from up close torture weapons to long distance
civilian maiming bombs, the fair offers a wide range of choice to the
20,000 delegates traveling to the fair from an assortment of corrupt
regimes and often from countries at war with each other!

Previously the Space Hijackers have attempted to disrupt the fair,
disguising themselves as arms dealers, boarding trains to the fair
with the dealers and then attempting to sell them prosthetic limbs
(arms!) and later sex toys (we figured they were a bit too obsessed
with phallic objects and were perhaps compensating for a lack of
weapons capabilities elsewhere).

On all previous occasions we have been escorted out of the area by the
£4million worth of police who are called in to protect the delicate
souls selling the weapons in the fair. This year we have decided to
learn from the arms dealers themselves and take a leaf out of their
book.

After several months of fundraising and receiving investment from
Artists Anonymous, The Space Hijackers are now proud owners of a
Saracen Mk1 tank, which we intend to drive to the arms fair, right
into the mix of protesters and police. As the protesters line up
against the heavily armed police, we intend to roll up and auction our
tank to the highest bidder. If this so happens to be an angry teenager
in a balaclava, then so be it. We don't see how destruction caused
with our tank can possibly be our responsibility.

Several people have got in touch with us claiming that this kind of
behavior is slightly reckless "what if someone drives over a police
car in your tank?" Our response is simple: we are simply looking to
make a profit, it's just business transaction. As with the arms
dealers and their weapons, once the goods are out of our hands, how
can we be held accountable for how they are used?

So ladies and gentlemen, roll up to the arms fair this September 11th
and join in the bidding. We will have a promotions team on hand to
make the event memorable, dancing girls and boys, music and of course
a 10 tonne armored vehicle ready to be driven away!

For more information please visit:

http://www.spacehijackers.org
http://www.dsei.org
 
 
trouble at bill
14:29 / 13.09.07
wow. I fear my arms-fair protesting days are behind me now but would be very interested in learning how went the day...
 
  
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