Idiot protest or brilliant parody?

I got a strange PR release today that sent me to this. I’ve read it over pretty closely and I still can’t tell whether it’s intended to be parody. If it is parody, it’s quite clever — really nails the self-righteousness arms race underway in the eat-your-own faction of the green movement. If it is […]

I got a strange PR release today that sent me to this. I’ve read it over pretty closely and I still can’t tell whether it’s intended to be parody.

If it is parody, it’s quite clever — really nails the self-righteousness arms race underway in the eat-your-own faction of the green movement.

If it is serious, it may rank as the stupidest environmental protest ever, and that is against some fairly stiff competition.

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