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Activist-Comedian Interrupts VW Exec's Geneva Presentation to Install "Cheat Box"

posted by takyon on Thursday March 03 2016, @08:00AM   Printer-friendly
from the defeat-device dept.

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Common Dreams reports:

In a slick protest and righteous reminder that Volkswagen has yet to leave behind its Dieselgate emissions cheating scandal, British activist and comedian Simon Brodkin sabotaged a VW presentation at the Geneva Motor Show Tuesday. As marketing chief Juergen Stackmann sang the praises of their new electrically powered Up! models, Brodkin ambled [1] onto the stage in VW-branded overalls, wielding a wrench and prop [labeled] "cheat box", and began climbing under the car to "fix it". "It's okay, I have the new cheat box", he calmly explained to the bewildered Stackmann. "No one's going to find out about this one."

[...] As Stackmann tried to haul him out from under the car--"It doesn't need a repair, it's a perfect car"--Brodkin referenced VW's [lying, disgraced] CEO with, "Mr. Müller says it's okay as long as no one finds out."

[1] Content is behind scripts. archive.is clears up that nuisance.

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  • (Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 03 2016, @03:52PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 03 2016, @03:52PM (#313141)

    What was the whole point of this, I found it awkward and even not funny (especially for a British comedian)? It seemed more like a scream for five minutes of fame than a funny protest (against what actually?).

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  • (Score: 2) by tibman on Thursday March 03 2016, @03:59PM

    by tibman (134) Subscriber Badge on Thursday March 03 2016, @03:59PM (#313147)

    You're reaching here. Even if you didn't find it amusing, you should know exactly what he was poking fun at.

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  • (Score: 2) by pgc on Friday March 04 2016, @08:33AM

    by pgc (1600) on Friday March 04 2016, @08:33AM (#313513)

    Wooooosh.

    The sound of the joke as it goes over your head.