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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.

-- OriginalOwner_ writes:

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: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 03 2016, @02:39PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 03 2016, @02:39PM (#313098)

    Have you noticed the difference between how they handle this in Germany vs how this would have been handled in the US?
    In Germany: Presenter calmly tells the guy "Thank you, thank you, this car doesn't need fixing, it's a perfectly good car" *guy gets led away gently by security folks* Presenter continues: "Ok, let's continue with the show"
    In the US: *BLAM* *BLAM* *BLAM* Get DOWN TERRORIST, DO IT NOW! *BLAM* *BLAM* *BLAM* The guy lays still on the floor, bleeding profusely, is picked up, and then bodyslammed against the floor once more. The conference is terminated right there, everyone is questioned and the news covers a 'Terrorist attempt' against the state!

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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by tangomargarine on Thursday March 03 2016, @03:05PM

    by tangomargarine (667) on Thursday March 03 2016, @03:05PM (#313115)

    Well, he was already on the floor...

    But that cardboard box or whatever he was holding was definitely a bomb.

    --
    "Is that really true?" "I just spent the last hour telling you to think for yourself! Didn't you hear anything I said?"

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 03 2016, @04:05PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 03 2016, @04:05PM (#313151)

    Really? Here's a guy throwing his shoes at a US President: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OM3Z_Kskl_U [youtube.com] Not exactly non-violent activism either.

    • (Score: 3, Insightful) by edIII on Thursday March 03 2016, @08:29PM

      by edIII (791) on Thursday March 03 2016, @08:29PM (#313281)

      Not exactly violent either. From what I recall throwing shoes was a culturally based insult, and not intended to cause harm, but humiliation instead.

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      Technically, lunchtime is at any moment. It's just a wave function.

      • (Score: 2) by pgc on Friday March 04 2016, @08:31AM

        by pgc (1600) on Friday March 04 2016, @08:31AM (#313512)

        That was what they made of it, afterwards.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 04 2016, @10:07AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 04 2016, @10:07AM (#313536)
      That incident happened in Iraq not the USA.

      Try to keep up please.

  • (Score: 1) by einar on Thursday March 03 2016, @07:27PM

    by einar (494) on Thursday March 03 2016, @07:27PM (#313259)

    But, yeah, we are rather peaceful.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 03 2016, @09:12PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 03 2016, @09:12PM (#313300)

    And in Paris terrorists would be gunning down the audience.