Posted on 08/29/2002 8:03:27 PM PDT by aculeus
Johannesburg - African and Asian farmers, and hawkers from across South Africa handed over a "Bulls**t Trophy" (yes, that is the trophy's real name) to Greenpeace, the Third World Network and BioWatch for their contribution to the "preservation of poverty" in developing countries.
The trophy comprises of a piece of wood on which two heaps of dried cow-dung - "unfortunately not elephant dung" - are mounted.
Barun Mitra of the Sustainable Development Network (SDN), a coalition of non-governmental organisations which believes, among other things, that sustainable development is attainable only through free trade, officiated at the symbolic handing-over in Johannesburg on Wednesday.
Mitra denounced the three NGOs as parasites which "prey on the blood of the poor" and did not help to improve agricultural productivity in the Third World.
"They are not interested in famine or poverty. This lot is concerned only about their own interests.
"They sit here at the World Summit for Sustainable Development in their rich man's hotels and romanticise everything," he said.
Where are the "investigative journalists"?? I'd love to see a Mike Wallace snooping through room service bills, etc. Ain't gonna happen, is it?
Wow. No matter how many times these people have tree bark impressions on their foreheads, they keep on marching.
Attack of the watermelons links with the living dead.
Dung-tipped nail in a stick -- very effective.
No it ain't. But let's keep this thread alive by BUMPing.
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