Who is ecology activist Finisterra, cited today in Dow Chemical Bhopal 'hoax'?

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Request for Question Clarification by pafalafa-ga on 03 Dec 2004 15:09 PST

The sadly hilarious hoax-within-a-hoax certainly has all the earmarks
of The Yes Men:


http://www.theyesmen.org/hijinks/dow/


but interestingly, there's nothing about it on their site.  But you
should read their prior Dow press releases for some background.

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Clarification of Question by larougerie-ga on 03 Dec 2004 18:50 PST

Clarification: on BBC News tonight 12/3/04, Finisterra cited as Yes
Man (another name given which I don't remember).  So Pafalafa-ga's
surmise was correct, and we'll have to watch the Yes Men's site for
more info on the hoax.

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Request for Question Clarification by pafalafa-ga on 03 Dec 2004 19:01 PST

OMG!  I can't believe the BBC fell for that.  What's becoming of the
Empire?  Probono -- are you catching all this?

Perhaps you haven't seen the actual "Hoax" press release, in which
case, here it is:


http://www.cmaq.net/fr/node.php?id=19186

More on the hoax:

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-1386946,00.html

It just occurred to me that "Finisterra" means "end of the earth."