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Ducimus
12-01-10, 04:59 PM
Not a day goes by that you won't hear an ad or message from some well-meaning group called the "Council for (insert good cause here)" or "Concerned Citizens for (whatever) or "The _______ Committee for Responsible ________." They sound like charity groups, and they're always advocating for some kind of common-sense cause, from stopping littering to quitting smoking.

It all seems like the kind of thing only a total dick would complain about. And that's the idea; behind many of them are big-money interests trying to hijack your goodwill for their own, usually greedy, purposes.

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Read more: http://www.cracked.com/article_18879_6-insane-conspiracies-hiding-behind-non-profit-groups.html

Platapus
12-01-10, 06:41 PM
Honest opinion?

Not really worth the click to be honest. :nope:

Ducimus
12-01-10, 07:54 PM
Meh, i thought it was interesting. But then again, this is a humor and satire site we're talking about. Fits my disposition. :O:

Takeda Shingen
12-01-10, 08:32 PM
I thought it was a good read, Ducimus. Truth is the most effective satire.

Sailor Steve
12-01-10, 10:50 PM
I didn't like that one all that much, but it did get me reading a bunch of others.

For an hour.

Your evil plot succeeded.

D'OH!

CCIP
12-01-10, 10:55 PM
Hehe, the joys of Cracked :D

The one that I definitely ran into was the psychiatry one. I was kind of disturbed when Scientologists managed to rent a whole building in town here, right on the other side of the street from city hall, and make it an exhibition about the dangers of psychiatry. :-?

Tchocky
12-02-10, 09:44 AM
Ah, Cracked. Almost as bad as tvtropes :)

*loses his day*