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In reply to the discussion: Breaking News: Monsanto to Be Put to Trial in Hague for Crimes Against Humanity [View all]muriel_volestrangler
(101,316 posts)No, this is nothing whatsoever to do with the ICC. This, because you don't seem to know, is the International Criminal Court. They have nothing at all to do with this show.
The Hague is a city in the Netherlands, and the capital of that country. Being in the same city as the ICC does not associate this with the ICC, any more than it associates it with the Dutch government. But they want to produce the show there for PR purposes, because so many people see 'tribunal' and 'The Hague' in the same sentence and assume it's something official. This is a group of private people, who don't represent any population, who could have just written another article or report on Monsanto and published it, but decided that enough people would fall for the hype of 'Hague tribunal!!!!' that it was worth doing the breathless press releases. They could have done it in one of their home towns, or all stayed at home and used modern communications techniques like email and Skype to keep the ecological footprint of the exercise down, but they've ignored that and gone for the "some people are gullible enough to fall for this, fuck the carbon footprint" option.
Of course, since they're just a collection of private individuals, Monsanto is not going to pay any attention. They won't be represented in the process, and so the 'tribunal' can come up with whatever conclusion they like. I don't have much hope they'll be honest, because of this Hague BS. If honest people wanted to examine Monsanto, they'd get on with it and tell people when they're done, rather than using misleading public relations techniques.