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Posted on Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 09:38 IST (last updated: Fri, Jun 8, 2012 @ 19:57 IST)
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Speaking at a press conference, a representative of the PHCPFANGU told reporters that the trend of using the word "fake" in a false context in order to exploit the popularity of celebrities and events was nauseating and repulsive. "We cannot tolerate fake usage of the word 'fake' in language any more. We request the Papa Hari World Government to enforce strict legislation banning such usage. Only genuine fakes have the right to this term. Real fakes who've actually worked hard to fake something genuine, rather than fake fakes who exploit the popularity of fakeness in order to gain popularity or mileage."
When asked to clarify what is really fake and what is not, he further explained: "When something is so obviously fake and that fact is paraded by the faker in order to exploit the popularity of the original, then that is a fake fake. When something is genuinely trying hard to appear real but is truly a fake, then it is obviously a genuine fake. We have already received several complaints from the Association of Counterfeiters, Forgers, Identity Thieves, Nigerian Scamsters and Assorted Conmen (ACFITNSAC) protesting vehemently against this kind of exploitation of their trademark word and we fully agree with them. To take away from the sanctity of the term 'fake' is to deny the hard work these legitimate fakers have put into their work in order to appear genuine. Bloggers and webmasters who blatantly and gratuitously use this term for their own purposes deserve the severest condemnation and punishment!"
In the meantime, another group, The Association of Protection of the Purity of Genuineness (APPG) has strongly and vehemently condemned the PHCPFANGU for repeatedly using the word "genuine" and "original" alongside a word like "fake."
"As members of the APPG, we demand an apology and the payment of hefty damages from the PHCPFANGU for their derogatory and demeaning the usage of the words 'genuine', 'legitimate' and 'original' by using it to describe fakes. This has got to stop," said the President of the APPG, who was later unavailable for comment as he had left for an undisclosed secret location.
A Papa Hari World Government Ministry spokesman admitted that this was a priority issue and that they were working with a popular-internet-search-engine-which-shall-not-be-named-and-which-started-in-the-research-lab-of-two-students in order to detect fake fakers and eradicate them from all search results. The popular internet search engine has declined to comment but has assured everybody involved that it will protect freedom of speech and expression and at the same time comply with the censorship laws of the Papa Hari World Government.
In other news, several Free Speech activist bloggers who shall not be named have started an inspirational online campaign named "Fakes Have Rights Too!". In a show of strength and solidarity, they have published an 88x31 icon image created in GIMP and released it in GIF, JPEG, PNG, BMP, TIFF, XPM, XCF, PSD, PNM and TGA file formats for bloggers to copy and paste on their blogs as a mark of protest and give them more publicity in the process. "The publication of an 88x31 icon image is one of the greatest democratic expressions of the Internet," said a blogger to this reporter under the condition of anonymity. When asked whether they were supporting the rights of fake fakes or genuine fakes, he appeared extremely confused and started writing yet another rant on Freedom of Speech and Expression of the Human Species.
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