Brightly coloured posters and cheery animations highlight a huge international arms honest in London. But these campaigns are not all that they seem at first glance“Horrific killer drones! Ankle-shattering leg irons! Cluster bombs! And electric stun batons that cause excruciating pain but leave no trace!” The cheery voice and cartoon imagery leave no doubt that this advert for the world’s biggest arms honest is a sharp spoof, produced for Amnesty International to highlight the British government’s willingness to flog weapons to repressive regimes via the Defence and Security Equipment Internationals jamboree at the ExCeL Centre in London’s Docklands.
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Source: theguardian.com