We were engaging in what we called “virtual picketing”: protesting a faraway event in a local space, and reaching the target audience by publishing photos and messages on the Internet and through the media. There was nothing inherently dishonest about this tactic—injustice in one city often inspires public demonstrations in others—except, of course, that our intent was to deceive. We had employed this strategy before, choosing words that were technically true, but designed to leave an impression that was not: that we were actually present outside the event.
