[tomjen3]

They were the same people who went on BBC, posing as spokes people for Union Carbide and promising that they would finally pay a decent amount of money to the people who where hurt by the Bopahl disaster.

It might seem like a nice stunt, but it hurt a lot of people who where hoping that they would finally be given some help and Union Carbide didn't really care.

[jbronn]

The stunt also created publicity and attracted press to an issue that otherwise wouldn't have existed. Would you prefer the Bhopal victims suffer in silence?

[tomjen3]

Since it didn't help them, and they suffered more because of it, yes I would.

[archangel_one]

They talked to some of the Bhopal victims in the Yes Men movie and they seemed to be happy about it, even knowing it was a spoof, because there was at least a little hope that it would draw some attention to their plight.

Obviously there might be a selection bias in the people they interviewed or the interviews they put into the final film.