Top 10 Gratuitously Provocative Acts

An obscure church in Florida won global attention when it declared its intent to mark the ninth anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks by burning copies of the Koran. It has now backed down, but not before inflaming airwaves the world over. TIME takes a look at groups and people who went to extreme lengths to get their often incendiary, occasionally crazy points across

Stunning Stunts

PETA as the KKK

By Claire SuddathFriday, Sept. 10, 2010
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People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) despises the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show. (Of course they do.) The animal-rights group regularly protests the famous choreographed puppy fest, but in 2009 they took their stunts to the extreme by dressing up as members of the Ku Klux Klan. Why? To protest the American Kennel Club's supposed attempts to create a "master race" of dogs, of course. Activists handed out pamphlets with catchy messages such as "The KKK and the AKC: BFF?" Really, PETA? Using the KKK to protest the AKC? WTF?

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