No, it was not an evil plot...

At the GNU Public Dictatorship we are nothing if not sorry for the riots and other disturbances incited by our careless reporting of what we believed at the time was a Parent Corporation plot to steal our time from us. We are especially apologetic to those who lost friends or relatives in the ensuing chaos, but we would like to remind our supporters that it was their own reaction to their fear of the Parent Corporation that caused this tragedy.

Further research has indicated that the loss of time caused by the earthquake in Chile was not caused by the Parent Corporation at all (we are not suggesting, however, that they are not involved in similar projects and in fact we believe the Parent Corporation incited these riots in order to hide their real plans). It seems that the earthquake was caused by an overly ambitious environmental advocate who was trying to enact Daylight Saving Time on a global scale and much sooner than it is typically used. He apparently believed that the energy savings would justify the loss of life and property. He, obviously, did not live in Chile. He also, obviously, made some mistakes in calculating the magnitude of an earthquake necessary to take an hour from our days.

We have taken action to prevent future eco-terrorist attacks and hope that all of our world citizens will come to us with their ideas and not simply carry them out on a whim.