Posted by Quagmire aka DinZ on 03/07/06 15:57

"Gunther Gloop" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
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> Quagmire aka DinZ wrote:
>> "Gunther Gloop" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
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>>> Quagmire aka DinZ wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> I also think that when corporations see how everybody knows now what
>>> is done anyway and how and why ...then they'll say "we might as well
>>> carry on -Who's gonna stop us? What can they do about it? So what?
>>> They mightn't like it, but they go along with it because we bring
>>> wealth."
>>
>>
>> Well Mc donalds shit its pants and started to change some things
>> around, walkers crisp has made a go of it and Britvic may have to
>> change its policy. Some change is better than no change at all. I
>> belive that there has to come a point when the morbid masses wake up
>> and realize what damage is caused by corporations and that they as
>> consumers have a choice.
>
> That still won't make them pay thirty quid for a weekly fruit basket or 2
> grand for an average telly or higher prices on anything just on
> "humanitarian grounds".
>
> I saw Syriana and was hit by it and it made me think and I detest what is
> going on... but I still drove home.
>
> The Fair Trade brand does seem to be making some inroads in the right way
> though, granted. I hope that catches on.
> <cynic mode on>
> ...of course when it does begin to affect "the big boys", they too will
> begin their own version... and people will buy those because they'll be
> cheaper & more recogniseable than the "Fair Trade" logo ones, putting the
> other out of business.. bringing us back where we started.
> <cynic mode off>
>
>
>> Going from 1 billion people on this planet to over 6 billion in over a
>> hundred years is gonna fuck loads of things up. Only Ra's al ghul can
>> save us ;-)
>>
>
> I wasn't aware of that big leap. Who said tha'? From when to when?

It was on the planet earth documentary on sunday on the beeb

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