Post by: oldspice on March 10, 2006, 06:57:05 am
Well, they sell powdered baby milk to countries where the water is too foul to make powdered baby milk safe to drink, they are unethical traders, practically slave traders and they have ruined the nation's favourite chocolate bars.
What's the point of all that third world misery if we can't even enjoy a decent bar of chocolate? (That was a flippant and cynical remark by the way).
Post by: Cherry_Ripe on March 10, 2006, 08:01:20 am
In the Philippines, Nestle hire graduate nurses as 'health educators' to visit mothers in their own homes and try to convince them to use their products.
Also Nestle market tea to be fed to babies from 2 weeks old, despite WHO recommendations that complimentary foods should not be introduced until 6 months old.
Post by: lemoneye on March 10, 2006, 11:05:20 am
Post by: Cherry_Ripe on March 10, 2006, 11:11:28 am
Post by: smurfboy on March 10, 2006, 01:15:07 pm
If you look hard enough i think it is possible to find "unethical behaviour" in every company's marketing manual...
I'm sure it is, it's just that some are more guilty than others.
Post by: oldspice on March 10, 2006, 02:19:24 pm
Post by: smurfboy on March 10, 2006, 02:59:47 pm
I don't think I'll live that long!
Post by: oldspice on March 10, 2006, 03:05:23 pm
Well I like Ken and think he's done a great deal of good for London but other members don't agree. It's just that I hate Nestle as much as they hate Ken and I'm trying to make a point - they can't see anything good in Ken and I can't see anything good in Nestle.
Post by: Cherry_Ripe on March 10, 2006, 03:34:42 pm
Quite.
Post by: lemoneye on March 10, 2006, 03:51:31 pm
I think it is probably more sensible and appropriate to treat each thread individually. I know Oldspice hates Nestle. I don't care that Oldspice hates Nestle. It has nothing to do with my view on Livingstone.
My comment was part of the conversation, that is all. Not some sort of misguided political jibe - as it seems to have been taken...
Very strange.
Post by: oldspice on March 10, 2006, 04:15:33 pm
No, I have not taken anything as a jibe. I did not even RESPOND to your thread about Ken. I am just making the point, I don't
You responded to my post, quite rightly saying that if you look close enough you can see unethical practices in many companies. They seems to be a mild endorsement of Nestle. I am saying - look for the good in Ken, if you look hard enough it is there.
Post by: on March 10, 2006, 04:26:23 pm
Wasn't he too just misunderstood like Ken?
He could help himself by apologising when he is quite clearly wrong though (Ken, I mean).