Multinacional Coca Cola is at it again. They just don't know when to stop tricking people into drinking their crap (scientifically proven). This time they've built a factory in...Afghanistan, a country that faces poverty, drought and starvation, all thanks to Bush and Blair.
2006-09-11 04:55:44 · 14 answers · asked by Hacker 3 in Social Science ➔ Economics
So that's what the war is all about.....if you haven't got oil you get Coca Cola as a punishment.........all of the dead, just a small price to pay for profit........Afghanistan has to pay back the cost of all of those bombs and bullets we used to get nowhere.
2006-09-11 05:04:51 · answer #1 · answered by Robert B 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
How is that hypocrisy? They are a for profit company and they are starting a factory in a war torn country that needs jobs and where labor is available cheap.Coca Cola should be commended for trying to give jobs to these people. Are their products only for use in Afghanistan or will they be shipped to other countries also? And how is it Bush' and Blair's fault? Afghanistan was a third world country that had poverty and starvation long before they came along. As for drought, how can you blame 2 world leaders for the weather? If anything Afghanistan is better off now because the eyes of the world is opened to their plight, When the Taliban was in control there were the same problems, but it was a closed country where few reporters were allowed in so not that many people knew. In a country like that you can be imprisoned or shot for saying that there are problems and that the government is bad. Now these people at least have freedom.
2006-09-11 12:10:26 · answer #2 · answered by brendagho 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Which part do you find hypocritical?
Is it because Coca Cola is implanting itself in a country where, without the US invasion, they would most likely not be allowed, that is taking advantage of the invasion, building a plant on the blood of the people who died and are dying there?
That's not new. I wouldn't call it hypocritical, but doing business.
Look at Haliburton and Bechtel in Iraq: Military operation, shed blood, giant corporations get contracts.
Let's see what happens in Lebanon, who will get the contracts to clean up the cluster bombs, rebuild the bombed bridges, power plants...
This is not hypocrisy, this is policy.
And it's not new either...
Heard of Commodore Perry's gunships that opened up Japan to American business?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Perry_%28naval_officer%29
2006-09-11 22:37:35 · answer #3 · answered by ekonomix 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hypocrisy you say, what exactly is hypocritical about it, is it the jobs it will create, or perhaps the revenue the Afghan government will receive to rebuild their country. You obviously don't have much respect for the Afghan people if you think they will be "tricked" into buying Coco Cola. the biggest hypocrites are the trendy lefties like you who continuously spout your anti American garbage. G.T.F.
2006-09-11 12:21:16 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
it's not hypocrisy, as that would imply that they don't practice what they preach. On the contrary- they say that they're a business and that they want to grow selling fizzy sugar water. So- hate them for what they are, but I wouldn't call it hypocrisy.
2006-09-11 12:03:03 · answer #5 · answered by Morey000 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
So a factory that will bring jobs to a poverty-stricken country is bad how?
2006-09-11 12:02:30 · answer #6 · answered by Blueski2050 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Gosh this one has really annoyes you!! I dont drink fizzy pop anyway, it's not good for ya teeth least of all your digestive system. Personally I think it should be banned, it's not good for kids anyways as it's so full of sugar and colourings leading to hyperactivity
2006-09-11 11:59:33 · answer #7 · answered by Scatty 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Maybe their drink is crap, but they bring a lot of jobs into a country. Not everything multinationals they do is only black, there are several tones of gray.
2006-09-11 12:04:16 · answer #8 · answered by Roberto 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
You're absolutely right we should have got in first with a Schweppes factory.
2006-09-11 18:32:28 · answer #9 · answered by Mars 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As if they aren't poisoning enough people as it is.......
Most pops sell everywhere in the world--or so I thought... but maybe its mostly in the larger countries or the ones with many tourists.
YOU'RE RIGHT, IT SHOULD BE BANNED!
2006-09-11 12:06:34 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋