Mark Thomas on Coca-Cola

[Staurm]

I haven't watched this yet as I'm busy catching up on the latest installment of Heroes, but anyway Mark Thomas is like the UK's equivalent of Michael Moore. He has done some pretty cool stuff over the past 15 years, probably his most impressive work of uncovering the truth about politics was the episode where he tricked General Wijojo of the Indonesian Government into admitting that they used torture against their own people, by posing as a bogus PR company at the weapons fair. He is not one for passing round bullshit conspiracy theories so I hope this thread doesn't get moved. This is his latest show, I just thought I'd share this with you guys.

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Staurm Reviewed by Staurm on 11-23-2007. Mark Thomas on Coca-Cola I haven't watched this yet as I'm busy catching up on the latest installment of Heroes, but anyway Mark Thomas is like the UK's equivalent of Michael Moore. He has done some pretty cool stuff over the past 15 years, probably his most impressive work of uncovering the truth about politics was the episode where he tricked General Wijojo of the Indonesian Government into admitting that they used torture against their own people, by posing as a bogus PR company at the weapons fair. He is not one Rating: 5

[Staurm]

37 people viewed this thread, but no-one commented. Did anyone watch it then? I have to say I'll not be buying a single fucking thing from those cocks ever again. I'm going to piss on the next coke machine I see, and write NAZI CAPITALIST SCUM on every single can of coke I see. How can the world be this fucked up! I'm seriously angry about this.

[Mohksha]

Nazi and capitalism don't go together.

So what if in the past they dealt with the nazis? it happened in the past. that was so long ago that the current people that work there had nothing to do with it. Also, "it" wasn't known to be problematic in the 19th century. Everyone did "it." Hell, whether it is problematic is still debatable today. We aren't supposed to talk about things other than weed though, so I can't really talk about it.

[Staurm]

OK watch the program and then tell me that nazi and capitalism don't go together. A modern day capitalist organisation the size of coca-cola sponsored the Nazis in Germany before WW2. Yes that was in past, but that's not the worst things Coca-cola has done, they are doing that now, and not only that but what they are doing is pretty fucking horrendous by even Nestle's standards, not as bad as Lockheed & Martin though.

[yokinazu]

I AM A COKE HEAD. i will never quit buying coke. there is nothing in the world like an ice cold coke. that and cigarettes are my2 weaknesses. oh wait i forgot i have to have my coffee too.

if this guy is the european michael moore. well then is he as big of a joke as moore?

also the origanal nazi party was not a bad thing. they were a workers party meant to impower the people. its what the nazi party morphed into that created the stigma they now have. before ww2 they were what germany needed. but instaed of being known for revitalizing the country they are known for the holocost. if you are ever given the chance read "the rise and fall of the third reich". it is a long and boring book and reads like reading documents but is hugely informative of the good things that the nazi party accomplished.it also outlines the bad. it is unbaised and is historicaly factual.

dont get me wrong i despise what the nazi party stands for today and it is way off of the origanal concept.

[Staurm]

If the Nazi's weren't so bad then why do Coca-Cola not want anything from that era included in their museum? Probably for the same reasons they don't want people to know they exploit child labour in third world countries, extract water from areas of Indian that suffer from droughts, pollute rivers to the extent that all the fish die and have trade union workers killed by the score in Columbia by the Black Eagles. Watch the show. There's fuck all difference between coke and pepsi, it's all in your corrupted mind, corrupted by advertising I mean.... I'm an Irn Bru man myself, it's made from girders!

[snowblind]

volkswagen was invented by hitler. it means the peoples machine. i get what your saying but sometimes you have to let thinjgs go.

[j4k3z]

I haven't watched it yet I will later tonight but I think I know what to expect already. My question is, are there any drinks I can buy at the store that are definitely safe? All this bottled water b/s I hear doesn't really come from 'the springs' but just city water put into a bottle, but are there actually companies with products in the store that are 100% non-corrupted? Someone should make a website listing all of the stuff that 'the people' sell..

[Staurm]

volkswagen was invented by hitler. it means the peoples machine. i get what your saying but sometimes you have to let thinjgs go.

OK forget the nazi thing, and focus on what they are doing today, should I let that go?

I haven't watched it yet I will later tonight but I think I know what to expect already. My question is, are there any drinks I can buy at the store that are definitely safe? All this bottled water b/s I hear doesn't really come from 'the springs' but just city water put into a bottle, but are there actually companies with products in the store that are 100% non-corrupted? Someone should make a website listing all of the stuff that 'the people' sell..

You mean like this?

Ethical Consumer: information for the green and ethical shopper

From their boycott list:

"Coca-Cola
for its repression of trade union activity in Colombia and its depletion of groundwater resources in India.
Contact: Colombia Solidarity Campaign, UK arm of campaign on 07743 743041 or email.
Websites: Colombia's Food and Drink Workers' Union SinalTrainal, who called the boycott on 22nd July 2003, Killer Coke, and Coke Watch
In India, Coca Cola has caused severe water shortages, polluted groundwater and soil around its bottling plant, distributed its toxic waste as "fertiliser" to local farmers and sold drinks with extremely high levels of pesticides.
Website: India Resource Centre"

[snowblind]

yeha man i agree with you on the other fronts. the way they treat their workers. the use of caffine for minors. stealing and polluting water. there all dispicable things. i checked there website they quote at the end and it complete bolloxs. i dont drink fizzy drinks personally anymore.