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Topic: Coke vs. Indian Artist
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kuri
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posted 24 August 2005 07:58 AM
Coca-Cola Threatens Top Indian Photographer with Lawsuit
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On July 11, 2005, the law firm of Daniel & Gladys, who represent Coca-Cola's Indian subsidiary, sent a letter to Mr. Haksar threatening him with serious legal actions unless the billboard was replaced 'unconditionally and immediately'. Coca-Cola would seek Indian Rupees 2 million (US$ 45,000) for "incalculable damage to the goodwill and reputation" of Coca-Cola, and also sought an 'unconditional apology in writing'.
Ack! Edited to shrink photo down a bit! [ 24 August 2005: Message edited by: kurichina ]
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Melsky
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posted 24 August 2005 01:07 PM
That is interesting. The billboard is protesting Coke's abuse of India's water.Communities across India living around Coca-Cola's bottling plants are experiencing severe water shortages, directly as a result of Coca-Cola's massive extraction of water from the common groundwater resource. The wells have run dry and the hand water pumps do not work any more. Studies, including one by the Central Ground Water Board in India, have confirmed the significant depletion of the water table. http://www.indiaresource.org/campaigns/coke/index.html Coke has also distributed waste containing highly toxic cadmium and lead to farmers to use as fertilizer. I had no idea about this. It seems like there's so many horrible things going on in the world it's hard to track all of them.
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Rufus Polson
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posted 24 August 2005 03:16 PM
With some of the big corporations, at some point I start asking myself "Now, how many murders is the CEO of (Coca Cola, Nestle, any tobacco company, the list goes on) responsible for?"
I mean sure, you can say that responsibility is diffuse in a corporation, just as you can say that normal criminals had awful upbringings or life situations. But we have here people who claim that they are the ones who lead, who take responsibility, who turn companies around, yadda yadda. They set policy. They accept millions of dollars a year in return for taking responsibility and setting policy.
For my money, that means if the company sets policies that clearly kill people, the CEO is a mass murderer and really ought to be put away for life. And if the legal system refuses to consider them to have committed a crime, what are the implications of that?And in the case of Coca Cola, they clearly are setting policies which are clearly resulting in deaths. In the case of Nestle and third world baby formula, they clearly are setting policies which they refuse to change which are clearly resulting in widespread death. Anyone who has been CEO of Nestle has killed more infants than the biggest serial murderer has killed people. There are plenty of other cases. If the left were as loony and hardline as the right, those people would be getting gunned down like abortion doctors.
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