   Coca-Cola, now with more DDT
Teh StoryAnother versonTo cut costs, coke has decided to bottle their drinks with contaminated water!  How clever!  I''m glad we don''t have totally free trade, or else I''d have to worry about drinking cheaper India water...What do you think(tm)?   ~~~~~"First off, kneel when you speak to me..." - Programmer One Download and play Slime King I. 
  Thank god I don''t drink Coke because I don''t like soda.But...those corporates are so evil. They get cheap labors in India, now they try make it even more cheaper by using contaminated water!? Gee.. ;  DDT sucks, but that new Vanilla DDT rocks!;  Ohh...are we caring about people in other countries again? I must have missed to memo. ;  I smell ignorance!First of all, the Coca-Cola division that bottles and distributes drinks to India is not the same one that bottles and distributes to other parts of the world. Even different regions of the US have different bottling and distribution chains. Secondly, India (and Asia in general) is not known for extremely strict health codes. Thirdly, management and decisionmaking in various regional divisions of huge companies is almost always done independently of other divisions; in other words, it is fairly likely that a large part of the Coca-Cola company as a whole was totally unaware of the presence of contaminated water. It is not feasible to keep tabs on all things things in a large number of areas of the world, so its not like the CEO of Coca-Cola is sitting in his recliner saying "gee, let''s put pesticides and toxins in our drinks to cut costs!"Fourthly, the sites with this news are easily recognizable as having an anti-corporate angst and the associated attitude towards slander and exaggeration. This may not even have been intentional; finding clean, pure water in that part of the world isn''t an easy task, and Asian culture doesn''t make it any easier to get a straight answer on whether things are clean or not (at least from a Western perspective).So, even though I highly doubt anyone will actually be willing to educate themselves, you now have the materials to do so. Now if you''ll excuse me, I have a drink to finish. ;quote:Original post by alnite  But...those corporates are so evil. They get cheap labors in IndiaCheap labor isn''t evil ... quote:Original post by bishop_pass  The burden for the thread closure falls on you, Reindeer Effect.;  Yeah it''s not like it was intentionally done, ApochiQ is absolutly right health standards in countries that that are low. Anyplace here, the water would have been checked once a week for any contaminates.Besides, what doesn''t kill you makes you stronger.So drink up.  Go to war again, blood is freedom''s stain, But don''t you pray for my soul anymore.;  India still has "the plague".  I think they got better things to focus on than the quality of their soft drinks.;quote:Original post by The Reindeer Effect  quote:Original post by alnite   But...those corporates are so evil. They get cheap labors in IndiaCheap labor isn''t evil ...I am not saying cheap labor is evil, the corporates are evil. ;quote:Fourthly, the sites with this news are easily recognizable as having an anti-corporate angst and the associated attitude towards slander and exaggeration.Why not look for other sources then...ClickyWhile www.guerrillanews.com does tend to exagerate, it is not without its truth.quote:This may not even have been intentional; finding clean, pure water in that part of the world isn't an easy task, and Asian culture doesn't make it any easier to get a straight answer on whether things are clean or not (at least from a Western perspective).Coke is not without its sources of clean water.  If coke cannot find a good source of water anywhere in India, then it should ship them from outside India.  The company has a responsiblity to the people that drink their product that it isn't harmful to the drinker.Anyways, if you want us to hear the truth, why not try to find the original 300 page governmental report for us, so we can get 'unfiltered' news?quote:Original post by Stonicus   India still has "the plague".  I think they got better things to focus on than the quality of their soft drinks.So does the US.  It is a serous concern for people who live in rural areas.  It is mostly being spread by groundhogs, but it hasn't escaped to a heavly populated area.If we wait long enough, sooner or later we'll have a large outbreak.[edited by - dede on February 2, 2004 6:13:09 PM] [edited by - dede on February 2, 2004 7:38:09 PM]