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Re: McDonald's, LEGO and Ethics
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Thu, 9 Sep 1999 21:20:38 GMT
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> > Eric Kingsley wrote:
> > > I would hope that LEGO would not
> > > cross market with the companies you have above like 'Dow' or 'Monsanto' but
> > > they have in the past with Exxon and Shell (two of my least favorite
> > > companies see Alaska and South Africa respectively) so who knows? (I doubt the
> > > chemical plant would sell very well anyway unless of course it could explode
> > > and spread toxic goo all over Town Jr.).
I don't think they ever would. This basically was the result of being
frustrated over a conservation with a coworker about how she thinks corporations
can do no wrong and they serve us, a recent re-reviewing of "Roger&Me", and the
abuse of styrofoam in the
cafeteria at work.
I also have been reading a lot lately about marketing. McGraw-Hill and some
other textbook manufacturers have changed the wording in their math texts from
'burger and fries' to 'a whopper and a coke.' in the word problems. Also, McD's
has been supplying nutritional info to the schools since at least I was a kid.
Pepsi will give a school uniforms for their sports teams if they can put their
logo on it. If kids are taught in school that these things are good what will
they think in their future?
Gotta go - more later
-Chris
Christopher Tracey
Earth Surface Processes Team
US Geological Survey
Reston, VA
ctracey@usgs.gov
> Sproaticus wrote:
> > I'd buy the chem plant. The parts would be tres cool.
PS: Actually, if it had girders, so would I. :)
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| (...) At the school my kids go to there is Coca-Cola everywhere! Coca-Colas is advertised through out the school, including the football field. Plus, it is sold all over the school. They used to sell Pepsi and Coke, until Coca-Cola started this (...) (25 years ago, 12-Sep-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Yeah! THat would rock. I used to drive St. Louis to Chicago avery couple weeks and a bit south of Chicago there is a massive Mobil refinery that I always looked forward to seeing. Day or night, that thing is beautiful. I would love to see LEGO (...) (25 years ago, 9-Sep-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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