Bring the jobs back home

[boann]

As in many countries, American-branded consumer goods and services such as McDonald's, Pizza Hut, KFC, Coke and Pepsi often become the subject of protests by Muslims at times of unpopular actions by the United States.


The bottler of Coca Cola in southern Thailand yesterday closed its warehouse in Yala, effectively halting the sales of the popular soft drink brand the province where anti-American sentiment has been picking up.

Coca Cola has become the first known victim of local opponents, mainly Thai Muslims, to the US-led war in Iraq and American interests in the country.

Coca Cola has seven plants nationwide in Thailand, providing direct employment to more than 11,000 Thais. It said it had invested 1.6 billion baht over the last five years in the country.

http://www.bangkokpost.net/Business/22Mar2003_biz49.html

[Jules]

Well, if we have the right to boycott French products, then I suppose Muslims have the right to boycott American products.

[Willem]

So what's your point? There won't be any jobs to bring home if no one is buying the products. And that's usually what happens in a boycott afterall.

[Dominikos]

Why the sarcastic face boann?

I'm not at all surprised why American products would be boycotted.

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~Dominik - Lord of the Putumayo~

[Dominikos]

From the history files...

...and after the war in Iraq was over, George Bush attacked Thailand.


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~Dominik - Lord of the Putumayo~

[Dis]

those plants serve overseas. Those jobs aren't feasible for inside the U.S.

If those dumbasses want to sabatage their own countries- let them.

[boann]

the point is AMERICAN MONEY
we are the worlds whore.
everyone loves our money and jobs
but they don't want to take us home to mother

[MRT144]

this is like skilord arguing that the rich are serfs to the poor.

[Dominikos]

I agree, MRT.

This is ridiculous. Working at a McDonald's does not in any way obligate someone to be in any way "loyal" to the United States.

You are somehow associating working for an American company with being loyal to American interests.

I don't think they care whether they serve Big Macs or Royales with Cheese. They have no choice but to work there.

Why the sudden urge to support giant companies. Just because they provide jobs?

Some CEO's earn countless millions while their employees (who work their souls out) are paid meagre wages.

boann, are you sure you're on planet earth?!

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~Dominik - Lord of the Putumayo~

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Originally posted by boann
the point is AMERICAN MONEY
we are the worlds whore.
everyone loves our money and jobs
but they don't want to take us home to mother

Puh-leeeze. Let's remember that a lot of those jobs are there to begin with because American corporations would prefer to give them to cheap foreign labor than to pay our own citizens a living wage. Bring the jobs back home? Sounds good to me; just don't expect much support from corporate America.

[Inverse Icarus]

i got no beef with them protestign our superior american goods, if they wish. They can go back to Bangcock Cola if they wish.

[Az]

Bangcock

I never liked that name.

[Aro]

Argh! This Bangcok Cola tastes horribily! Gimme a bear, please... A german beer.

[The Emperor Fabulous]

Good, I say boycott them...

Invest money over there? How about capitalize and overtake, which is what Coke, McDonalds, etc do.

[Dominikos]

Things that go BUMP in the night.

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~Dominik - Lord of the Putumayo~