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Nonsense posted:i remember the gbs thread about diamonds, and people really hated the idea of people not buying diamonds for their ladies because it meant you were cheap. when people explained why de beers is evil, I still remember a lot of people coming up with the usual. I WILL BUY WHAT I WANT, ITS MY MONEY diamonds are one of those horrible gbs topics alongside feminism, drunk driving, and p much every other topic
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Nonsense posted:i remember the gbs thread about diamonds, and people really hated the idea of people not buying diamonds for their ladies because it meant you were cheap. when people explained why de beers is evil, I still remember a lot of people coming up with the usual. I WILL BUY WHAT I WANT, ITS MY MONEY How is GBS so routinely terrible? List factors, causes, anecdotes thanks in advance
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# ? Jun 22, 2008 21:28 |
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I'm also going to go with Monsanto. Entire communities' agriculturally-tied economies are hosed by Monsanto. And the health and ecological implications of a lot of what they do is not even yet known.
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# ? Jun 22, 2008 21:28 |
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Kauka posted:coca cola, there are coca cola vending machines in african villages that don't have clean water do they at least dispense dasani
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# ? Jun 22, 2008 21:28 |
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sammythemc posted:do they at least dispense dasani dasani is unclean water
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# ? Jun 22, 2008 21:29 |
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america inc
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# ? Jun 22, 2008 21:29 |
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Mylakovich posted:How is GBS so routinely terrible? List factors, causes, anecdotes thanks in advance its demographic makeup is primarily 15 year old dorks, college-age libertarians and 45 year old shut ins
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# ? Jun 22, 2008 21:29 |
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nestles pretty bad too http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nestle#Controversy_Regarding_Nestl.C3.A9 blood chocolate
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# ? Jun 22, 2008 21:29 |
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Xephero posted:it's bayer Alright which one of you posted the comments about colloidal silver own up
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# ? Jun 22, 2008 21:29 |
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nestle is pretty lovely but the bayer thing blew my loving mind e: beaten by seconds
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# ? Jun 22, 2008 21:29 |
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Mylakovich posted:How is GBS so routinely terrible? List factors, causes, anecdotes thanks in advance i would love to do this, but it will require at least an entirely new wikipedia site.
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# ? Jun 22, 2008 21:30 |
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Bechtel, the answer is Bechtel. The fact that the corporation responsible for the Big Dig, the post invasion reconstruction of Iraq, and the Katrina cleanup can still be turning a multi-billion dollar profit every year is a testament to how many Americans don't give a gently caress and don't care to ever give a gently caress.
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# ? Jun 22, 2008 21:31 |
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part of me just cant believe that bayer thing is true, because like... if its true... and people know about it... why hasnt anyone done anything about it if i wanted to do something about it, what should i do
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# ? Jun 22, 2008 21:32 |
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gullibilityindex posted:nestle is pretty lovely but the bayer thing blew my loving mind yeah suddenly after watching that video i dont feel as guilty for not getting vaccinations recently
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# ? Jun 22, 2008 21:32 |
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cams posted:part of me just cant believe that bayer thing is true, because like... if its true... and people know about it... why hasnt anyone done anything about it thats what i thought too, im just thinking "how can they get away with this?"
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# ? Jun 22, 2008 21:33 |
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oh, turns out that bayer thing was like 20-30 years ago. man.
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# ? Jun 22, 2008 21:34 |
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sugary posted:oh, turns out that bayer thing was like 20-30 years ago. man.
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# ? Jun 22, 2008 21:35 |
No, I'm sorry it's Blackwater. They simultaneously employ their workers as contractors and salarymen so they can avoid any responsibility for their actions while retaining complete control over what they do. Blackwater's contracts routinely include clauses such as : 1) If you defy a direct order for any reason you will be abruptly terminated and Blackwater will withhold all back salary and sue your family into oblivion. 2) If you die or are injured on a mission due to the negligence of Blackwater you can't sue them. If you sue them, they will withhold all your back salary and bring legal action against you and your family. 3) You can be terminated for any reason whatsoever and if you sue they for wrongful dismissal they will withhold all your back salary and bring legal action against you and your family. Basically, their contracting system holds you in a state of legal servitude until you quit, and if you have a problem with Blackwater they will sue you until the problem goes away. Who remembers this picture: Right, those are two Blackwater contractors who drove through the middle of Fallujah in a jeep and got murdered. Turns out their superiors at Blackwater ordered them to do the run, even though they objected, and the US Army deemed it "operationally dangerous" and refused to allow soldiers to enter. Blackwater also failed to provide a heavy gunner who was promised to the men to safeguard their trip. As a result, and the fact they couldn't refuse the order without bankrupting themselves and their families, they ended up like that. Naturally, when this came to light, the families of the men were upset because Blackwater failed to adequately safeguard the lives of its men and openly lied to them about the working conditions. They opened legal action against Blackwater for negligence and wrongful death. In reply, Blackwater refused to release their dead husbands back wages (some collected during the run they died doing) and filed suit for breach of contract and a bunch of other legal mumbo-jumbo like the cost of their defense and poo poo. As a result, they pointlessly lost their husbands due to corporate negligence, have not been paid the monies owed them, and are being sued to the tune of millions for holding the company to account for its failures.
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quote:In 1997, Bayer and the other three makers agreed to pay $660 million to settle cases on behalf of more than 6,000 hemophiliacs infected in United States in the early 1980s, paying an estimated $100,000 to each infected hemophiliac.[2][4][8][9] edit: didn't see anything about paying damages to the other countries yet
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# ? Jun 22, 2008 21:35 |
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you could not buy any bayer products that's a start
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# ? Jun 22, 2008 21:36 |
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$660 million. christ. after something like this im just amazed the company still loving exists. it's just totally unacceptable for that to happen.
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# ? Jun 22, 2008 21:37 |
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Hemogoblin! posted:No, I'm sorry it's Blackwater. yo also if you're not into words frontline did this amazing and infuriating piece about them http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/warriors/
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Hemogoblin! posted:No, I'm sorry it's Blackwater. yeah, mercenary companies are mostly scum by definition
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Hemogoblin! posted:No, I'm sorry it's Blackwater. that's pretty loving terrible but it's not as bad as deliberately infecting thousands of people with AIDS for a small profit
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Hemogoblin! posted:No, I'm sorry it's Blackwater. agh gently caress hnngg i'm choking on my own bile
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# ? Jun 22, 2008 21:39 |
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Hemogoblin! posted:No, I'm sorry it's Blackwater.
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# ? Jun 22, 2008 21:40 |
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yeah so not only does everybody hate you because you're a god damned moral-less mercenary working for a disgusting company, you and your family also get hosed on back wages because you're working for said disgusting company
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# ? Jun 22, 2008 21:42 |
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goddamn hemo
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# ? Jun 22, 2008 21:44 |
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seriously if invading aliens ever show up im joining them
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# ? Jun 22, 2008 21:44 |
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cams posted:seriously if invading aliens ever show up im joining them this is ARE PLANET, you race traitor but i would join the invading aliens if they were composed entirely of hot blue lesbian chicks, like in mass effect hell yeah
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# ? Jun 22, 2008 21:44 |
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sugary posted:this is ARE PLANET, you race traitor gently caress yea maximum paragon for alien appeasers
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# ? Jun 22, 2008 21:46 |
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sugary posted:this is ARE PLANET, you race traitor
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# ? Jun 22, 2008 21:46 |
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i'm slow
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# ? Jun 22, 2008 21:47 |
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GyroFry posted:i'm slow drink dasani
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# ? Jun 22, 2008 21:49 |
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threads like this make me want to kill myself
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# ? Jun 22, 2008 21:49 |
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LS! posted:it's funny because now diamond companies are telling people it's the flaws in natural diamonds that make them valuable and yet they still want you to get an internally flawless diamond, or as close to it as you can, because if you don't get your GF the perfect diamond you obviously dont love her Nonsense posted:who are these artificial diamond manufacturers? I will support them with my bleeding heart dollars Apollo Diamonds (http://www.apollodiamond.com/) and Gemesis ([url]http://www.gemesis.com/[/url) right now Apollo diamonds cost as much as the real ones and Gemesis only does colored fancies, and i consider them both pussies because they make micro-inscriptions on their diamonds that state they're made by man
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# ? Jun 22, 2008 21:49 |
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Hemogoblin! posted:No, I'm sorry it's Blackwater. Post this in GBS so we can read about how they should have read the contract more closely and it's their own personal responsibility.
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MRI chalk posted:diamonds are one of those horrible gbs topics alongside feminism, drunk driving, and p much every other topic wait does gbs defend drunk driving or what I know fraternite does but I've never seen a gbs thread about it
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It's kind of hard to care about Blackwater being evil to its own employees when said employees are, you know, Blackwater mercenaries. Reminder that the only reason anyone joins Blackwater is so that they can get paid lots of money for committing war crimes the US government wants plausible deniability for; this is literally the only reason Blackwater exists as a significant entity The Bayer thing is some serious 80s science fiction movie evil poo poo
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