tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post7313528611560148417..comments2024-01-01T16:01:35.711+00:00Comments on Dick Puddlecote: Coke Just Don't Get ItDick Puddlecotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01481866882188932892noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-18380910106704589922010-06-08T21:48:30.338+01:002010-06-08T21:48:30.338+01:00Curmudgeon: Yes, I accept that, but you can bet yo...Curmudgeon: Yes, I accept that, but you can bet your boots that this is in response to anti-environment accusations from the righteous rather than Coke's willingness to join the crowd.<br /><br />Think <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/green-living-blog/2010/jun/04/carbon-footprint-beer" rel="nofollow">carbon footprints</a> etc. ;-)<br /><br />It's not going to work. They are still the Devil personified and always will be. They'd be better daring the authorities to touch them with their financial and popular clout.<br /><br />Or perhaps they will just buckle to the health lobby too and <a href="http://dickpuddlecote.blogspot.com/2010/05/choice-must-be-eliminated.html" rel="nofollow">change their recipe</a>.<br /><br />It's about time these big corps started standing up for themselves and not admitting guilt, really. Doing so just invites more of the same.Dick Puddlecotehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01481866882188932892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-39331567312657051982010-06-08T21:19:04.091+01:002010-06-08T21:19:04.091+01:00The reality of course is that business organisatio...The reality of course is that business organisations are there to make money, not to stand up for free markets.<br /><br />So it will usually suit them to trim to the prevailing political orthodoxy of the time even if privately they think it's bollocks. <br /><br />If any major company stood up and proclaimed a scepticism over AGW, they would be excoriated and lose a lot of business.<br /><br />Sad but true.Curmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02558747878308766840noreply@blogger.com