Maybe this is slightly off topic, but did anyone see that episode of Penn & Teller: Bullshit!? where they went after the environmentalist movement and rebutted alot of their myths? (note: This film is slightly old and science in general has moved on bit)
Point being, Those that campaign for groups such as Oxfam and alike on issues such and "corprate ethical responsibility" the majority generally don't have a clue as to the real "facts" behind the issues and just jump on the bandwagon because its "cool" to do so. This video put out by Starbucks is exactly what P&T did, and called bullshit on Oxfam. Now I'm not saying Oxfam, like allot of charities don't do a good job at helping many people in the third world by providing clean drinking water and basic medical assistance and such. but the issues they bring against Starbucks has the strong wiff of anti-capitalism which Oxfam shouldn't be focused on.
The same kind of people (not Oxfam) managed to get coke banned at our university campus (Sussex) by using the exact same moral-bullying tactics and manipulating the Student Unions 'Democratic' voting procedures despite them being in the minority of opinion.
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Maybe this is slightly off topic, but did anyone see that episode of Penn & Teller: Bullshit!? where they went after the environmentalist movement and rebutted alot of their myths? (note: This film is slightly old and science in general has moved on bit)
Point being, Those that campaign for groups such as Oxfam and alike on issues such and "corprate ethical responsibility" the majority generally don't have a clue as to the real "facts" behind the issues and just jump on the bandwagon because its "cool" to do so. This video put out by Starbucks is exactly what P&T did, and called bullshit on Oxfam. Now I'm not saying Oxfam, like allot of charities don't do a good job at helping many people in the third world by providing clean drinking water and basic medical assistance and such. but the issues they bring against Starbucks has the strong wiff of anti-capitalism which Oxfam shouldn't be focused on.
The same kind of people (not Oxfam) managed to get coke banned at our university campus (Sussex) by using the exact same moral-bullying tactics and manipulating the Student Unions 'Democratic' voting procedures despite them being in the minority of opinion.
Just my two cents worth....