How long are people going to milk this Colombia episode to tell people not to drink Coca-Cola projects? I attended a few left-wing protests in the early millennium where activists also brought along banners and t-shirts for their own pet causes, and the "Coca-Cola kills Colombian union activists!" already felt done to death. At this point, it is just as tiresome as using the 40-year-old infant-formula episode to advocate avoiding Nestle products, and it will turn off more people than you'll attract to your cause.
1. That was just an extreme example. The common example is squeezing small businesses to strengthen their monopoly.
2. Was the matter resolved to the satisfaction of the union? Were the culprits or the people responsible acknowledged by the company to stand trial? Did the company compensate the families of those killed?
3. How are employment conditions in Coca-Cola today? In Columbia and elsewhere in the world?
If (2) and (3) had satisfactory answers, I promise I'd drop the matter from here on out and stick to (1).
Dunno. Political killings are kind of a big deal to me. Should I buy the argument that Coca-Cola was a different corporation back then, young and impetuous and we should not hold them responsible, because they are a changed person, err, corporation?
