On the important French Fry Question

[jf noonan]

On Sun, 21 Jan 2001, kelley wrote:
> At 11:33 AM 1/21/01 -0500, Doug Henwood wrote:
> >John Thornton wrote:
> >
> >>On another note, what the hell are you people doing
> >>patronizing McD's? I suppose you shop at WalMart too?
> >
> >Hmm, so where's it stop? The computer I'm typing on was made a giant 
> >multinational and assembled in Mexico. There's a stereo next to me made by 
> >Sony in China. The coffee I'm drinking came from Kenya, a country filled 
> >with poor and hungry people, and the beans were grown and picked under god 
> >knows what exploitative conditions. You don't really believe that 
> >individual consumption choices can clean an unclean world, do you?
> >
> >Doug
> 
> i don't think the outrage expressed here was anything other than elitism.

Now, now, Kelley, wouldn't you rather shop at:

http://greenmarketplace.com/greenmarket/aboutus/index.html

where as they say:

      
"We carefully screen each product before we carry it to assure
you guilt-free shopping."

Guilt free shopping?!?!

<puke>

 

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Joseph Noonan
Houston, TX
jfn1 at msc.com

"An average scrapple loaf contains the rectums of 4 swine."