JanS
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Post by JanS on Feb 4, 2005 17:40:50 GMT 1
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skunk
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Post by skunk on Feb 4, 2005 19:31:35 GMT 1
Ugh. I guess I will refrain from commenting on this one.
Well, maybe one comment: A worldwide boycott of American products, mainly Coca-Cola and McDonalds, as a result of the Bush administration's Middle Eastern wars, is already taking place. I cannot imagine that this will improve matters...
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Lee
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Post by Lee on Feb 5, 2005 3:10:28 GMT 1
My understanding is that Coca Cola sells a licence to a locale distributor to bottle and sell Coca Cola within a particular area. Coca Cola also issues general guidelines on what should be used to advertize their product. This particular picture is of a truck probably painted by a local distributor who locates in an area that has a lot of people (customers) in the military. Whjile this may be a good advertizing idea in a local area, it could cost many cusomers on a gobal scale.
As far as boycotting Coca Cola or McDonalds, all that is being done is hurting the local people that bought the franchise. It has little or no effect on the parent companies.
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BillC
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Post by BillC on Feb 5, 2005 9:19:20 GMT 1
Coca-Cola has a fairly strict graphic standards manual that covers vehicles, among other things. Even the independent bottlers agree to abide by them.
However, Coca-Cola does allow temporary deviations for approved puposes. Unless this picture was taken in Iraq, I wouldn't read much into it. The paint job is probably simply a patriotic statement, much like Union Pacific's specially decorated locomotives.
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Markus
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Post by Markus on Feb 22, 2005 1:41:57 GMT 1
It looks like product placement for me  Make war can be realy expensive. I dont have a good feeling by this picture. |
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stanhas87
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Post by stanhas87 on Feb 22, 2005 3:28:36 GMT 1
Dear Sirs:
Refreshments for the troops in Iraq and Afghnistan?
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Lee
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Post by Lee on Feb 23, 2005 4:14:32 GMT 1
Dear Sirs: Refreshments for the troops in Iraq and Afghnistan? South Korea, Germany, Cuba, Phillipines, Japan, and on and on.  Don't get me started. |
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stanhas87
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Post by stanhas87 on Feb 23, 2005 6:25:45 GMT 1
South Korea, Germany, Cuba, Phillipines, Japan, and on and on. Don't get me started. Dear Lee: And no doubt, in all military bases around the Globe. Got you. Nick K |
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Make war can be realy expensive. I dont have a good feeling by this picture.