Wristband hypocrisy

[hornet]

Don't want to undermine the general sentiment of the Make Poverty History campaign, but....

http://news.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/05/29/nwrist29.xml

[Twincam16]

Just about sums up the superficiality of those wristbands TBH. 'Worthy' campaigns always attract people who try to be seen as 'trendy' through wristbands etc - just shows how marketable the image is

[bga]

It is crappy but the manufacuring setup is common practice. Often the supplier will say that the stuff is produced in acceptable conditions, have an audit sprung on them & it all gets out.

[simpo two]

Simple exploitation of the naive, as usual.

[petros]

One of the main reasons that poor countries have poverty is that the rich countries who've lent them money are charging exorbitant interest on loans where the original loan has been paid off ages ago. Hopefully the upcoming G8 ( I think ) conference will recognise this and do something about it.

[simpo two]

petros said:

One of the main reasons that poor countries have poverty is that the rich countries who've lent them money are charging exorbitant interest on loans where the original loan has been paid off ages ago. Hopefully the upcoming G8 ( I think ) conference will recognise this and do something about it.

As as you don't mind paying for it? Gordon Brown can't afford his promises to the UK, yet is running amok with his chequebook in Africa as well. How many other continents can we underwrite?
Countries are rich or poor for very good reasons. Simply sending money from one to the other is not an answer.

[wolf1]

Most of the wristbands are now fakes made for profit and no donations are made to any charity. Chavvy fashion accessories if you ask me.

[Muncher]

wolf1 said:

Most of the wristbands are now fakes made for profit and no donations are made to any charity. Chavvy fashion accessories if you ask me.

I'ndeed my sister has about 5 like that, no clue whatsoever

[MikeyT]

My son has so many he can hardly raise his arms any more ...

Blue, yellow, black & white, red. But wear a watch? No chance ...

No room for it.

[YarisSi]

Dear god why whe I say this does everyone think I'm a tosser.

edited to say: Don't even say it.

added also: Couldn't they make them from something biodegradable. They could hook up with fair trade to get some tribe somewhere to make it out of monkey arse hair so at least I won't have to see the things in 10 years still lying on the streets.

>> Edited by YarisSi on Tuesday 31st May 07:55

>> Edited by YarisSi on Tuesday 31st May 07:58

[MilnerR]

The kid who got beaten up and his antibullying band pinched by some (you guessed it) bullies at school made me smile, it pretty much sums up the whole sorry fad of wrist bands!
Our local swimming pool used to have different coloured wrist bands, just like this, to tell you when your time was up..... if only i'd seen the potential all those years ago

[JagLover]

All this celebrity posturing will always remind me of Team America now.

Just because someone is good (or not as the case may be) at singing or acting does not mean they have any useful insight about how to make the world a better place