Comments on: Good little consumers http://www.p2pnet.net/story/5540 p2pnet.net - reader powered Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:11:09 -0300 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/5540/comment-page-1#comment-16792 Reader's Write Thu, 14 Jul 2005 07:08:56 +0000 #comment-16792 As someone who has recently left the halls of "standardized education" i can tell you that regardless of intention, the public school system has marked negative effect on creativity and independence. I entered school with artistic aspirations and despite my best efforts had it quashed from me. Luckily, unlike many of my peers, I still have the capacity for independent thought. As someone who has recently left the halls of “standardized education” i can tell you that regardless of intention, the public school system has marked negative effect on creativity and independence.

I entered school with artistic aspirations and despite my best efforts had it quashed from me. Luckily, unlike many of my peers, I still have the capacity for independent thought.

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/5540/comment-page-1#comment-16743 Reader's Write Wed, 13 Jul 2005 08:50:13 +0000 #comment-16743 As for soda, you can trace the rise in obesity & diabete to high fructose corn syrup, added as a cheap sugary additive because of US farm overproduction & corporations' finding out it's a cheap substitute. Also, as soda companies go, google stories about Coke being accused of hiring Columbian paramilitary groups to kill union members. A divestment by a major shareholder preceded this, leading one to believe that person had the inside tip on what was going on & high tailed it out of there. As for soda, you can trace the rise in obesity & diabete to high fructose corn syrup, added as a cheap sugary additive because of US farm overproduction & corporations’ finding out it’s a cheap substitute. Also, as soda companies go, google stories about Coke being accused of hiring Columbian paramilitary groups to kill union members. A divestment by a major shareholder preceded this, leading one to believe that person had the inside tip on what was going on & high tailed it out of there.

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/5540/comment-page-1#comment-16729 Reader's Write Wed, 13 Jul 2005 06:14:54 +0000 #comment-16729 "establish brand loyalty before age 7" sums it up. p2pnet is about entertainment, etc, but its not just them. Its every kind of company trying to get a grip on school kids. Its seriously bad. “establish brand loyalty before age 7″ sums it up. p2pnet is about entertainment, etc, but its not just them. Its every kind of company trying to get a grip on school kids. Its seriously bad.

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/5540/comment-page-1#comment-16728 Reader's Write Wed, 13 Jul 2005 06:11:14 +0000 #comment-16728 At the risk of veering slightly off topic, I was wondering what P2Pnet readers think of the big soft drink company's presence in schools. Not sure how widespread it is in Canada & elswhere but in the US they are everywhere in the public schools, grades K thru 12. In a doucumentary about it I heard a Pepsi exec (who had a daughter in gradeschool at the time) quoted as saying that if they could establish brand loyalty before age 7 (it was somewhere right in that age range, I forget the exact number) they would have them for life. Good BIG consumers? At the risk of veering slightly off topic, I was wondering what P2Pnet readers think of the big soft drink company’s presence in schools. Not sure how widespread it is in Canada & elswhere but in the US they are everywhere in the public schools, grades K thru 12. In a doucumentary about it I heard a Pepsi exec (who had a daughter in gradeschool at the time) quoted as saying that if they could establish brand loyalty before age 7 (it was somewhere right in that age range, I forget the exact number) they would have them for life. Good BIG consumers?

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/5540/comment-page-1#comment-16726 Reader's Write Wed, 13 Jul 2005 05:05:21 +0000 #comment-16726 Congratulations! It sounds as though you are doing an excellent job. I think that one of the most important things that youngsters should learn is 'practical philosophy', which you seem to be including by 'default', along with many other excellent lessons. They should be taught to think for themselves before the 'psycho-paedophiles' that run international capitalism turn them into over spending zombies. A fate that has all ready befallen so many. Congratulations! It sounds as though you are doing an excellent job. I think that one of the most important things that youngsters should learn is ‘practical philosophy’, which you seem to be including by ‘default’, along with many other excellent lessons. They should be taught to think for themselves before the ‘psycho-paedophiles’ that run international capitalism turn them into over spending zombies. A fate that has all ready befallen so many.

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