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Roddick Shows True Colours … Boycott Bodyshop

riot act | 17.03.2006 22:57

Anita Roddick has shown her true colours by endorsing a deal which sees pseudo-ethical company the Bodyshop sold to global cosmetics chain L’oreal.

L’oreal, owned largely by the Nestle corporation is one of the largest cosmetic companies in the world. Long subject to a boycott from animal rights groups including PeTA because of its animal testing policy. L’oreal, who have consistently attempted to mislead the public about their record on animal testing by claiming it no longer tests finished products on animals they have continued to use animal testing in the ingredients of it’s products.

Founded by notorious nazi Eugene Schueller, a member of the notorious terrorist, facsist French organisation La Cagoule, L'oreal is now controlled by his daughter Liliane Bettencourt.

One of the richest people in the world with an estimated personal fortune of 16 billion, Bettencourt;’s pet cause is the the Bettencourt Schueller Foundation, which awards the Liliane Bettencourt Prize for Life Sciences to Europeans working in the field of ‘life sciences‘ (generally biotech companies, vivisectionists and the like).

Meanwhile Nestle, who own a controlling stake in L’oreal have been cited as one of the most boycotted companies in the world, largely due to their continued dishonest and aggressive marketing of baby milk formulas in Africa. Nestlé implies that malnourished mothers, and mothers of twins and premature babies are unable to breastfeed, despite health organisations claims that there is no evidence to support this.

Revealing her outrageous hypocrisy Roddick has stated on her website “I am so excited that on the 30th anniversary of the Body Shop, this partnership--I see it truly as a partnership--is happening. The campaigning, being a maverick, changing the rules of business.”

Some commentators have speculated that Roddick is more likely to be excited about the 117 million she sets to make from the deal.

Bodyshop have long been under fire themselves for abusing staff and their own poor record on animal testing amongst other things, despite their grand claims to be an ethical company,

The void says boycott these evil corporate bastards with their over-priced, over-hyped crap which only further serves to fuel the beauty myth and encourage over production.

And as for old hag Roddick, well let’s make sure she’s the first up against the wall when the time comes … because she’s worth it.




what's wrong with the Bodyshop

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riot act
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off topic techy suggestion

17.03.2006 23:55

t'was me who posted above article and hit publish before i meant to, drunk too much wine, well it is friday

was just wondering how hard it would be to have an edit feature for writers of articles. cos its real easy to fire something out and then realise its full of grammar/spelling mistakes

realise its totally my fault for not proofing it properly before hand, but reading other articles, well it seems to happen a lot, is kind of the nature of the net, i find that its easy to just bang things out without being as thorough as you would if you were writing for print media - would it be that hard to facilitate or just a nightmare, not winging, just an honest question

and its published and be damned at the moment on imc, ive had to contact the volunteers before before to change things when ive accidentally posted inappropriate contact details etc, would save you guys time as well id of thought

riot act


Body Crock

18.03.2006 16:53

The body shop were only against cosmetic animal experiments in name only,in practice they obtained ingredients, that previously beyond there fake cut off date,went through the process of animal experments,like a synthetic vitamin e ingredient in one of their products obtained from Roche who do animal experiments,their excuse its a pharmaceutical,they also used petro chemical ingredients which contradicted their "natural" stance.

Tim


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destroy PPP PFI

18.03.2006 13:25

Boycott Bodyshop?- I can't afford to shop there anyway :)

It's just more green capitalism thinking you can save the planet by collecting air miles. ( in the same way Prescot talks of Sustainable Communites - by demolition ) or stop exploitaition by eating chocolate or war by talking to Blair and releasing crap records under the name U2, or having business partnerships with raytheon for peace or summat.

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Mr Poverty Pimp


Rank amateur!

18.03.2006 13:39

Well you obviously aren't capable of doing a proper job. I mean, you say you were drunk but you were still able to type! I woke up today and begged my flatmate to snap my neck and realised I had a twisted ankle and bruised hip.



Pfff!

M


always the way shoppers

20.03.2006 13:05

This will always be the case with green capitalism and all its excuses. Its fundamental need for growth and thus exploitation of labour and resources whichever way you look at it. I notice at howmany of these people spend an inordinate ammount of time flying around the planet 'enabling' ( patronising ) people with trickle- down theory excuses. Do people need mobile phones or even want them or does their dependency require them? It's still about access to land whatever the middle class pretend. And its still about greed and power. I have noticed that the anticapitalist movement has turned into some middleclassbollocks excuse. Fucking depressing.

Stop shopping start growing. Be an eco-terrorist. Fuck the midle class.

factoryworker