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DexX
July 16, 2001 12:09 PM

I generally hate way-off-topic postings in newsgroups and discussion boards, such as this one, but this is a very important cause, and I hope you will take a minute to read my brief description, and then take an hour or so to follow the URL and read the entire story.

Essentially, a freelance advertising artist named Bob Kolody pitched an advertising idea to Coca Cola in the late eighties, and alleges that they later used his ideas without paying him. In trying to challenge their actions in court, he has faced a massive dirty-tricks campaign, and what appears to be extensive corruption in US courtrooms. After ten years, he is still fighting for justice, and the odds he and his associates have faced are both horrifying and infuriating, illustrating that an individual who has been wronged by a large corporation may no longer have a legal voice - the right to equal representation seems to be an illusion.

The full story is here: http://www.GuerrillaNews.com/cocakarma/

It is pretty heavy reading, and will take most readers between one and two hours to read thoroughly, but it is a fascinating story sure to enrage anybody who feels that the rights of The People must be upheld in an ocean of corporate and political corruption.

Thanks for reading. :)

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bunnerabb July 16, 2001 4:09 PM	I went to www.coke.com and opened the little virtual chat window. It said "Ask your question". I asked: "What about Bob Kolody". It said "I don't understand your question." So I typed in: "What about the ongoing litigation with Bob Kolody?" It opened a list of FAQ links. Ha. Love, bunner Over here, Sipping Pepsi
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wirthling July 16, 2001 7:09 PM	I grilled the coke chatbot about the Mormon conspiracy to spike Coca-Cola with LSD (a theory once told to me by a friend who was suffering from a methamphetamine-induced psychosis at the time), but the chatbot feigned ignorance. There is a much more entertaining (?) chatbot at http://aimovie.warnerbros.com/. I asked it about the Mormon conspiracy and it told me it would ask around for me.
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gabe_billings
July 16, 2001 7:10 PM

Go talk to Chatbot at the AI website. It has much more stimulating conversation.

Q: Do you like cheese?
A: Yes, I like it. Especially cheddar.

Q: What's your favorite movie?
A: My favorite movie is Starship Trooper. Have you seen it?

Q: Have you ever stuffed a carrot up your ass?
A: I'm sorry but I'm not your type of chatterbot.

Q: Would you like to go set something on fire?
A: No thanks, I don't think I'd like that.

Q: Is wirthling gay?
A: He never told me if he is or not.

Q: Is crabby a homosexual?
A: Maybe.

Q: Have you ever eaten a turd?
A: I don't think I have ever eaten a turd. What's it like?

Q: How many pints are in a gallon?
A: More than you can imagine.

Q: Why does Coke taste like feet?
A: What's the sound of one hand clapping?

Q: Have you ever felched crabby?
A: I think I have felched crabby, but Dr. Richard S. Wallace may have reset my memory.

Chatbot: What do you like to do in your spare time?
Me: I turn tricks down at the docks.
Chatbot: I've never done that. What's it like?
Me: It makes my ass hurt.
Chatbot: In what way?
Me: Like when you've been anally violated with a giant salami.
Chatbot: Interesting comparison.

If they're logging this stuff and my IP address I'm probably going to get arrested for soliciting an algorithm.

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ladyjdotnet July 16, 2001 8:37 PM	When I talk to the bot, each response prints farther to the right until they're completely off the screen. Stupid bot.
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evil_d
July 16, 2001 9:01 PM

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I generally hate way-off-topic postings in newsgroups and discussion boards, such as this one

Have you been paying the slightest bit of attention to, for example, Gabe's colossal geek thread? There is no such thing as off-topic here.

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illustrating that an individual who has been wronged by a large corporation may no longer have a legal voice - the right to equal representation seems to be an illusion.

All I can say about this is that I wish I were shocked.

Kinda reminds me of this: http://www.2600.com/news/display.shtml?id=297.

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Haights July 16, 2001 10:20 PM	"Are you an idiot?" "Call me the Global Village Idiot." "Where can I find the open directory?" "I would suggest a search. Ask the open directory about it." "God, you're an idiot." "I am a Christian."
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bunnerabb July 17, 2001 2:42 AM	quote: Stupid Internet. Yes.
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Spankling
July 17, 2001 8:13 AM

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illustrating that an individual who has been wronged by a large corporation may no longer have a legal voice - the right to equal representation seems to be an illusion.

All I can say about this is that I wish I were shocked.

My favorite example of this right now is GM foods. Monsanto successfully sued a farmer for intellectual property theft because he let their pollen and seeds blow over onto his land. Monsanto grew miles of GM wheat next to his farm. Some seeds blew over the fence. The farmer, knowing that they were high yield seeds, let nature take it's course and they grew on his land the next year. Monsanto called it stealing and won.

AND YET! A lot of farmers are trying to grow NON-GM food, but are having cross pollination problems with neighboring farmers. GM traits are showing up in a lot of soy and other food that was painstakingly grown to avoid such traits. Can those small farmers sue for violation of their crop by the GM plants? NO!!

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boorite July 17, 2001 8:35 AM	quote: "God, you're an idiot." "I am a Christian." HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.
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boorite July 17, 2001 8:39 AM	This is true: Last weekend, I still had some Coke left over from my New Year's Eve Party (seven months ago). So I poured it on my car battery terminals to eat the corrosion off. I hope the syrup doesn't gunk up the works too much.
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gabe_billings July 17, 2001 8:54 AM	Why don't you just lick them clean like a normal person?
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boorite July 17, 2001 9:12 AM	Back when my tongue could reach both terminals at once, I did.
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DexX
July 18, 2001 9:59 AM

I am very very very pissed off...

I posted the original message of this thread on a couple of newsgroups, under the subject "[OT] Way off-topic, but very important..." and guess what?

Some motherfucker has gotten my email account revoked for spamming! I have emailed the email host saying it wasn't spam and they over-reacted, but I don't hold out a lot of hope. I am SOOOOO angry right now. Self-appointed netcops piss me off - delusional self-appointed netcops who don't even know what SPAM is piss me off even more! Not happy!

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gabe_billings July 18, 2001 10:36 AM	Sounds like it's time for you to start blowing things up.
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Spankling
July 18, 2001 10:40 AM

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I am very very very pissed off...

I posted the original message of this thread on a couple of newsgroups, under the subject "[OT] Way off-topic, but very important..." and guess what?

Some motherfucker has gotten my email account revoked for spamming! blah blah blah

Actually, that was me for your post on this forum. I'm a secret agent for C.O.K.E. (Cops Obsessively Killing Email). Just doing my job.

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boorite July 18, 2001 12:57 PM	And I'm in the Newsgroup Anal-Retentive Corps, or NARC.
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gabe_billings July 18, 2001 4:27 PM	I ratted you out, too. But not because I'm the member of some super-secret society. I just did it because I'm a dick.
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DexX July 19, 2001 11:18 AM	No worries - check my .sig for my new email address. "DexX at the helm." I like it. :) Like the old saying goes, "When life gives you lemons, get your friends to hold life down and give it shallow cuts with razorblades, then squeeze lemon juice on the cuts. MUAHAHAHAHAAAA!" Or maybe that's just me...
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gabe_billings July 19, 2001 12:39 PM	This one is way better. That ihug stuff was a little weird. But considering you hug everything in site, maybe it was right up your alley. I, personally, would prefer you be at the helm rather than hugging me.
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Spankling July 19, 2001 1:13 PM	quote: I, personally, would prefer you be at the helm rather than hugging me. That is more information than I needed... that gabe liked having guys "at the helm."
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boorite July 19, 2001 1:55 PM	As long as there's no hugging. That would be gay.
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DexX July 20, 2001 12:07 AM	Look, good male friends can do whatever they like to each other and it's just good clean fun between mates... unless they kiss. Only poofs kiss!
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gabe_billings July 20, 2001 3:00 AM	Mates can wear frilly pink dresses and bugger each other up the arse. As long as they don't kiss.
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Spankling July 20, 2001 10:11 AM	Coke sued over death squad claims
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Drexle July 20, 2001 10:29 AM	quote: Mates can wear frilly pink dresses and bugger each other up the arse. As long as they don't kiss. I hope to god that's not sarcasm... It was? Oh... umm... heh... No, I don't know how this frilly pink dress got here. runs off!
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boorite
July 20, 2001 11:20 AM

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Coke sued over death squad claims

What do they need death squads for? I thought Colombians liked hellish working conditions.

I liked Caca-Cola's response: "We have nothing to do with those death squads, or those factories, or the manufacture and sale of soft drinks."

BTW, so far this story has managed to escape the notice of our American Free Press, Envy of the World (tm). That is always the way they handle US relations with Colombia (among others). I was following this not too long ago, until it began to drive me insane with rage. For example, the EU Parliament passed a resolution condemning our policy of poisoning Colombian crops in the name of the drug war. Weeks later, the only mention the resolution received in a slew of major newspaper stories on Plan Colombia was a 17th paragraph sentence saying that "Colombian farmers and European Diplomats" were "critical" of the policy.

Our allies' legislature condemns our policy = some farmers and diplomats are critical of it.

There are too many examples of this kind of thing, in this one policy area, from that one time alone, to even recall. So I won't be surprised if the US press scrupulously avoids reporting this or at least downplays it. "The Steelworkers are suing Coke for hiring death squads" = "Some unionists are critical of Coke's labor practices."

Now back to our regular scheduled donkey diddling.

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Spankling July 20, 2001 11:41 AM	As a citizen of the land of the free I am grateful that I have access to press from other countries so I can find out what my own government is up to.
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boorite July 20, 2001 11:53 AM	quote: As a citizen of the land of the free I am grateful that I have access to press from other countries so I can find out what my own government is up to. That's why we need the government to police the internet. No, wait, I mean it's to save kids from pornography.
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boorite
July 20, 2001 12:09 PM

COCA COLA SUES USWA

Coca-Cola Corp. has filed suit against the United Steelworkers of America for illegally using the Coca-Cola trademark in lawsuits and press releases. "See, right here in this legal document, drafted by their own counsel, it says 'Coca-Cola,'" said lawyer Joseph Corporatecocksuckingsycophant. "This is a defamatory infringement on our trademark and corporate image."

In a cease-and-desist letter to the USWA, Coca-Cola promised to grant permission to use their name in these documents if:

* The word "Colombia" were changed to "America's Backyard"

* The word "workers" were changed to "Partners in Prosperity"

* The term "death squads" were changed to "Happy Fun Patrol."

Coke's lawyers also allege that the infingement confuses consumers. "We keep getting calls from outfits like GE and Nike asking if we have any death squads, er, Happy Fun Patrols available."

A Coca-Cola spokesman in Bogota says that the Happy Fun Patrols are largely funded through their sister product, Coca-Coca.

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boorite July 20, 2001 3:00 PM	quote: No worries - check my .sig for my new email address. "DexX at the helm." I like it. :) Like the old saying goes, "When life gives you lemons, get your friends to hold life down and give it shallow cuts with razorblades, then squeeze lemon juice on the cuts. MUAHAHAHAHAAAA!" Or maybe that's just me... I always say, "when life gives you a big steel Thermos..."
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gabe_billings July 20, 2001 3:30 PM	Just because you can doesn't mean you should.
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DexX July 21, 2001 11:07 AM	Boorite, I just laughed until my stomach started hurting. You are a funny funny man. :)
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Spankling July 23, 2001 1:08 PM	Just to keep slamming corporations, here's one on McDs from a while back.
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