Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site lanl.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!whuxlm!harpo!decvax!genrad!panda!talcott!harvard!seismo!cmcl2!lanl!wkp From: wkp@lanl.ARPA Newsgroups: net.misc.coke,net.politics,net.misc Subject: Re: Coke and the Real Thing Message-ID: <28271@lanl.ARPA> Date: Sun, 14-Jul-85 00:35:40 EDT Article-I.D.: lanl.28271 Posted: Sun Jul 14 00:35:40 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 17-Jul-85 21:08:36 EDT References: <814@ihlpg.UUCP> Distribution: net Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory Lines: 27 Xref: watmath net.misc.coke:29 net.politics:9971 net.misc:8252 > This week 7 Black South Africans were killed by the Apartheid regime. > The media took scant notice. The most massive air bombardment in the > history of the Western Hemisphere continued in El Salvador as US supplied > planes and bombs attacked people in zones of rebel control. The media > took absolutely no notice. Congress just authorized CIA funding to > overthrow the governments of Angola and Nicaragua. Barely a word on the > net. But the media and those who control the public consciousness > go to town over the reformulation of a soft-drink. You're right. But consider this: About three weeks ago, while my office mate was calling the White House to complain about their geo-political stance, I was calling 1-800-GET-COKE to complain about the new coke. Results? I got a free coupon for six bottles of coke and the satisfaction (this week) that my insignificant voice was heard. What impact do people who are alarmed about a political issue have? (Don't answer this, I know the answer already. That is why I called up 1-800-GET-COKE....) -- bill peter ihnp4!lanl!wkp "To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance." --Oscar Wilde