To all sponsors, linklists, TGPs that I do or shall do business with... I demand that you prove to me that you are not doing business with any company that does business with Acacia.......
To all emaillist providers that I do or shall do business with... Prove to me that you have never supported SPAM....
and
Have you stopped beating your wife ?????
What do all these have in common, they are all Lose-Lose propositions....
The sponsors, linklists, Tgps and emaillist providers can not possibly prove what I have asked them to prove....
and Taco Bell is in basically the same position....
It's a lose-lose situation for Taco Bell....
They are being asked to prove that they do not use ingredients that were produced by slave labor....
At the same time, no article that I can find names who the "slave labor" growers are..... If the people making the accusations of "slave labor" can not name who is actually doing it, how do they expect Taco Bell to be able to do it...
Taco Bell can demand from their growers that they state that they are not using slave labor.. Will this mean that they aren't using it ?? No.. It will only mean that they signed a statement saying they don't use it...
Slave labor is against the law in the United States.... If a company is running a legitimate company within the United States, you have to assume, until proven otherwise, that they are operating legally... Taco Bell is a BIG buyer of Tomatoes, I am sure that, just like any company must, they buy on a competitive market at the lowest price that they can get... If they are buying in the US, a product produced in the US, they must assume that that product was produced legally... Any other assumption can lead to charges by producers, against Taco Bell, of favoritism etc.....
If you put someone in a lose-lose situation, one thing is sure, they will lose....
Taco Bell has not anwered the charges levelled against them.... If I were them, I wouldn't either......... No matter how they answer them, they lose.....
http://la.indymedia.org/news/2003/03/32943.php
http://utwatch.org/tacobell.html
http://www.sfalliance.org/Press/pressrelease.htm
http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2002/500/500p20.htm