[AChimp]

Ask yourself why most people on this board care motives for Iraq when 1/3 of the country thinks the WMDs have been found.

Is 1/3 of Americans a majority? Are they indicative of the rest of America? Are these villagers in India a majority?

If the Indians were aware of it, I think they would care.

Let me put this into a little bit of perspective for you:

When you hear that a few dozen farmers in Kansas have had their crops ruined for one reason or another, do you stop everything you are doing and start writing your Congressman demanding immediate action?

No, you do not, since you live in Connecticut and the Kansas farmers are thousands of miles away. The plight of a handful of Kansas hicks has no bearing on what you do. Yes, you might feel a little bit of sympathy, but you don't really change anything about your way of life and go about your business as if nothing has happened.

Now imagine that the U.S. has a population four times as large as what it is now. That makes these few dozen farmers an even smaller minority, and when it comes down to it, the small amount of crops that they produce compared to every other farmer in Kansas, and the rest of the country, is a drop of piss compared to the ocean.

There will be no coconut famine in India because these guys can't grow anything anymore. The average Indian will not give a shit, especially if he or she doesn't like coconuts anyways, because it will not affect them. They have their own water problems to worry about.

Besides, coconut farmers belong to a lower caste and are beneath notice, except when you are telling him to get out of your way.

So any criticism and opposition of a business in any country is essentially b.s. if not every single person in the country effected is aware of it and is taking action?

Go ahead and criticize away. Just don't expect people to take you seriously when it's coconut farmers in a country that has a record of not being receptive to Western companies that are making the allegations.

The need for Coke products by millions of people supercedes the needs of a few coconut farmers and the village dog. That's just the way the world works.