Stan Collymore on twitter

SmallTown

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Has just raised a really interesting point. For large parts of the BAME community, Mercedes Benz is the car of choice. Stan his questioned how Merc can sponsor Nigel Farages radio show given it's customers.

I wonder if they respond.
 
I am not sure stan Collymore should be allowed a public voice of outrage. Would he be so vocal if Mercedes were the car of choice for domestic abusers?
 
Even ignoring whether they're the car of choice for the BAME community (or the dogging community) why the hell would anyone sponsor the show of a massively decisive figure like Farrage ?

I didn't actually realise that they did, but desipte having owned Mercedes in the past and liked them, I'd really consider another one if that's the type of people they're aligning the brand with.
 
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I’ll edit my post I think the simple fact is money talks as with all things in the media advertising.
 
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True I’m just saying lots of companies have links or a past that may surprise their customers.

Siemens has one of the shadiest war records.
 
zorro_mfc said:
True I’m just saying lots of companies have links or a past that may surprise their customers.

Siemens has one of the shadiest war records.
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Except it probably wouldn't surprise their customers, as it's not exactly hidden.

It's irrelevant to the OP, which is about them sponsoring a radio show from a far-right personality today, not what a particular company did 70 years ago.
 
The_Lizards_Jumpers said:
Except it probably wouldn't surprise their customers, as it's not exactly hidden.

It's irrelevant to the OP, which is about them sponsoring a radio show from a far-right personality today, not what a particular company did 70 years ago.
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Bringing it up is no bad thing. People should be aware of historic involvement of groups and individuals - why not?
 
hopesoboro said:
Bringing it up is no bad thing. People should be aware of historic involvement of groups and individuals - why not?
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Is it really relevant to hold a company to account for the decisions it made, probably 40 CEO's ago ?

Plenty of companies have acknowledged their less than glittering past and tried to put it right - it detracts from the conversation today (as it has done on this thread) as to why the current leadership of Mercedes think it's right to align themselves with Farrage.
 
The_Lizards_Jumpers said:
Is it really relevant to hold a company to account for the decisions it made, probably 40 CEO's ago ?

Plenty of companies have acknowledged their less than glittering past and tried to put it right - it detracts from the conversation today (as it has done on this thread) as to why the current leadership of Mercedes think it's right to align themselves with Farrage.
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The point I was making was given their past you’d think they’d think twice about backing a nationalistic far right personality so publicly.
 
SmallTown said:
I just knew someone would bring up the Nazi thing. Very disappointing
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Come on Smalltown.
Its part of the recent past and we cant allow anyone to forget it.
Private companies love a good war - its like arms-length [forgive the pun] Nationalisation: the Government pours millions into the private sector,so it can conduct imperialist wars against other countries, creeds, races and ideologies.
Krupp are a good example:
They managed private concentration camps for the Nazis and supplied slave workers to German factories.

The list of companies still in existence or who were sustained by the militarisation of Deutschland during the economic depression of the inter-war years is interesting.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_companies_involved_in_the_Holocaust
 
r00fie1 said:
Come on Smalltown.
Its part of the recent past and we cant allow anyone to forget it.
Private companies love a good war - its like arms-length [forgive the pun] Nationalisation: the Government pours millions into the private sector,so it can conduct imperialist wars against other countries, creeds, races and ideologies.
Krupp are a good example:
They managed private concentration camps for the Nazis and supplied slave workers to German factories.

The list of companies still in existence or who were sustained by the militarisation of Deutschland during the economic depression of the inter-war years is interesting.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_companies_involved_in_the_Holocaust
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They didn't forget it though. They have a whole page devoted to it in the history of Daimler website. To be wary of mercedes Benz now for something that happened during the war is as silly as being wary of modern day Germans

My point is it would be almost impossible to buy produce if you boycotted anyone with a shady past. Links to slave trades, Nazism, whatever.
 
SmallTown said:
They didn't forget it though. They have a whole page devoted to it in the history of Daimler website. To be wary of mercedes Benz now for something that happened during the war is as silly as being wary of modern day Germans

My point is it would be almost impossible to buy produce if you boycotted anyone with a shady past. Links to slave trades, Nazism, whatever.
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I havent mentioned boycotts or anything else - those are your assumptions and imagination.

Factoid;
Did you know that Coca - Cola had an embargo placed on their exports to Germany during the second World War, so they circumvented the embargo by creating "Fanta"?! That fizzy stuff we have in our corner shops?


During the Second World War, the US established a trade embargo against Germany—making the export of Coca-Cola syrup difficult.[2] To circumvent this, Max Keith, the head of Coca-Cola Deutschland (Coca-Cola GmbH), decided to create a new product for the German market, using only ingredients available in Germany at the time, including beet sugar, whey, and apple pomace—the "leftovers of leftovers", as Keith later recalled
 
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