Comments on: I see brown people

By: dsfs

dsfs — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 22:39:40 +0000

there are too many brown ppl in canada teaching our kids their counties bs learn some fuckin english and stop taking over all the parks and starting fightes with ppl with your gangs

By: Manish Vij

Manish Vij — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 12:42:07 +0000

The campaign has spent $100M on ads for Bono/Penelope Cruz/Turlington but raised just $18M for Africa.

By: mfunnierthanyou

mfunnierthanyou — Thu, 26 Oct 2006 05:31:37 +0000

pretentious, much?

Okay, I admit the jean comment was pretty lame. But everybody knows that when a new pair of jeans first comes out, they're usually really expensive. I stand by the rest of what I said.

By: Rani

Rani — Wed, 25 Oct 2006 19:24:35 +0000

Can anybody else contribute to the factual question of whether these goods cost extra?

regular jeans in various styles (for women) -> $30-$60 the (RED) jean -> $150

that's what found from the gap.com website ... i don't know if the products are of equal quality, but the price difference is pretty staggering

I don't know who gets brand-new jeans for under the $100-$200 range anywhere.

pretentious, much?

By: sumiti

sumiti — Wed, 25 Oct 2006 19:01:27 +0000

thanks for the comment mfunnierthanyou...

more on project red... and they even have a blog.

(this is aside from the thread) - there is another 'charity' initiative called Goodtree... its a combination of the Google, Yahoo, MSN, and AskJeeves search engines... everytime you use it some money goes to charities and you can choose which one(s). without debating how much of it actually goes to people and helps them... we can give it a try, we have nothing to lose.

if you go to the hyperlink, i think u can join on your own, but if you need an invite for it, drop me an email and i can send you one.

By: mfunnierthanyou

mfunnierthanyou — Wed, 25 Oct 2006 18:21:23 +0000

My God, 75 comments and nobody has done any research on Project (RED)--yet here you all are criticizing this "charity." The people involved with Project (RED) never said anything about being a charity. (RED) is a business model. It's a way of simply getting medicine to the people who need it but can't afford it. If two products of equal quality, price, etc. exist and one is a (RED) product, people will generally be more inclined to purchase the (RED) product. End of story. And (RED) products are of the same price, quality, etc. as other products. I don't know who gets brand-new jeans for under the $100-$200 range anywhere. Bono, Oprah, etc. know that this model takes complete advantage of capitalism, but that's why it will work. Yes, most companies are only giving the 1-2% of their profits, but GAP is giving 50 percent. Yet you all choose to bash the GAP? And while 50 percent is not a lot on a single purchase, after a while it adds up. It adds up from the other companies too. Before long, some people in Africa will get the pills they need. Do your research before you come out here with fists waving. I thought America had learned that by now.

By: MA

MA — Wed, 25 Oct 2006 15:28:57 +0000

Does anyone remember that Killian’s used the “DESI(RED)” phrase in their billboard campaigns? They had these up about a year ago… I’m thinking plagiarism on Gap’s part.

By: Kurma

Kurma — Wed, 25 Oct 2006 05:26:40 +0000

Toastyken, I didn't say it's simple. The solution would be to not allow reimportation and not to try and equalize prices. Just imagine the headlines though. Greedy drug companies imprison poor US seniors so they can corner Africa market. Politicians are never going to let that happen. It's much much better for them to have millions die in Africa than to have a few US citizens go through hardship for drugs. In other words - I can help you, but only if it means I don't have to face the slightest discomfort.

There is lack of political will on the matter of enforcing a ban on reimportation.

By: ToastyKen

ToastyKen — Wed, 25 Oct 2006 02:44:32 +0000

Kurma, my understanding about the differential pricing issue is that the drug companies are afraid that if they sell it cheap in Africa, that will create a huge gray market for re-imports. This is already an issue with Americans buying cheaper drugs from Canada. Now, most drugs in this country are bought by insurance companies anyway, so it’s arguable how big an impact this would really have, but it’s not as simple as “just charge different prices”.

By: chick pea

chick pea — Tue, 24 Oct 2006 18:40:21 +0000

interesting article in today's NYT about AIDS drugs and them unmasking a hidden leprosy infection...