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- chanop, on 04/17/2008, -8/+124Your comment on Digg just killed 4 starving children in somalia
- slappy83, on 04/17/2008, -4/+105"Although the two have sold many boxes of cookies over the years, this year they sold magazines instead."
So I guess orangutans don't need trees. - inactive, on 04/17/2008, -60/+151I'm freaking sick to death of being made to feel guilty over things like EATING COOKIES. My gosh. Why does the left want to eliminate, reduce, or subvert for retarded socialistic ends all human pleasure? Enough already!
- HookmasterCH47, on 04/17/2008, -21/+99***** Orangutans. Thin Mints FTW!
- elevatedms, on 04/17/2008, -9/+67Orangutans leave a greasy film in my mouth for hours, I prefer Thin Mints.
- vault, on 04/17/2008, -24/+69Sounds like these two girl scouts couldn't compete and sell enough cookies so now they're acting like they didn't want to sell them in the first place.
Anyway, I would much rather have a box of thin mints than another orangutan in the world. - drmangrum, on 04/17/2008, -6/+45Buried for misleading title. Palm oil is in lots of products, Girl Scout cookies being near the bottom of that list. Would be more appropriate to boycott items with palm oil in them. Too bad consumers have short attention spans.
- tenaciousdino, on 04/17/2008, -7/+33"Why does the left want to eliminate, reduce, or subvert for retarded socialistic ends all human pleasure? Enough already!"
Yeah those 2 twelve year old girls are a couple of pinko commies i tell ya. - inactive, on 04/17/2008, -32/+56Those people are telling you to be aware of what you are buying. Why is it that so many people insist on being ignorant, stupid Americans? They know everything about American Idol and nothing about world affairs.
/I'm an American. - dagr8tim, on 04/17/2008, -10/+31That reminds me, I have an open box of thin mints on the counter. BRB.............
Mmmmmmm.......Endangered Primates............ - davewashere, on 04/17/2008, -3/+23Wait a second, the production of palm oil used in Girl Scout cookies was causing the destruction of Orangutans habitat, so the girls decided to sell magazines instead? Let's not tell them what magazines are made from.
- kcmedic, on 04/17/2008, -1/+18"Palm-oil production leads to conflict between orangutans and people, the girls said."
That sucks. Thin Mints are my favorite. I think it's the conflict that makes them taste so damn good. - RogaDanar, on 04/17/2008, -8/+23If I can't eat my Thin Mints, the terrorists win.
- MacParrot, on 04/17/2008, -5/+19Right, because only US Girl Scouts make cookies with these same ingredients anywhere in the world
- jlowe64, on 04/17/2008, -3/+17....so they stop selling palm oil infested thin mints for magazines? WTF? Aren't magazines made of paper?
Slippery slope, indeed. - noahhoward, on 04/17/2008, -0/+13baZING!
- therealkdog, on 04/17/2008, -5/+17"She also said that ABC Bakers, which produces cookies sold by the council, has committed to using palm oil grown on rehabilitated or previously cleared land rather than on land that is deforested specifically for palm-oil production"
So STFU hoes and NOM NOM NOM on some cookies. - tcorlen, on 04/17/2008, -5/+17If hooking up an Orangutan to a car battery will get me more Thin Mints, I only have two things to say: Red is positive and Black in negative.
- Zippo, on 04/17/2008, -0/+11Not all of the "left" wants to make people feel guilty about everything. I, for one, enjoy eating cookies, meat, and fast food. Will it kill something, or me, down the road? Maybe.
On the flip side, it is important to recognize that humans are destroying parts of the environment, though. We need to live our lives, but we need to make sure we're not ***** over the entire planet in the process. - displaced1, on 04/17/2008, -5/+16I think if the Orangutan's got to taste the thin mint cookies, they would understand why we need thier land/homes.
- vault, on 04/17/2008, -1/+12their response is "page not found"
- inactive, on 04/17/2008, -4/+14Right, be aware of what you are buying. Like the magazine they sold instead of cookies. How many rain forests were destroyed for the paper needed to print on?
The OP is spot on. There is always someone screaming death and doom over anything we do. - inactive, on 04/17/2008, -1/+11Likewise, Charlton Heston showed they can be mean, maniacal *****.
- toekneebullard, on 04/17/2008, -1/+10They're response to "Why do you use palm oils?" is essentially, "Cause without Palm Oil, there's no cookies..."
- jcaino, on 04/17/2008, -0/+9but are they made with real girl scouts?
- inactive, on 04/17/2008, -3/+12"I would sooner eat the box."
Pedophile. - boxoman, on 04/17/2008, -12/+21Orangutans are not allowed to eat cookies anyway, so why does it matter?
- AMSRay, on 04/17/2008, -4/+12It is not Americans ravaging those rain forests, it is the citizens and the governments of those countries who choose to do this. If some Americans wish to boycott palm oil, it is their right. If others continue buying palm oil, it is their right to buy a product that is legal to purchase and own and there is nothing wrong with them for buying it. They're not doing good or evil. It is the people cutting down the forests that are the problem. Quit trying to blame Americans for everything evil in the world. There was plenty of evil before 1776 and there will be evil long after we're ancient history.
- hughesj919, on 04/17/2008, -4/+12helps destroy your wallet at 4 bucks a box...
- coollettuce, on 04/17/2008, -1/+9Trees that were specifically grown for use in paper?
- CygnusTM, on 04/17/2008, -0/+8So Thin Mints aren't even made from the palm oil that threatens the habitats?!? Buried as inaccurate.
- apackofmonkeys, on 04/17/2008, -3/+10From TFA: "She also said that ABC Bakers, which produces cookies sold by the council, has committed to using palm oil grown on rehabilitated or previously cleared land rather than on land that is deforested specifically for palm-oil production."
So.... Thin Mints don't even contribute to the deforestation? These girls have just been brainwashed by the knee-jerk environmentalist influence in our schools, where the short-term gain is more important to them than the long-term ramifications.
Other examples of knee-jerk environmentalism:
--"Hydrogen cells are clean and earth friendly, contribute tax dollars or you hate the earth!" A lot of money later, we find that the production of hydrogen cells pollutes just as bad our current cars, so the enviros back off.
--"Change to more expensive flourescent bulbs to save engery or you hate the earth!" Then we find out that the bulbs contain enough mercury that we have to spend huge $$$ to dispose of them, or else both the earth and our health is polluted.
--"Palm oil is low in trans-fats, and the government should be our mommy and make us eat less trans fats." This one isn't enviromentalist, but leftist in general, and now we see that the increased need for low-trans fat items is killing monkeys.
--"Ethanol is our energy savior! Give tons of taxpayer money to farmers to just grow corn!" For the first time in years, the shearing of the rainforest in Brazil has actually increased, because the farmers all want in on the corn -for-ethanol profit. And it's the biggest reason for the increase in food prices, which hits the poor the hardest, a group the left supposedly cares the most about. Besides, E85 gas may be cheaper, but you get much lower MPG, and have to stop and refuel more. And refueling itself leaks an amount of chemicals into the air.
The point is: STOP KNEE-JERK ENVIRONMENTALISM, and embrace an environmentalism that considers all consequences. It's no different than Bush's mentality: Bush wants to promote democracy (a good thing), but didn't consider all the consequences before acting ($$$ wasted, lives spent on both sides). Do things that help the environment without negative consequences, like picking up trash, buying fuel-efficient cars, supporting companies that promote low energy usage in their products, etc, etc. It's the intelligent thing to do. - DreKor, on 04/17/2008, -0/+7No, you can't eat Samoas because they're made with parts of endangered Samoans.
- mst3kcrow, on 04/17/2008, -5/+12Save an Orangutan, eat a Brownie.
- TekTrixter, on 04/17/2008, -0/+6Take a seat over there...
- Pattyo13, on 05/14/2009, -0/+6side note: one of my friends is on the thin mints box. she's the asian girl in a bike helmet with braces. ...boxes haven't changed in 15+ years
- mjfitzge, on 04/17/2008, -4/+10i get your point - but, i don't think that was halobender's point. the OP said that he is sick of being made to feel guilty. well it's up to the individual whether they feel guilty about something or not. it seems like he is getting upset at people for presenting him with facts about the consequences of his purchases.
misdirected hostilities if you ask me. - MacParrot, on 04/17/2008, -2/+8I'm sorry, did you say something?
- Arcesius, on 04/17/2008, -13/+18Dude, could it just be possible that something you do might, just MIGHT, not be good? Or are you entitled to anything you want just because you're an American?
- drmangrum, on 04/17/2008, -0/+5There are tree groves that are n harvest rotations specifically for paper production. Very little, if any, paper is made from old growth forests.
- inactive, on 04/17/2008, -0/+5Then you're roasting them too long or over too high heat.
- noahhoward, on 04/17/2008, -1/+6"... ABC Bakers, which produces cookies sold by the council, has committed to using palm oil grown on rehabilitated or previously cleared land rather than on land that is deforested specifically for palm-oil production. Raycraft also provided a letter from the company saying it is researching how to use as little palm oil as possible.
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The girls said the explanation does not satisfy them and they plan to continue their boycott."
So the explanation that Thin Mints DON'T cause any harm to the environment doesn't satisfy them? Now they're just ***** with my cookies, I say we dump them in the rainforest. - turkoftheplains, on 04/17/2008, -0/+4I see what you did there (and so does Chris Hansen.)
- nevpayne, on 04/18/2008, -0/+4Its as ironic as the pro-Tibet activist with "made in china" stamped on everything.
- pika, on 04/17/2008, -0/+4made it into a tinyurl just in case
http://tinyurl.com/4djga2
And in case u dont wanna click, here is what it says
Q: Why do you still use tropical oils such as palm oil?
A: Our cookie bakers tell us it is still necessary to use tropical oils for the production of compound coating. Many top bakers have tried to stop using it, but without it, their products do not meet production standards. There are currently eight varieties of Girl Scout Cookies produced by each baker licensed to produce Girl Scout Cookies. Each baker produces Girl Scout Cookie varieties without palm oil. For more information, check the bakers' Web sites:
* Little Brownie Bakers
* ABC/Interbake - directive0, on 04/17/2008, -2/+6And this is precisely why we as a species are doomed. Our selfish attitude of entitlement will be our undoing long before our greed or bloodlust.
- MacParrot, on 04/17/2008, -6/+10But it's only wafer thin...
Oh...all right
BOOM! - techweenie1, on 04/17/2008, -0/+4I'm pretty sure they also produced a lot of "smug" throughout the process...which is also bad for the environment in addition to human to human relations.
- MacParrot, on 04/17/2008, -3/+7Now Girl Scouts on the other hand...wait, did I say that out loud?
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