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TRINITY COLLEGE WILL be a Coca-Cola and Procter & Gamble-free zone during the Winter Games, in protest against the brands’ decisions to sponsor the event.
Trinity College Dublin Students’ Union (TCDSU) will also hold a series of protests against the leading multinational corporations that have taken the decision to sponsor the Winter Olympics in Sochi.
They will hold their first protest on Wednesday 5 February, outside the Russian Embassy, before the opening ceremony of the Sochi Winter Olympics.
They intend on holding a second protest, but the location has not yet been decided upon.
Leanna Byrne, Communications Officer with TCDSU, said that there had been a long-term ban on Coca Cola at the university, but that motion had been overturned.
They have now decided to bring back the ban for the duration of the Winter Olympics, which will last for two weeks.
The addition of a ban on P&G came following “a lot of debate as to whether or not we’re targeting Coca-Cola just because they are Coca-Cola and we have banned them previously”, said Byrne.
P&G are also a main sponsor of the Winter Games.
Strong message
Byrne said that she believes the ban “sends out a strong message”.
“We’ve been mandated by the students to do this,” she said. “I think it’s very important that we stand by our minority groups. People might think it is not a student issue, but it it certainly is for a lot of the people in college.”
She added: “There seems to be a lot of positive reaction from LGBT societies and organisations throughout the country.”
While Byrne said that the ban “is not going to have a huge economic impact on Coca-Cola and P&G”, and they won’t be able to ban the sale of products from college vending machines, she said it would have a financial impact on the Student Union shops.
“We’re willing to take that financial hit as a mark of respect for those two weeks,” she said.
Another long-term ban on Coca-Cola looks unlikely, however. There is a long-term ban on Nestlé products in TCD.
The decision to ban the sale of these products was made at Students’ Union Council in response to Russia’s ongoing violations of Human Rights Law and persecution of LGBTQ people, it said.
Advertising
TCDSU have written to Coca Cola concerning their new European advertising campaign, #ReasonsToBelieve.
The brand omitted a gay marriage scene from its Irish TV adverts as part of its latest Europe-wide campaign. The scene was kept in other countries’ ads.
The SU described this as “an open insult to the LGBTQ community in Ireland and further adds to Coca-Cola’s complete disregard for LGBTQ people on an international level”.
They are asking Coca Cola to repeal the removal of this scene and broadcast the ad in Ireland as it exists in the UK, the Netherlands and Norway.
In the letter, LGBTQ Rights Officer for TCDSU, Stephen Hatton said:
Your company had an unparalleled opportunity to denounce the vulgar and inhumane Anti-Gay Laws of Russia on a worldwide stage, an action which, if made, would have undoubtedly sparked global awareness and positive change for the LGBTQ community in Russia and beyond.
Married twice in the space off 4 years good lad . I presume the other two we’re equally as stupid as the slender brunette in the picture with him
It turned out one of them only married him in the hopes of getting his body after his death, presumably to make money from it. He was supposedly left heartbroken as a result of this.
If those murders were committed in Ireland he probably wouldn’t have spent a day in jail as he was never present at any of the murders.. Manson himself was neglected and abused as a child, he was placed in a childs detention center from his early teens and was sexually abused from around the same age.. To be fair he never got a start in life and considering he was never present at any of the murders I’d say he would have got off scot free over here..
He wasn’t present at the tate murders and the next murder. It’s untrue to say he wasnt present at other murders.
John he wasn’t present at any murders carried out by the Manson Family..
@Cosmo Kramer: most definitely was at at least one
@Cosmo Kramer: i’m pretty sure he was present during hinmans murder/torture
They didn’t let him out because he might run for President. He has all the qualifications required.
Maniac
2000
She walked across the dance floor that night..
She was a sexy lady
@Eye_c_u: She had to get her thrill
@Liam O’Reilly: “It was the heat of the moment”
Sorry I was thinking of a different song.
Ah Jaysis Les. Wreck the buzz why don’t ya.
How come these nutcases attract beautiful women?
Hint, they’re also nutcases
@Mr Snuffleupagus: He plays guitar.
It is frightening to see the kind of women that are attracted to him. The original Mason Family had would seemed like normal well educated people. Particularly gorgeous women in the Mason Family he used to get into places, a lot of dark people out there.
The idiots think they can change/save/understand him. Pick whichever.
@prop joe: yeah but the manson girls were very very young and he was in his 40′s and filling them with LSD and bulls*it…and i doubt he was taking any himself. A master manipulator and bad bad man. Doris Tate will be disappointed he will die of old age.
The one in the photo is not all that beautiful, to be fair.
Do ya think if he was a bus driver she would be with him ..look at the head on hin !!
@Mr Snuffleupagus: They always did?
Still looks as evil as ever
Interesting how Manson’s idea of pitting one race against another seems to be a standard political tool nowadays….
He should only be transferred to a morgue.
A morgue? a hole in the ground that he should dig.
No loss
Hopefully he’ll die in agony.
Or even better karma is that one of the hospital workers is related to one of his victims…..
The video interviews of him on utube are mesmerising. He would have you convinced he did nothing wrong and the world did him wrong.
@Shane Kenny: Theres a podcast called you must remember this and there are a few episodes about manson, his followers and the history of it all. Very good listening if you’re interested!
Frankly, I couldn’t give a fcuk!!
Should be burried at sea in a Dybbuk box rather than a coffin?
Catherine Tate wasn’t far off the mark!!!
Push him along asap
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