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5. That was my first thought. Effing putrid scum.

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Sat Apr 20, 2013, 10:50 AM

Apr 2013

Perhaps one ray of light is his stating his position so clearly.

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Nestl� CEO Says Water Is Food That Should Be Privatized � Not A Human Right [View all] Zephie Apr 2013 OP

Jesus freaking christ darkangel218 Apr 2013 #1

That was my first thought. Effing putrid scum. snagglepuss Apr 2013 #5

This is where we should draw the line. Water is a right. nm rhett o rick Apr 2013 #32

Nestle is an evil corporation, worse than most, if that's possible. CaliforniaPeggy Apr 2013 #2

You and me both! xxqqqzme Apr 2013 #22

another since the 70s bluemarkers Apr 2013 #71

I am going to join you as of this moment Samantha Apr 2013 #44

Thank you! CaliforniaPeggy Apr 2013 #99

We are slowly expanding the concept of "human rights" Buzz Clik Apr 2013 #3

Wrong question.... daleanime Apr 2013 #6

No, I asked the question I wanted to ask. Your question is different and easier. Buzz Clik Apr 2013 #7

nestle wants to be the ONLY provider leaving no choice but them nt msongs Apr 2013 #88

Competitive water systems exist but are not efficient in the developing world. Buzz Clik Apr 2013 #105

The difference being that, we collectively pay for our water... and our water has common ownership.. Veilex Apr 2013 #97

A lot of models are out there, including in the US. Buzz Clik Apr 2013 #111

the worst case scenario should not be realized in any instance. EOM Veilex Apr 2013 #135

I have had my water shut off for being less than 30 days late. Cannikin Apr 2013 #140

That's pretty horrible. Buzz Clik Apr 2013 #141

It was in 07 Cannikin Apr 2013 #143

I agree. That was unthinkable. Buzz Clik Apr 2013 #144

Yes. City of Springdale, AR Cannikin Apr 2013 #148

Mine was shut off 2 weeks ago OriginalGeek Apr 2013 #157

No warning? No follow up notice? No phone call? Email? Buzz Clik Apr 2013 #158

I can't promise you that - there could have been notices OriginalGeek Apr 2013 #159

That's still pretty horrible. Quite literally, water is life. Buzz Clik Apr 2013 #160

In Tn. where commoners are shit. dotymed Apr 2013 #154

Yes. caseymoz Apr 2013 #98

You live somewhere that gives you water for free? Where is that? Buzz Clik Apr 2013 #112

Have you walked into a restaurant? caseymoz Apr 2013 #128

That is not what he said. He said it needed to be paid for by everyone, he passed right over .... marble falls Apr 2013 #146

I disagree, Buzz. bvar22 Apr 2013 #17

K&R to this post! Never was the Democratic party so admirable a when pursuing policies Dark n Stormy Knight Apr 2013 #90

Those ideas and principles of The New Deal, bvar22 Apr 2013 #117

Should water be free? brush Apr 2013 #18

You didn't answer my question. It was far simpler than you made it to be. Buzz Clik Apr 2013 #24

Sufficient water for drinking and personal hygiene should be free starroute Apr 2013 #30

Thank you. That was a very rational answer. Buzz Clik Apr 2013 #35

Of course I agree with starroute brush Apr 2013 #69

You have yet to answer a question. Buzz Clik Apr 2013 #75

The questions . . . well, I don't think they should've even been asked? nt brush Apr 2013 #120

The Nestle guy agrees with you thesquanderer Apr 2013 #132

But the Nestle guy believes the other 98.5% should be his to make a profit starroute Apr 2013 #136

Water is not a product of human engineering or work; it's a gift from Earth. Who owns that? If not freshwest Apr 2013 #124

You're taking this is a bit different direction. Buzz Clik Apr 2013 #126

I agree anyone who facilitates life through water should be paid to keep doing it, and well. But not freshwest Apr 2013 #127

Water should not be free for those who seek to profit from it. It is a dotymed Apr 2013 #155

Ok, I kind of agree. However -- Buzz Clik Apr 2013 #156

should land be free? cvoogt Apr 2013 #37

Should land be free ? airplaneman Apr 2013 #152

Sounds familiar cvoogt Apr 2013 #153

Should air be free? geomon666 Apr 2013 #67

water is not free KT2000 Apr 2013 #34

Excellent response in the first two paragraphs. Buzz Clik Apr 2013 #39

Or just don't privatize it at all. /nt Marr Apr 2013 #40

If the government is incapable (and many are), then we deny the citizens' their right to water? Buzz Clik Apr 2013 #45

If a govt is 'incapable,' how is it going to regulate for-profit water companies? Doremus Apr 2013 #61

The first duty of just about every government is to set up a bureaucracy. Buzz Clik Apr 2013 #83

When did I say I don't like capitalism? Marr Apr 2013 #122

My mistake on the capitalism comment. A bad assumption on my part. Buzz Clik Apr 2013 #125

This message was self-deleted by its author Marr Apr 2013 #38

I think they should be single payer. ZombieHorde Apr 2013 #76

I'm not sure what that means in this context. Could you explain "single payer" in terms of water? Buzz Clik Apr 2013 #84

Paid for by taxes and available to all. nt ZombieHorde Apr 2013 #89

Ah. Buzz Clik Apr 2013 #92

How about air? Should you have a "right" to breathe? Moostache Apr 2013 #79

Air? No one is cleaning air and sending it to your home to breathe. Not a good example. Buzz Clik Apr 2013 #86

One of the benefits of civilization... ljm2002 Apr 2013 #107

If delivery is your only point then I retract... Moostache Apr 2013 #121

Bechtel screwed up massively in Bolivia. They were horrible to the people, and were treated as such. Buzz Clik Apr 2013 #123

These natural resources are a part of "the commons." dotymed Apr 2013 #106

This what greed does liberal N proud Apr 2013 #4

Good God, are we certain this is real? enough Apr 2013 #8

Read up on the water wars of Bolivia. GreenPartyVoter Apr 2013 #36

Privatization has been going on in the US for decades. Buzz Clik Apr 2013 #49

We've been fighting water-privatization in our neighborhood here in the US enough Apr 2013 #133

France Crow73 Apr 2013 #9

sort of... progressoid Apr 2013 #16

As a person cannot survive without water avebury Apr 2013 #10

I absolutely agree! gopiscrap Apr 2013 #64

What's next? Oxygen? KansDem Apr 2013 #11

Unfortunately, the air we breathe IS being managed by "businessmen", bvar22 Apr 2013 #19

Ziiing! That jolted me. JimDandy Apr 2013 #57

Exactly the type of sociopath that should not be in charge of Vinnie From Indy Apr 2013 #12

HERE COME THE WATER WARS leftyohiolib Apr 2013 #13

Water wars have been fought for a long, long time. Buzz Clik Apr 2013 #47

They'd patent water, if they could. leveymg Apr 2013 #14

Have you bought any water in those cute plastic bottles... bvar22 Apr 2013 #20

I'll take mine in the raw, thank you. leveymg Apr 2013 #23

patent it shebornik Apr 2013 #21

Future water and food rationing, along with genetic birth control in grains foodstuffs, and robotics DhhD Apr 2013 #15

Someone needs to put these people out of their misery. loudsue Apr 2013 #25

Agreed - and it will start happening. firenewt Apr 2013 #100

Enjoy your Calistoga, Perrier, Poland Springs, Arrowhead, Pellegrino, and other botted waters. NYC_SKP Apr 2013 #26

More money for meeeeeeeeeee Iliyah Apr 2013 #27

Privatized LindaCollins11 Apr 2013 #28

Translation - We Own It - You Have To Pay For It cantbeserious Apr 2013 #29

Water is Already Being Managed in Most Developed Countries - But as a Public Resource dballance Apr 2013 #31

Then I can sue Nestl� for damages when their water comes through my roof. Downwinder Apr 2013 #33

As long as you can proof that it's THEIR water. DetlefK Apr 2013 #42

here goes any future purchases of his products DainBramaged Apr 2013 #41

Fick dich, Peter Alkene Apr 2013 #43

This OP is BS oberliner Apr 2013 #46

+1 Buzz Clik Apr 2013 #50

Even in the video... ljm2002 Apr 2013 #103

Nothing is Free BethanyQuartz Apr 2013 #48

The Nestle Empire is going to... TRoN33 Apr 2013 #51

Air is next. hobbit709 Apr 2013 #52

Let's not kid ourselves they are already doing this Smilo Apr 2013 #53

Edison tried to patent the carbon ring which falls to the base of a lightbulb Rain Mcloud Apr 2013 #54

Nestle has sued small Maine villages repeatedly magical thyme Apr 2013 #55

Arughhhh TRoN33 Apr 2013 #56

Fuck you, Nestle sakabatou Apr 2013 #58

Pure evil Carolina Apr 2013 #59

Land of the Free, Home of the Brave, Brimley Apr 2013 #60

What a fucking asshole gopiscrap Apr 2013 #62

Water is not a Human Right.... radhika Apr 2013 #63

Wasn't this assholes company the subject gopiscrap Apr 2013 #65

Well, Nestle is something that's going on my no-buy list. Fantastic Anarchist Apr 2013 #66

Today water, tomorrow it will be air. olegramps Apr 2013 #68

Hell, I think food is a basic human right. AllyCat Apr 2013 #70

It is. Why do you think Mother Nature put all those plants, berry bushes and Cleita Apr 2013 #81

Corporations can go privative all the water they have made unfit for human consumption. n/t L0oniX Apr 2013 #72

It should be managed, like everything else, but not by businessmen adieu Apr 2013 #73

People who think like this are enemies They_Live Apr 2013 #74

No thanks, I do not trust privately owned, for profit corporations AndyA Apr 2013 #77

Perhaps he should be required to prove his statement by going without water Cleita Apr 2013 #78

Corporate Persons BethanyQuartz Apr 2013 #80

Here is a web site dedicated to fighting Nestle's water policies GitRDun Apr 2013 #82

It's a human right and it's necessary to live. Apophis Apr 2013 #85

Is this really about denying someone water? I don't think so... Buzz Clik Apr 2013 #87

the corporate model is you don't pay, you don't get nt msongs Apr 2013 #91

Not necessarily. Buzz Clik Apr 2013 #94

Wow. Apophis Apr 2013 #113

No, I know a helluva lot about this. Buzz Clik Apr 2013 #116

This is the type of moronic thinking that happens when a person lets money dictate reason gtar100 Apr 2013 #93

i've reduced my purchases of Nestle products since first heard this crap. complete asshole samsingh Apr 2013 #95

kick samsingh Apr 2013 #137

Surprise, surprise... ljm2002 Apr 2013 #96

These types would charge you for breathing air. Spitfire of ATJ Apr 2013 #101

And who does he think should own it? caseymoz Apr 2013 #102

Himself and his 1% cronies of course. Any one else needs to pony up cash. n/t Cleita Apr 2013 #104

Right, and I think we're in real trouble. caseymoz Apr 2013 #108

The need for water for clean water is so basic, that even the Romans realized that Cleita Apr 2013 #110

It's so basic that the people who own it caseymoz Apr 2013 #129

No kidding. n/t Cleita Apr 2013 #131

This video is a perfect example of corporate/capitalist mentality. He lays it all out very clearly. gtar100 Apr 2013 #109

Expect Nestl� brand flavored Sugar Water zebonaut Apr 2013 #114

The Evil is strong in this one... BadGimp Apr 2013 #115

Where the guillotine when you need one? Bohemianwriter Apr 2013 #118

Hey 'freak'... El Shaman Apr 2013 #119

Typical greedy corporate asshole Blue Owl Apr 2013 #130

Anons should shut down all of Nestle's and Brabeck's computerized operations until he ancianita Apr 2013 #134

Does anyone know this clown's address?? OldRedneck Apr 2013 #138

Nestl� is an evil corporation that should be boycotted GETPLANING Apr 2013 #139

Nestl� are bastards VA_Jill Apr 2013 #142

Glad to see this posted again, but there was an earlier post here... drokhole Apr 2013 #145

Let's lynch this MF... xtraxritical Apr 2013 #147

Does he mean managed by a crook? Jake2413 Apr 2013 #149

Wow! What an evil, arrogant, fucking prick! Kennah Apr 2013 #150

I believe we need to start breaking up all large corporations. airplaneman Apr 2013 #151

Top Rated Youtube Comment On The Video is : Joel thakkar Apr 2013 #161

Nestle should have been broken up after their man made baby formulator disaster in Africa! pam4water Jun 2013 #162