Google Might Have Walked Into A Nestle Boycott Problem With Android KitKat

Could have gone with Krackel, key lime pie, kumquat, or kandy korn, and that's without going anywhere exotic.

(http://crossmyt.com/hc/linghebr/austheir.html)

*EDIT: for tone & clarity

So what? If this contrived issue that Google may face is now considered a serious matter, then I guess everything is off limits.

"Hey Tom, what should we name our new operating system?"

"I don't know, how about 'daring diamond' - it's got alliteration, and everybody loves diamonds."

"Mmmm...nope, sorry, that whole blood diamonds thing...don't want to risk that!"

Google isn't making a statement supporting Nestle's practices in other countries. They're not saying people are silly for boycotting the product. This is really just hypersensitive.

I'm not saying you shouldn't boycott Nestle. But KitKat is a fantastic name. It's not a loaded word. If you stopped people on the street and asked them what they thought about it, they'd probably say, "Hey, those give me a break commercials?" not "Hey, I boycott Nestle! Screw those bastards."

It's a cute name that has alliteration and is well known. I mean...come on. Criticize Google for something substantial, not because they named an operating system after a delicious chocolate treat marginally related to some controversy. If you're going to criticize Android, go the whole hog and do it with something that actually matters.

First, he claimed that in 15 years of eating GM food in the US, there haven't been any reported illness. That's not an opinion, that's a fact.

Now, you might think there could be issues down the track, sure - and that may be your informed medical opinion.

But nothing he stated is actually false.

And just to forestall you, he also claimed that he personally thinks this obsession with organic everything is bad - sure, you might disagree with him, but he's entitled to his opinion, and it's hardly that controversial an opinion, to be honest.

Also, organic doesn't mean "all natural and the way we did it 4000 years ago". In fact, it's probably very different to what most people think:

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=organic-sti...

And this much vaunted water claim?

He said that water should have a value, or price on it, and that for those who didn't have access to it, we should take steps to help them.

I for one think that people in developed countries are terribly wasteful fresh water (among other things) - and it should definitely have a price, since it's a limited resource, and if you use it up, somebody else doesn't get it.

The fact that you and I are using computers to type this probably makes us better off than a large proportion of the world.

How about we stop all this silly hypocritical DOWN WITH THE EVIL CORPORATIONS! muck, and I don't know, start using that energy to something like World Vision, or CharityWater? (https://www.charitywater.org/donate/)