If you eat bananas you may be supporting terorrists

[Andrew]

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Banana company Chiquita Brands International said Wednesday it has agreed to a $25 million fine and admit paying a Colombian terrorist group for protection in a volatile farming region.

Chiquita Charged in Terror Investigation: Financial News - Yahoo! Finance

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[DruSam]

omg i bought the little chiquita juice boxes in elementary school. we were supporting terrorists!!! :noes:

 

[JamesH]

HAHAHA who would have known!?!? Well I fucking hate bananas, in case anyone was wondering :anon.sml:

 

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Paying a terrorist group for protecting banana boxes. Interesting. Unfortunately, in many regions of the world, this is the rule rather than the exception. Many countries have long running civil wars or insurgencies where legit businesses are squeezed between the nominal "legit" government and the localized "freedom fighters"(their enemies call them terrorists).

 

[agua]

Wasn't there a 'rumor' that Macdonald's was funding the IRA at one some moment in time?

 

[scott]

Not all bananas come from Colombia, and not all are Chiquita brand.

 

[Jameel]

heh... i thought it wudda been Bean Pies

 

[John]

Paying a terrorist group for protecting banana boxes. Interesting. Unfortunately, in many regions of the world, this is the rule rather than the exception. Many countries have long running civil wars or insurgencies where legit businesses are squeezed between the nominal "legit" government and the localized "freedom fighters"(their enemies call them terrorists).

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Thats why that fine is bullshit. What are they supposed to do, not pay for protection, what happens to them then?

 

[ScottDaMan]

Eh..

Whatever......

:: Tosses banana, frozen strawberries, and orange juice in my magic bullet ::

 

[CLKeenan]

Hahaha- my sister HATES bananas and my mom always tries to make her eat them so I forwarded her this link

 

[DaveEMG]

This just seems like the right place for this...

 

[JRE]

They should find that mexican girl that was eating my chiquita last night.

 

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Thats why that fine is bullshit. What are they supposed to do, not pay for protection, what happens to them then?

I tend to agree with you. There's really no other way. Take the country I'm based in, the Philippines, for example. It has a 30+ year raging war with the Maoist New People's Army. It is STANDARD BUSINESS PRACTICE for farmers and agribusinesses in rebel held territories to pay TWO taxes--1 tax to the government and 1 tax to the "revolutionary" government that holds that area. Sucks ass. Good thing my company is based in Metro Manila so we only pay tax once. Sucks for companies based in rebel held areas though.