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aggiesal

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22. Remember this . . .

Mon Feb 3, 2014, 03:17 AM

Feb 2014

When Coca-Cola gather people from around the world,
from all nationalities to sing

I'd like to buy the world a home
And furnish it with love
Grow apple trees and honey bees
And snow white turtle doves.

Chorus:
I'd like to teach the world to sing
In perfect harmony
I'd like to buy the world a Coke
And keep it company
That's the real thing.

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You might be a hopeless, hate-filled piece of shit IF... [View all] Barack_America Feb 2014 OP

What does patriotism have to do with selling sugar water? LeftyMom Feb 2014 #1

dunno, but the ironic thing is, to get coke like it used to be, you have to get the kind made in dionysus Feb 2014 #2

The product is one thing, the message is another. Barack_America Feb 2014 #4

It's a commercial. The message is "buy Coke." LeftyMom Feb 2014 #23

Coke could have used a different message to sell their crap... SomethingFishy Feb 2014 #33

The ad got a hell of a lot of notice and the whole country is talking about it. Kablooie Feb 2014 #25

That "Sugar Water" is America to a huge portion of the world OmahaBlueDog Feb 2014 #44

As Annette Bening said in the film "The American President" A HERETIC I AM Feb 2014 #3

Thus describing the limbaugh... MrMickeysMom Feb 2014 #43

Ummm...they've printed the labels in multiple languages many times OmahaBlueDog Feb 2014 #45

Arabic coke bottle; A HERETIC I AM Feb 2014 #46

Don't be fooled by a sweet commercial, it's manipulation. Whisp Feb 2014 #5

The commercial was sweet. I'm not going to buy more Coke products. Barack_America Feb 2014 #8

who me? I'm not spitting mad because of the different languages. Whisp Feb 2014 #10

Not you, "one". I misspoke. Barack_America Feb 2014 #16

I'll still enjoy my Coke Zero tonight and not lose a wink of sleep. nt TheMathieu Feb 2014 #19

We'd never buy Coca-cola but that was a great ad malaise Feb 2014 #31

They love America like OJ loved Nichole. JNelson6563 Feb 2014 #6

Indeed! FiveGoodMen Feb 2014 #29

What if a corporation was cunningly using diversity to sell you their stuff? Vashta Nerada Feb 2014 #7

You think the people freaking out on twitter are pissed about the HFCS? Barack_America Feb 2014 #9

Uh-huh. Vashta Nerada Feb 2014 #11

Yep. TheMathieu Feb 2014 #13

While true, we're talking about htep eople punching htemselves in rage over the commercial mentioned Scootaloo Feb 2014 #20

That was really well put. GoneOffShore Feb 2014 #30

Inspired by at least three cats I have owned Scootaloo Feb 2014 #32

"Debbie downer bullshit" Vashta Nerada Feb 2014 #36

Well, people do have the ability to choose whether to purchase a product or not. Skidmore Feb 2014 #35

Oh they want Coke to Cha Feb 2014 #12

Coca-Cola Inc's ONLY objective was to play both ends against the middle... cherokeeprogressive Feb 2014 #14

I loved Coke before the commercial. TheMathieu Feb 2014 #17

While exploiting workers and natural resources. NuclearDem Feb 2014 #41

Just because I like the commercial doesn't mean I'm going to become a zombie and liberal_at_heart Feb 2014 #18

As always, there's an XKCD on that. jeff47 Feb 2014 #15

HA! IrishAle Feb 2014 #27

I read that one of the languages in the ad was a Native American language. Even better okaawhatever Feb 2014 #38

I drink Moxie, that singular tonic from New England, detested by millions. D-licious!! King_Klonopin Feb 2014 #21

Remember this . . . aggiesal Feb 2014 #22

Gotta be ignorant of American heritage to think those languages are "foreign" here. n/t Beartracks Feb 2014 #24

Nah, no one is truly hopeless. nt Deep13 Feb 2014 #26

Can someone please enlighten me? Soundman Feb 2014 #28

It's about the song "America the Beautiful" being sung in other languages, which brings up the okaawhatever Feb 2014 #40

Thanks, Soundman Feb 2014 #48

if you support union busting companies frwrfpos Feb 2014 #34

Well said indepat Feb 2014 #37

Americans sure love wallowing in melodrama 1000words Feb 2014 #39

Just a point of order, if you are a linguist nadinbrzezinski Feb 2014 #42

Thus began the great corporate soda wars. Rex Feb 2014 #47