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Originally Posted by Madhatter
How can you compare nuclear free to fair trade. Fair trade suggests things it's not, I think It's a badge worth having and certainly worth trying. It's got the word TRADE in it, people, tourists see trade and thing buying things. They see nuclear and the run, regardless if its nuclear freee or chargable. Instead of knocking it cos you think it a rubbish idea, jusr go with it and see, it certainly won't do the area any damage like nuclear free does, and its not costing you anything is it.
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Marvellous. If
you want to collect badges to pin on
your borough, go ahead. Hyndburn has enough problems without wishing to add "anorack" to the list, thank you very much.
I compare nuclear free zones to free trade borough for the simple reason that they are both motivated by political dogma and are both equally ineffective.
As for the cloth-eared idea that when people see the word "TRADE" they cannot wait to get their credit cards out, it would be nice if the real world worked like that, but as it is, it doesn't, so the idea seems to be about as redundant as the rest of your comments on this issue.
You claim it won't cost me anything, sorry perhaps I'm missing something here, but haven't we already figured out that the Prospects Foundation is funded through the tax payer and doesn't the tax payer also pay extra so that HBC can indulge in guilt-free, free trade coffee? Looking at it dispassionately, I think that money would have been better spent by putting it towards an advertising campaign for the markets. It's partly my money that is being spent so I reckon I should have some sort of say about the manner in which it is spent, don't you?