CNN asks all the tough questions, don’t they?
They asked yesterday if your Easter basket is ethical. Now, while the issue of child slave labor in cocoa fields is real, you’ve gotta’ love how CNN decides to run this right before Easter. It’s pretty hilarious in a sad way.
CNN used to have mad game when it came to anti-Christianity. At least the History Channel actually runs pretend documentaries questioning the resurrection. CNN attacks chocolate? Come on CNN, it’s like you’re not even trying to attack Christianity anymore. Bring Ted Turner back!
HT Newsbusters
April 5, 2012 at 4:41 am
Actually, I'm glad I got mine early. They're sold out:
http://www.serrv.org/product/milk-chocolate-bunnies/divine-chocolate
It was last year, at Easter, that I first heard about free trade chocolate from a Catholic blog. It's a big chocolate holiday, so it makes sense to talk about it now. From last Easter I've begun to begin to pay attention to the right brands. Not that I can ever live without M&M's, but Easter is a good time (if you start early enough) to begin to practice finding good chocolate.
Fortunately, there are no ethical hangups with jelly beans or peeps. At least, none that I know of.
April 5, 2012 at 12:22 pm
Is that Morticia from the Addams Family?
April 5, 2012 at 1:08 pm
My wife argued that we should buy the boys a small gift instead of candy, reasoning that there be plenty of chocolate at relatives houses. While I can agree with her argument, it still worries me that Easter is turning into another big present day. I dimly recall a report that Easter is the third biggest gift giving day next to Christmas and birthdays.
April 5, 2012 at 2:13 pm
I've never really understood the whole Easter Bunny, basket and chocolate thing…..it's more pagan than Christian.
Unfortunately, most chocolate and coffee plantations use slave labor. This really is a serious issue.
April 5, 2012 at 2:34 pm
Dave E: I thougt so too, but then I realized that Pat Kensman(?) is a "long toothed harpee". Morticia Adams was elegant if not weird. This woman is just plain (we are not allowed to say things like that on the blog)
April 5, 2012 at 2:43 pm
Robert in Maine: Jesus gives us the gift of new life at Easter. Everyhting else is a remembrance of Christ's new life. Eggs, bunnies, flowers remind us to be thankful for Our Lord. As far as slave labor, we must improve working conditions like we did here in America. Treat everyone as you would be treated. In the Bible, if a master withheld the working man's day wages and the man died, the master was guilty of murder. Bring back Judeo Christian ethics and slave labor will be solved. The progressives want it both ways. It makes news.Can anyone imagine headliners: The Plantation Owners held a banquet to celebrate the workers successful coup in the market. All will benefit. and another story…
April 5, 2012 at 2:45 pm
The patriot was expressing his desire for freedom for his people. The king decided that he needed to be rid of the activist. His cabinet devised a plan to have the activist insult the king and thereby have an excuse, not a reasonable excuse, but nonetheless an excuse to execute the activist. The activist was invited to a banquet in the palace. A roasted goose was set before the king. The activist was instructed to serve up the roasted goose. The patriot served up the roasted goose thusly: “To you, oh great king, belongs the head, for you are indeed, the head of this great nation. To you, oh great queen, belongs the neck, for you support the king, head of this great nation. To you, the cabinet members, go the wings, for you give balance to the king of this great nation. To you, the armed forces, go the legs, for you march to keep safe the king of this great nation. The body of the roasted goose was left on the tray and everyone asked to whom it belonged. The activist said: “The body of the goose belongs to me for I am the people”.
April 5, 2012 at 5:17 pm
If I remember the last several times this came around, when you get down to the bottom their evidence is: "These parents say their kids were stolen to work in the fields and want money for it," "this guy says that another chocolate grower uses slave labor," or "these kids were sold to this grower, but they don't want to leave."
It's usually from the "ethical labor" groups that have standards like "no-one under 13 can do any work at all" and "children 13-16 can only do light labor for three hours or less, a few days a week." Numbers all from memory, but it sort of stuck with me because by their measure, my folks' ranch uses unethical child labor.
April 5, 2012 at 5:21 pm
What about all the unjust labor practices in China to produce the almight Apple products?
Yes, child labor is awful, but most Mac users are oblivious to the injustices they're causing.
And if the clothing tag says "Made in (some random country)", you most likely contributed to unjust labor practices.
But, surprise surprise, MSM chooses the Christian child's joy to attack.
Wow.
April 5, 2012 at 5:40 pm
That video itself is slanted. Why not show the entire segment? I'd love to have heard the answer to the anchor's question. What's the harm in hearing it all? I can decide for myself whether it's spin. Of course they're talking about this now, right before Easter. The Easter basket has nothing to do with the Resurrection of Christ, and many people celebrate a bunny rather than the Risen Lord — that's a sad fact.
April 5, 2012 at 6:24 pm
Back around Halloween time; Marcel is totally right that often the only cure for actual slavery is for civilized folks to go in and hang the slavers.
April 6, 2012 at 1:54 am
CNN? They were around in the 90's or so, right?
April 6, 2012 at 6:21 pm
I don't know, CNN, but I think you're treading on dangerous ground. Attacking the Easter Bunny is setting you up to get 'slave-made' coal in your stocking this coming Christmas. Don't say I didn't warn you…