paprika_hiccup
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I don't want you admit any kind of responsibility, banana- I am not talking about you here. Have I even suggested boycotting the products of the IBM or LV?Originally posted by banana@Jun 3rd, 2004 - 9:13 pm
I don't own any LV bags. And yes I have a PC but so does everyone else on TFS who doesn't use a mac. I really don't see the point in this discussion. What "responsiblity" do you want us to admit to? Why slam only one company over their collaboration with the Nazis and not others? It doesn't make any sense.
Whenever a brand is no longer trendy among a certain group they seem to make up some sort of ethical reason why they should no longer be supported. It's like all those people who boycotted the GAP over their use of child labour yet they would wear clothes by other companies who do the exact same thing. If you don't like LV for your own reasons, fine. But don't sit at your IBM computer complaining about how people shouldn't be supporting the Nazis.
As I said I am not of the "everyone else is doing it so why can't I" school of thought. I think all companies that collaborated with Hilter should publicly accept responsibility for their involvement. It is a harsh reality, but they did play a role in the death of millions of Jews. IBM has failed to do this, but that should not set some kind of precedent on how to deal with issues like these.
LV bags are IMO the ultimate example of a status objects. They would not be much without the LV monograms stamped all over them- a brown canvas bag with leather handles? The consumer is buying the name Louis Vuitton- the history of that name. Look how many brands have tried to make it big with their own monograms and failed? They did not have the history that LV does behind them, to hold them up as an enduring symbol of luxury, craftsmanship, yada, yada.
And softgrey,
I see where you are coming from, but I don't look at it in the sense of expecting innocent people to accept the blame or punishment for something they didn't do.
I am not talking about individual people here; I think it is the responsibility of the company to accept the entire history of the name they are selling. I know it will prob never happen, but that is still what I feel.
It often takes a long time and alot of distance from an event to be able to say "what we did was wrong".