Happy Christmas, everyone! And what better way to spread Christmas cheer than through laughter? For our Chocolate Campaign, check out these new funky short choco-centered Viral films on You Tube by clicking here. Watch them, comment on them, but most importantly pass them around to your chocoholic friends and loved ones– this will also help to spread the word about Stop the Traffik’s Declaration Campaign, where we are needing one million signatures to present to the UN in February.
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When I tried to open the video clips it just said that it was no longer available…. ?!
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personally I find the video scarey, not that that’s inappropriate. I certainly don’t find I can describe it as “laughter” like your web site designer does.
I wish this video showed actual children’s faces that are hurt by this, instead of someone that looks like they came from the set of The Rocky Horror Picture Show.
This made me feel bad. It’s like a present but with bad. Happy christmas =(
My first impression of the video is that it communicates disdain for those who like chocolate. I’m concerned that this will do very little to encourage people to embrace this cause. In fact, if I wasn’t already aware of the seriousness of the subject, I would have dismissed it as propaganda having seen this video.
Hey these virals are not for the squeamish. But it looks like they are getting a reaction, which is what virals are meant to do: start discussion, debate, prison outbreaks.
Call me an ignorant American, but I don’t really get it. Up until very recently, I was naively unaware that slavery still existed on the planet. But for me, these videos don’t highlight the issue — they’re just in your face gross. Chocolate isn’t evil, just the greedy people who make it at the expense of human lives.
I’ve been searching for Fair Trade Chocolate this Christmas and it’s very difficult to find — so we just aren’t buying it. I’m telling everyone I can about this issue and encouraging them to joint the fight. Bold tactics are called for, but they have to make sense.
It didn’t do much for me. A bit gross. I think a little of that and more of the children who are hurt by this.
Like the “Ignorant American” until recently I was blissfully unaware that child slaves were producing most of our chocolate. I want to promote awareness of the issue amongst my friends and aquaintances but I’m wondering why we are not encouraged to contact chocolate manufacturers, especially the global ones, with our concerns and put pressure on them to change their practices. Not sure how to go about this but I plan to try to find out.
If you want to enjoy Chocolate but don’t want to harm the little childrens, choose fairtrade brands, Available at the co-op, such as their own brand stuff, or Divine Chocolate, there’s also a few bars available from the big names, but make sure you look for the fairtrade stamp! This means the Farmers get loads more dosh for their beans, they don’t get skuppered by dodgy scales and their children can go to school. If you can’t find it at your local shop, ask the shop keeper and stop buying the non fairtrade stuff – they’ll soon get the good stuff in!!
Happy New Year Everybody!
I think that this video is very weird and will not get people thinking that slavery is bad, they will just think it is one big joke.
I am definitely against child slavery and want it to stop. However, I think this movie is inappropriate. It makes you feel dirty when you’re done watching it. Not because of the chocolate I’ve eaten but because it’s just a bad film. I prefer something that makes you think rather than just disgusts you. Try something edgy next time that is challenging for the viewers, not sickening. I won’t be passing this on to my friends which definitely hurts the cause. I would like to pass it on for the sake of the message, but it’s not worth it.
Wow it seems the one Chocolate Viral is getting some, well, reaction. We really appreciate your support, and commentary, so check out our other chocolate virals here to find something more to your liking to help spread the STT message — RWS
I did not look at the video, but I have a question about this chocolate business. It is a challenge to find “fair trade” chocolate around here, but I have found some bars. But if a company has 1 or 2 bars that are labelled as fair trade, but they also sell 3, 4, 5 other selections that are not fair trade, then I really should not want to buy from that company at all, right? It seems kinda hypocritical of the company to sell some fair trade chocolate, as if they’re trying to appease their hippie, protesting chocolate clients, and sell other chocolate because most people don’t know or don’t care what fair trade is or that children are slave labor. How do you deal with this? anyone?
It’s not that all chocalate is all unfairly traded and some attempts may be used to address the problem but not enought. Chocalte that is not certified as ‘fair trade cannot guaruntee its souce as to if slve labour has been used! ‘FAIR Trade’ chocalte is guarunteed as fair at least at it’s sourced. If a company sells both ‘fair trade’ and chocalate that has not been certified as fair it is still better to buy the fair trade and the more people who change to ‘fair trade’ the message will get across all the clearer as the companys will have to take note that people care. The manufacturer might not care seriously about it’s source but it does care where the custermer places their money.
Sorry, but I didn’t like the video very much. It seems that eating chocolate is a bad thing, and that is not true. I myselve like it very much. The video does not show the hurt to the children that live in slavery in the farms that produce part of the chocolate. We here in Brazil produce our own cacao beans (without slavery), but also import chocolate from abroad and there is no way to know the origin and analise if there was fair trade or not. Maybe you can help me.
A Happy New Year to all and God blesses the work of STOP THE TRAFFIC
man sieht das ding faengt an mit was schoenes auesserlich und langsam das man geniest gewoehnt und richtig macht, naher muss schnell viel gelt kassieren
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