Consumer Ethics Gifts

"Since I'm not poor like you, I can afford to have scruples. . . I would never buy cheap clothes made with child labour."

The most moral consumer

"Hang on - these t-shirts are so cheap I'm a bit suspicious about where they were made."

"Most of these pelts were suicides."

"Wild-caught, farm-raised, lab-grown, beach-found, or aquarium-harvested."

"He's the chief watchdog, who watches over all the other watchdogs—but this must be his night off."

"Gas. Regular. Premium. Super. You don’t want to know."

"Being vegan or vegetarian isn't enough anymore. From now on I will only cook stuff I stepped in on the sidewalk."

"Not much in the way of loot, but we got a ton of store credit."

"On second thought, just give me the ham and forget the roast beef."

Gullib-Os

"Your mom's not protesting sex and violence on TV...she's taking a stand against those early Christmas ads..."

STRIP Hambone: Expensive repair job

'... Further to our telephone conversation of the 3rd, my fax of the 11th, my letters of the 16th, 23rd and 28th, my emails of....'

Consumption Graph.

ONE MORNING WHILE GETTING DRESSED,

are you so alienated from any real form of community that you can no longer distinguish between belonging and conforming?

The economy doctor

'Could you tell me where the organic locally-grown vine-ripened union-picked kiwis are?'

Consumer Protection Agency/Manufacturer Protection Agency

"Do you carry any shampoos that have been tested on little kittens?"

Pets: This animal has not been tested on products.

'Sir, there's a taxpayer who knows his rights, to see you.'

"And getting rarer by the day, madam!"

"Are your chickens raised without the use of growth hormones?"

Big oil.

"We should appeal to their greed, without, of course, actually appealing to their greed."

'So Chief Executive how can you justify this new increase in gas prices?'

'Do you sell eggs? . . . I forgot to say that I have middle class guilt. . .'

"Nothing that's overfished, poached or farmed? How about some seaweed?"

"I like this mob...they don't try to bullshit you!"

"Here's a bunch of money. We need you to save America...as we know it."

"Rest assured, we will be working hard to stop the onslaught of scammers and the scourge of robocalls..."

'But darling, he doesn't kill the cows.'

Bees full of righteous indignation swarm the honey company's executive suite.