Re: Shop door closes... [ safe link ]

Sena <"\"#\""@cymoeddorguk.privacy.net> wrote:

I'll be nice. Anita Rod*** did a hell of a lot of good. She stood up
for what she believed in, and whether or not people agreed with her I
believe very strongly that the ability to take such a firm stance is a
very good thing. She introduced a lot of previously ignorant people to
the fact that animals were used in one way or another in cosmetics, and
it cannot be denied that the Body Shop took off in a big way. Whether
for idealistic reasons or because her products were good I don't know.
She championed people as well as animals, getting involved in things
like Amnesty. She got involved in various charities at various levels.
She was a businesswoman in the days when such things were viewed with
suspicion. She died with her immediate family at her side, after a
short and very sudden illness.

Well and good up to now, but...

I reckon we all owe her more than we realise.

....how do you figure that? IMO, she was someone who saw a good business
opportunity, managed to do a bit (or more) of good in making it, and got
her rewards when that business made her a load of well-earned grub. She
will undoubtedly be missed by those near her, but personally, I shan't
miss her at all, no more than I should miss her (hypothetical) neighbour
who died a year earlier, or her next cousin twice removed who shall die
in a year or two. I knew none of them personally; I have never bought a
lot (or, TTBOMR, anything) in her shops; I do not care strongly about
most of her causes, and as for animal testing, she was neither the only
nor the first at that; I reckon I owe her nothing. She may have made
some people's lives better, but she made mine neither better nor worse.

Richard
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