tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4146148016062694502.post197517984530983060..comments2024-01-05T12:03:52.460-05:00Comments on No Lawyers - Only Guns and Money: Need To Cut Back On Sugar? M&M's Doesn't Consider Knives "Family Friendly"John Richardsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03151468462458613615noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4146148016062694502.post-49356312126991549942014-06-06T11:37:36.269-04:002014-06-06T11:37:36.269-04:00Another thought: while free to choose your candy, ...Another thought: while free to choose your candy, burger and burrito any way you want, the fact that a national organization is suggesting that the rest of us avoid certain products and firms - not because they actively hurt our rights, but because they did not let us use their brand name to further our politics - is the absolute definition of "entitlement". <br /><br />I comprehended that, just fine. It's right there, in print. <br /><br />We demand everyone respect our rights, but then fly fingers in their face when they demand we respect their right to do business with the least drama possible.<br /><br />Try comprehending this:<br /><br />We are not entitled to use Starbucks as a public venue to mock political opponents.<br /><br />We are not entitled to use Chipotle for photo-ops that cause their customers concern.<br /><br />We are not entitle to use M&M Mars for our political fights.<br /><br /><br />In each of these case, someone on our side got their panties in a twist because - horror of horror - capitalistic firms did not let us abscond (that means "steal", for comprehension-challenged persons) their valuable brands for a social issue that ranks just below abortion in its ability to create divisive and damaging discourse and reaction from the public. <br /><br />Let me be clear, to avoid comprehension problems: <b>when our community asks a large corporation to risk their brand identity over our cause, we will lose almost every single time. </b> The only question is how <i>much</i> we lose. These public demonstrations and demands are not helping any of us.Patrickhttp://www.google.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4146148016062694502.post-89312712228926671132014-06-06T11:21:39.459-04:002014-06-06T11:21:39.459-04:00I understood the essay just fine. I addressed the ...I understood the essay just fine. I addressed the larger concern...or at least thought I did.<br /><br />So let's be clear: your concern is less about the supposed bias against a fundamental civil right, and more about the fact some marketing droid delivered the news the wrong way?<br /><br />Which is more important to you?<br /><br />Let me be clear (to rid ourselves of comprehension problems): I don't know exactly what transpired behind the curtain at Mars, but know that this happens all the fracking time with all kinds of companies and groups. They run a private - and tight - ship. They don't take stands on such social issues, and I do not read this as a stand on 2A.<br /><br />If you think the real cause for concern is the way they seemed to automatically cancel the order with a cut-n-paste email, then good for you. Patrickhttp://www.google.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4146148016062694502.post-42152843410547860182014-06-05T00:30:15.913-04:002014-06-05T00:30:15.913-04:00Patrick, did you not read this essay? The problem...Patrick, did you not read this essay? The problem is not about any sense of entitlement, it's that Mars, Inc. LIED, which was wholly unnecessary. <br /><br />Perhaps a reading comprehension class is in order for you? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4146148016062694502.post-77816571655897421792014-06-04T07:17:07.177-04:002014-06-04T07:17:07.177-04:00I have a good friend who is very high up in that f...I have a good friend who is very high up in that firm. She runs a LOT of their business.<br /><br />I will tell you now that M&M Mars has cancelled tons of orders for all kinds of special packaging for all kinds of reasons. It's a real simple metric: if it doesn't feel right, they won't do it. It has nothing to do with politics. If the message does not further the company brand - or if it might distract the brand or cause it to be caught up into a controversy - they cut it. It's a ruthless philosophy...and it's called "capitalism".<br /><br />I have no idea why it is our community suddenly feels entitled to everyone else's stuff. Why it is we get our collective panties in a bunch because M&M's won't put a knife logo on their private packaging, or why we think it is OK to co-opt some private fast-food place (Starbucks, Chipotle, whatever) into our little games and expect them to like being drug into the drama.<br /><br />Seriously, we need to chill out and stop demanding everyone to be like us, and to give us their stuff. We are sounding like the entitled brats on the other side.<br /><br />I don't even like chocolate, but am going to buy a bag of M&M's for my kid, just out of spite to the jackhattery going on in our community over these trivially inane weapy-eye crybaby sessions.Patrickhttp://www.google.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4146148016062694502.post-15610990638384819192014-06-02T21:07:27.841-04:002014-06-02T21:07:27.841-04:00Toeing the administration's PC line... sigh A...Toeing the administration's PC line... sigh And I liked M&Ms dammit...Old NFOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16404197287935017147noreply@blogger.com