Yet another example of why I hate people. This shoudl be a warning to all companies, don't ever use the word 'choice' in any marketingg or advertising material.
Why is it that the extreme ends of the political spectrum sem to be completely devoid of common sense? On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 12:33 PM, Larry Lyons <[email protected]> wrote: > Those loveable anti-abortion wingnuts are at it again. > > http://blogs.miaminewtimes.com/riptide/2009/01/pro-life_group_up_in_arms_over.php > > Pro-Life Group up in Arms over Krispy Kreme's Abortion Doughnuts > By Kyle Munzenrieder in Politicks > Thursday, Jan. 15 2009 @ 1:16PM > > Krispy Kreme, being the genial purveyor of glazed goodness that it is, > decided to get in on the Obama inauguration craze and is offering one free > doughnut to every costumer on January 20, Inauguration day, and released > this seemingly innocuous press release: > > "Krispy Kreme Doughnuts, Inc. (NYSE: KKD) is honoring American's sense > of pride and freedom of choice on Inauguration Day, by offering a free > doughnut of choice to every customer on this historic day, Jan. 20. By doing > so, participating Krispy Kreme stores nationwide are making an oath to tasty > goodies -- just another reminder of how oh-so-sweet 'free' can be." > > Well, The American Life League noticed the liberal use of the word choice > and decided to blast the chain bakery for producing abortion doughnuts. > > "The unfortunate reality of a post-Roe v. Wade America is that 'choice' is > synonymous with abortion access, and celebration of 'freedom of choice' is a > tacit endorsement of abortion rights on demand," the group's president, > Judie Brown said in a statement. > > File this under "Overreactionary Wing Nuts" and another attempt of > conservatives to redefine words for their political means (You can try to > rewrite the Constitution, but not the dictionary). Of course, the > "overreactionary libtard" counter to this is that conservatives want to > demonize all choice from America until we're living under a fundamentalist > dictatorship. A fundamentalist dictatorship without doughnuts. > > The full, completely unbelievable press release follows after the jump. > > > KRISPY KREME CELEBRATES OBAMA WITH PRO-ABORTION DOUGHNUTS Washington, DC > (15 January 2009) - > > The following is a statement from American Life League president Judie > Brown: > > "The next time you stare down a conveyor belt of slow-moving, hot, > sugary glazed donuts at your local Krispy Kreme, you just might be > supporting President-elect Barack Obama's radical support for abortion on > demand - including his sweeping promise to sign the Freedom of Choice Act as > soon as he steps in the Oval Office, Jan. 20. > > "The doughnut giant released the following statement yesterday: > > 'Krispy Kreme Doughnuts, Inc. (NYSE: KKD) is honoring American's > sense of pride and freedom of choice on Inauguration Day, by offering a free > doughnut of choice to every customer on this historic day, Jan. 20. By doing > so, participating Krispy Kreme stores nationwide are making an oath to tasty > goodies -- just another reminder of how oh-so-sweet "free" can be.' > > "Just an unfortunate choice of words? For the sake of our Wednesday > morning doughnut runs, we hope so. The unfortunate reality of a post Roe v. > Wade America is that 'choice' is synonymous with abortion access, and > celebration of 'freedom of choice' is a tacit endorsement of abortion rights > on demand. > > "President-elect Barack Obama promises to be the most virulently > pro-abortion president in history. Millions more children will be endangered > by his radical abortion agenda. > > "Celebrating his inauguration with 'Freedom of Choice' doughnuts - only > two days before the anniversary of the Supreme Court decision to > decriminalize abortion - is not only extremely tacky, it's disrespectful and > insensitive and makes a mockery of a national tragedy. > > "A misconstrued concept of 'choice' has killed over 50 million preborn > children since Jan. 22, 1973. Does Krispy Kreme really want their free > doughnuts to celebrate this 'freedom.' > > "As of Thursday morning, communications director Brian Little could not > be reached for comment. We challenge Krispy Kreme doughnuts to reaffirm > their commitment to true freedom - to the right to life, liberty and the > pursuit of happiness - and to separate themselves and their doughnuts from > our great American shame. > > "American Life League was cofounded in 1979 by Julie Brown. It is the > largest grassroots Catholic pro-life organization in the United States and > is committed to the protection of all innocent human beings from the moment > of creation to natural death." > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:285420 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
