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07 Oct 2013, 2:19 pm

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Of course people have the right to disagree with same-sex marriage.

And consumers have the right to reach for a different brand on the shelf. And people who support same sex marriage have the right to attempt to persuade consumers to do precisely that.


Exactly. I'm getting kinda tired of people who ignore the fact that freedom of speech is a two-way street. Boycott is considered "evil" to some unless it's a cause they can get behind.



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07 Oct 2013, 4:49 pm

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What I can say is if this is made widely known to Americans, they will flock to support this Barilla the way they did Chick Fil-A and Paula Deen. In spite of any boycott, sales are likely to explode. What should be done with those people?

Nothing.

Let the fate of the Barilla corporation be decided in the marketplace, not in the closet.



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07 Oct 2013, 5:39 pm

Admittedly I don't pay much attention to adverts, but I can't actually think of any companies which do use gay couples/lgbt families to advertise their products. I could just have missed them, but still, there can't be many. So why is this company being attacked for advertising in a similar way to the majority of other companies?

Also, in the article provided in the OP someone states that in the UK it wouldn't be acceptable for a food advert to show a family being served food by a woman. Hmmm.... Whoever said that clearly watches even fewer UK adverts than I do.



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07 Oct 2013, 8:17 pm

I'm sure at least the Manly gay men could get over not seeing homosexuality expressed everywhere in media....
IOW: WOW, It's an effing comercial, watch the Modern Family instead, or even the Amazing Race and Survivor.


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07 Oct 2013, 8:43 pm

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http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/26/pasta-firm-barilla-boycott-gay - I personally think the CEO of Barilla is being an idiot.

attention getting stunt.



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07 Oct 2013, 8:48 pm

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equestriatola wrote:
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/26/pasta-firm-barilla-boycott-gay - I personally think the CEO of Barilla is being an idiot.

attention getting stunt.


Right you are.


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08 Oct 2013, 12:03 am

Thelibrarian wrote:
equestriatola wrote:
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/26/pasta-firm-barilla-boycott-gay - I personally think the CEO of Barilla is being an idiot.


Does nobody have the right to disagree with you on the issue of homosexual marriage?What I can say is if this is made widely known to Americans, they will flock to support this Barilla the way they did Chick Fil-A and Paula Deen. In spite of any boycott, sales are likely to explode. What should be done with those people?

that is why I am a hermit, to stay away from those kind of people [righties]. where I live they are legion. and that pasta can rot for all I care.



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08 Oct 2013, 10:01 am

auntblabby wrote:
Thelibrarian wrote:
equestriatola wrote:
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/26/pasta-firm-barilla-boycott-gay - I personally think the CEO of Barilla is being an idiot.


Does nobody have the right to disagree with you on the issue of homosexual marriage?What I can say is if this is made widely known to Americans, they will flock to support this Barilla the way they did Chick Fil-A and Paula Deen. In spite of any boycott, sales are likely to explode. What should be done with those people?

that is why I am a hermit, to stay away from those kind of people [righties]. where I live they are legion. and that pasta can rot for all I care.


Would you try any other brand of pasta, I ask you?


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08 Oct 2013, 2:21 pm

equestriatola wrote:
auntblabby wrote:
Thelibrarian wrote:
equestriatola wrote:
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/26/pasta-firm-barilla-boycott-gay - I personally think the CEO of Barilla is being an idiot.


Does nobody have the right to disagree with you on the issue of homosexual marriage?What I can say is if this is made widely known to Americans, they will flock to support this Barilla the way they did Chick Fil-A and Paula Deen. In spite of any boycott, sales are likely to explode. What should be done with those people?

that is why I am a hermit, to stay away from those kind of people [righties]. where I live they are legion. and that pasta can rot for all I care.


Would you try any other brand of pasta, I ask you?

not at present, as I have been on a low-carb/low-wheat diet.



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08 Oct 2013, 4:32 pm

Homemade pasta is better anyway.


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08 Oct 2013, 5:05 pm

what is it with all these CEOs deliberately offending parts of their potential customer base? those actions should be the definitions in the dictionary under "bad business practices." those companies must be swimming in cash to be able to afford to piss off potential customers and drive them away. what stinking arrogance.