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Post by
gamerunknown
Well, I don't live in the US, so I don't have to boycott as stringently. I just stick to not buying Coke and Nestle products. How the executives spend the money is going to be the stickler though. If the majority of that 50 or 77% are in lower management, patronage of the business won't give them much succour. The executives and shareholders derive the majority of profit from each individual purchase and have more influence over the policies and practices of the business.
So you think that there are no personal rights that shouldn't be up for a popular vote? Like if 80% of the population in a given area wanted to remove all Mosques, or burn all political books in a library, or prevent people from selling "green" products in there city limits, they should just go with the majority?
I think if 80% of the population opposed mosques, there'd be very little someone could do to open a mosque anyway. I have more trust in the populace that after reasoned debate and quorum they'd come to less reactionary positions. If I didn't believe in the capacity of the populace for reason, I would espouse a different form of politics to democracy.
Post by
204878
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Post by
ElhonnaDS
So
this
is pretty disgusting. A family left the state for 8 months for work. When they returned, someone had "sold" another family their house for $5,000. Now, they can't get back in because the squatters have filed restraining orders against them and are fighting them in court for ownership of the property.
Post by
MyTie
Chic Fil A appreciation day packs restaurants.
Post by
yukonjack
Chic Fil A appreciation day packs restaurants.
Ok so now what?
Post by
Adamsm
Chic Fil A appreciation day packs restaurants.
Nice to not see a riot.
Post by
Magician22773
Chic Fil A appreciation day packs restaurants.
Ok so now what?
Gays are going to Chick-Fil-A on Friday and going to kiss.
I don't get it. I would not feel comfortable going into a resturant and laying a big kiss on my wife, but somehow this is going to help with public acceptance of gays?
Post by
Adamsm
Just publicity, same good press to try to damage control the boss's moment of unthinking there.
Post by
MyTie
The gays are tired of other people pushing their way of life on them, so they are going to go make out in other people's restaurants. That's the hypocritical double standard irony that is common with society these days.
Post by
Adamsm
Why not; fight fire with fire.
Post by
MyTie
Do whatever you want, just as long as we call it what it is: hypocritical.
I could go on to explain the elephant: 2 wrongs don't make a right, treat others as you want to be treated, etc etc... but I don't think we see morality the same way, so I won't bother.
Post by
Adamsm
I'm not saying it's not hypocritical, but since they made such a massive stink about it, why shouldn't the gay community get some free publicity as well?
The entire thing is moronic no matter how you look at it.
Post by
Lombax
The gays are tired of other people pushing their way of life on them, so they are going to go make out in other people's restaurants. That's the hypocritical double standard irony that is common with society these days.
Way of life =/= being gay. You choose your way of life, you don't choose which gender you're attracted too.
Post by
MyTie
Way of life =/= being gay. You choose your way of life, you don't choose which gender you're attracted too.
This isn't about being gay. This is about them going into an establishment that is not theirs, and making a scene. This isn't about people defending their right to marry who they want, it's about them pushing their beliefs on others because they don't want people pushing their beliefs on others. It's a hypocritical mess. I could say that I don't choose to be made by God and subjected to His will, but that I was born in His creation. That doesn't make it ok when I get pushy on others, so why is it ok for them?
Post by
ElhonnaDS
They're not going there and kissing the employees, MyTie. That would be them forcing something on someone else. They're making a public statement that regardless of what laws are passed that limit their civil liberties, they're not going away.
If some establishment put money into an organization that pushed a law that prevented people from praying in public, and then people went to that store to pray, would you consider it hypocritical, or them being unfair to the store that clearly already has a problem with praying? Or would you consider it completely reasonable considering the unfair nature of the laws they were trying to get pushed through?
Post by
Adamsm
So then why is it okay for the boss of Chic-Fil-A to say what he said without a rebuttal from the other side? How is that any less hypocritical?
Post by
MyTie
If a privately owned establishment outlawed prayer, I wouldn't go there. I certainly wouldn't go there to pray just to irritate them, or make some statement.
That is THEIR restaurant. That is THEIR business. Going into THEIR business to make your statement is pushing your beliefs onto them, especially when it's so obviously unwelcome. Don't compare this to a public park or something. This isn't public property.So then why is it okay for the boss of Chic-Fil-A to say what he said without a rebuttal from the other side? How is that any less hypocritical?
The other side can rebut. That's fine. It's something very different to host that rebut on the person's property.
Besides, that doesn't meet the definition of "hypocritical", as the CEO isn't speaking out against other people pushing their beliefs on others, just saying that their beliefs are wrong. You might call him wrong, but it isn't hypocritical.
Post by
ElhonnaDS
We're not talking about if they outlawed prayer in their restaurant- what if they worked to make sure that there would be legal action for you praying in public anywhere?
Post by
gnomerdon
yes. what if. that would definitely be more bad than good.
Post by
MyTie
We're not talking about if they outlawed prayer in their restaurant- what if they worked to make sure that there would be legal action for you praying in public anywhere?
Then I would fight the legal action, and if the legal action took effect, I would pray anyway, and work to get it legalized. I WOULD NOT kick in the door of the anti-prayer coalition, drop to my knees, and start praying. That is their door. That is their private business. I think they are wrong, but that doesn't make an intrusion on them right.
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