The email to not stock Ben & Jerrys Shweddy Balls ice cream !!! WTF?

I just saw Alec Baldwin on SNL last weekend. He addressed the fact
that some stores are caving to the uptight moms who don't like the
name of the ice cream. He said that B&J has come out with a new
flavor just for those women. The flavor is called "Go Fudge
Yourself." bwahahahahaha!

What's a 'Shweddy Ball'?

although i think the name is tasteless... i don't give a flying crap
what they name the product and would never complain about it ....


what surprises me is that i haven't read any complaints about "omg
it's so offensive" yet ... cos hey some people are very sensitive and
instead of voting with their feet, think they should vote for
everyone.


so good luck getting your schweddy balls... hope it tastes good. ;)

I also kinda think you shot yourself in the foot to stoop to the level
of the "bored housewives" by ranting and making threats (sarcastic or
not).

But to your concern, NO, stores like Kroger (or Giant Eagle, WalMart
or Target, etc.) really shouldn't capitulate to the demands of the
loudest few, but they are truly walking a fine line. While those who
are complaining are most likely in the minority with their beliefs,
they can make enough noise and rabblerouse enough of the fencesitters
that it creates a problem. No company wants a PR headache like that!

Sadly, it won't be until one of these "well intentioned" folks gets
something they care about taken away before they finally come to
understand that the door of freedom swings both ways. You can't
demand your beliefs be upheld while trampling that of others.

& just remember, vigilante parenting is what made Tipper Gore famous
and got her hubby a primo (albeit 2nd) chair in the White House.

ITA.

All this anger and getting worked up over an Ice Cream

Its not anger its stupidity and irritation. Knowing that MY purchase
choice is being based on a group of boycotters instead of my own
decision. Wouldnt you be irritated if something you like or favored
was taken off of shelves because some bored people didnt like the name
or how about a medication you need but a few people who didnt like the
name or look rallied against it. Its about me being able to make my
own decisions even if it is over ice cream. To not carry it is one
thing but to be told that even if it arrives that it is not to be
stocked is going against my right to make my own consumer decisions.

Question. If Ben and Jerrys came out with a flavor that is named after
a female sexual organ would you be as supportive?


"I am so irritated with people trying to make everything so over the
top and threaten with boycotts etc."..."You know what, I find the name
Kroger offensive so I am boycotting YOUR STORES!"

Isnt that exactly what you are doing?

Enjoy your thrid world country, where the water makes you sick, where
there is no regulation of safe food handling, where the store
regularly loses power and refrigeration fails, where rodents burrow
through dry goods etc.

My point is, even if you cant get this ice cream, you still have it
pretty good by living in the U.S.