Chic-Fil-A - Page 2

Blood_splat · 08-02-12, 04:05 PM

mookiemookie · 08-02-12, 05:36 PM

If we as Americans take our fast food so seriously that we use it to make a political statement, then we've just proven every stereotype about the American fatass to be true.

The Chick-fil-A in the mall that's attached to my building was packed yesterday. And the worst part - I bet 50% of those people didn't vote in our elections the other day, but yet they actually thought they were proving something or making some sort of difference by eating a damn chicken sandwich. Slacktivism at it's finest.

And what's even funnier....all those photos and pictures posted on Facebook (gay friendly company) by these proud Chick-fil-A supporters - They were most likely taken from an Apple product (gay friendly company), Google Android (gay friendly company) or uploaded using a Microsoft (gay friendly company) OS. Maybe they washed down their meal with a Coke - oh yeah, they're gay friendly also. Maybe they drove there in a GM or Ford vehicle - guess what! They just supported a gay friendly corporation when they did that too.

And the other side is just as stupid. Boycotting Chick-fil-A because their CEO is some bible thumper Baptist with pretty standard Baptist beliefs? Do they not realize that a lot of their gas and oil purchases benefit some pretty brutal regimes in the middle east that kill gay people? Why is there all this outrage when a Baptist CEO of a company so religious that they're closed on Sunday says in a Baptist newspaper that he's against gay marriage. This is a shock? Come on now.

In short, this whole thing is a foolish embarrassment to both sides. I eat at Chick-fil-A because I like the food. Everyone who wants to make my lunch a political battleground can kiss my nuggets. But they can't have my Honey Roasted BBQ sauce. That stuff is crack in a plastic condiment packet.

August · 08-02-12, 05:49 PM

Mookie did you see any politicians or boosters working the crowd?

mookiemookie · 08-02-12, 05:52 PM

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Originally Posted by August

Mookie did you see any politicians or boosters working the crowd?

What's that have to do with the price of rice?

August · 08-02-12, 05:53 PM

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Originally Posted by mookiemookie

What's that have to do with the price of rice?

I was just curious if anyone was trying to motivate those people to vote. I'd expect it'd be prime politiking grounds.

mookiemookie · 08-02-12, 05:54 PM

I just walked by and didn't see anyone like that, but I guess you're right, that'd be a great place to hand out flyers to a bunch of like minded folks.

Platapus · 08-02-12, 05:54 PM

like others have said, a business owner has the right to express his or her opinions. The citizens have the right to do business or not to do business with them.

If it were not for the media, this would not have been such a big deal.

Thanks to the media this company got a lot of free advertising, which may have been the entire intent.

Ducimus · 08-02-12, 06:04 PM

Can i be the first one to say the following words in this particular combination:

"Chik-Fil-a; Dude! I don't care."

August · 08-02-12, 07:18 PM

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Originally Posted by mookiemookie

I just walked by and didn't see anyone like that, but I guess you're right, that'd be a great place to hand out flyers to a bunch of like minded folks.

Well for the record I was just wondering if anyone was taking advantage of the situation not that I was hoping they would.

frau kaleun · 08-02-12, 07:57 PM

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To be fair, verse 25 states that a man should be killed if he rapes an engaged woman.

To be even more fair, that's not because he raped another human being, but because he vandalized another man's property. And the most likely reason that he has to marry the "unspoken-for" property is because his defilement of it means its current owner will no longer be able to get full price for it on the open market. Any perceived benefit to the property as a result of the exchange is a secondary consideration.

In conclusion, the Old Testament can bite me. :P

Rockstar · 08-02-12, 09:06 PM

God the author of a morally heinous crime? C'mon guys and gals. Im not the most versed biblical scholar in the world but what does Dueteronomy mean to anyone? Probably nothing. In Hebrew it has meaning, if im not mistaken (MH help me out here) it means words of words already said or spoken. 'Devarim'' is simply clarifying something not specifically mentioned the first time the commandment was written.

The original commandment can be found in the christian titled book Exodus. In Shemot 22:16 It says if a man seduces a woman and lies with her and is found out he is to marry her, not permitted to divorce and he will also be responsible to pay the bride price to young womans father. Since it was seduction it is consensual between two people. However the man is not permitted to just go about as he pleases sowing his wild oats. So they both must follow through with their action and they are to be married. Devarim concerns the same issue but goes further and identifies the minimum amount of the bride price. 'To take' a woman and lie with her in this instance is speaking of seduction. It is what we still call today a shot gun wedding.

The crime which you are speaking of is if a man is accused of forcable rape the commandment is dramatically different. He is to be tried and punished as if he had commited murder and if found guilty he was put to death.

Sailor Steve · 08-02-12, 09:49 PM

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Originally Posted by frau kaleun

In conclusion, the Old Testament can bite me. :P

Hmmmm.

CaptainMattJ. · 08-03-12, 02:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Blood_splat

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Originally Posted by mookiemookie

The Chick-fil-A in the mall that's attached to my building was packed yesterday. And the worst part - I bet 50% of those people didn't vote in our elections the other day, but yet they actually thought they were proving something or making some sort of difference by eating a damn chicken sandwich. Slacktivism at it's finest.

And what's even funnier....all those photos and pictures posted on Facebook (gay friendly company) by these proud Chick-fil-A supporters - They were most likely taken from an Apple product (gay friendly company), Google Android (gay friendly company) or uploaded using a Microsoft (gay friendly company) OS. Maybe they washed down their meal with a Coke - oh yeah, they're gay friendly also. Maybe they drove there in a GM or Ford vehicle - guess what! They just supported a gay friendly corporation when they did that too.

And the other side is just as stupid. Boycotting Chick-fil-A because their CEO is some bible thumper Baptist with pretty standard Baptist beliefs? Do they not realize that a lot of their gas and oil purchases benefit some pretty brutal regimes in the middle east that kill gay people? Why is there all this outrage when a Baptist CEO of a company so religious that they're closed on Sunday says in a Baptist newspaper that he's against gay marriage. This is a shock? Come on now.

Excuse the long re-quote but QFT.
i dont care all to much what some fast food joint president thinks about gay marriage, he is one man. i dont agree with his views, and i certainly dont agree with his exorbitant contributions to organized anti-gay marriage groups, and thats all i care to think about him and his opinions. there arent any chic-fil-as anywhere near here so i dont eat there, but i would if the food is good. His singular vote doesnt outweigh others, nor does his voice because he owns a restaurant chain. if you were to argue to issue, it would best be directed against organized groups.

I do find it hilarious how people will boycott oero because they made a rainbow colored oreo but will fully support chic-fil-a's views and opinons because it's "all about free speech". Its ALL about free speech until someone supports the other side in which case it revolting and shameful. It was obvious they had alternative feelings, many of them, and used "free speech" as a cover because they dont have the cajones to stand up for what they believe in and face the other side. It happens to be the same way with illegal immigration. And racial discrepancies against "minorities" and other groups. People dont seem to have the steadfast attitude to stand up for what they believe in anymore, except the people who are usually in the wrong (excluding this issue, in which its those in the wrong cant stand up for what they believe in, apparently).

August · 08-03-12, 07:17 AM

About that Oreo boycott. Apparently it was manufactured by ABC.

http://thinkprogress.org/lgbt/2012/0...-oreo-boycott/

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Though an individual can choose to boycott a product, a boycott is, by definition, only effective if organized on a large scale. ABC News chose to ignore this distinction when it reported yesterday, “Oreo Pride: Rainbow-Stuffed Cookie Sparks Boycott.” The article highlighted the rainbow Oreo posted on Facebook this week, which was accompanied by the message, “Proudly support love!” Though the innocuously inclusive message has largely been praised, ABC News drew its conclusions solely from some negative comments posted on Facebook:

But while many of the comments were supportive, some Facebook users pledged to boycott the cookie because of the post.
“I’ll never buy Oreo again,” one commenter wrote. “Disgusted with oreos,” wrote another. “Being gay is an abmonitation in GOd’s eyes i wont be buying them anymore.”

If such journalistic conclusions could be drawn from random typo-ridden comments on Internet content, news headlines would instantly lose all integrity. Two Facebook comments do not constitute a boycott, nor would 100 anti-gay comments even warrant calling the posting “controversial.” Culture wars have never merely been about a “difference of opinion.” Controversy is manufactured by such headlines that over-emphasize negative voices and draw false conclusions about their impact.

MH · 08-03-12, 07:36 AM

08-02-12, 05:36 PM	#17
mookiemookie Navy Seal Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 9,404 Downloads: 105 Uploads: 1	If we as Americans take our fast food so seriously that we use it to make a political statement, then we've just proven every stereotype about the American fatass to be true. The Chick-fil-A in the mall that's attached to my building was packed yesterday. And the worst part - I bet 50% of those people didn't vote in our elections the other day, but yet they actually thought they were proving something or making some sort of difference by eating a damn chicken sandwich. Slacktivism at it's finest. And what's even funnier....all those photos and pictures posted on Facebook (gay friendly company) by these proud Chick-fil-A supporters - They were most likely taken from an Apple product (gay friendly company), Google Android (gay friendly company) or uploaded using a Microsoft (gay friendly company) OS. Maybe they washed down their meal with a Coke - oh yeah, they're gay friendly also. Maybe they drove there in a GM or Ford vehicle - guess what! They just supported a gay friendly corporation when they did that too. And the other side is just as stupid. Boycotting Chick-fil-A because their CEO is some bible thumper Baptist with pretty standard Baptist beliefs? Do they not realize that a lot of their gas and oil purchases benefit some pretty brutal regimes in the middle east that kill gay people? Why is there all this outrage when a Baptist CEO of a company so religious that they're closed on Sunday says in a Baptist newspaper that he's against gay marriage. This is a shock? Come on now. In short, this whole thing is a foolish embarrassment to both sides. I eat at Chick-fil-A because I like the food. Everyone who wants to make my lunch a political battleground can kiss my nuggets. But they can't have my Honey Roasted BBQ sauce. That stuff is crack in a plastic condiment packet. __________________ They don’t think it be like it is, but it do. Want more U-boat Kaleun portraits for your SH3 Commander Profiles? Download the SH3 Commander Portrait Pack here.

08-02-12, 05:49 PM	#18
August Wayfaring Stranger Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 23,217 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Mookie did you see any politicians or boosters working the crowd? __________________ Flanked by life and the funeral pyre. Putting on a show for you to see.

08-02-12, 05:54 PM	#21
mookiemookie Navy Seal Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 9,404 Downloads: 105 Uploads: 1	I just walked by and didn't see anyone like that, but I guess you're right, that'd be a great place to hand out flyers to a bunch of like minded folks. __________________ They don’t think it be like it is, but it do. Want more U-boat Kaleun portraits for your SH3 Commander Profiles? Download the SH3 Commander Portrait Pack here.

08-02-12, 05:54 PM	#22
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,384 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	like others have said, a business owner has the right to express his or her opinions. The citizens have the right to do business or not to do business with them. If it were not for the media, this would not have been such a big deal. Thanks to the media this company got a lot of free advertising, which may have been the entire intent. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

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Ducimus Rear Admiral Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 12,987 Downloads: 67 Uploads: 2	Can i be the first one to say the following words in this particular combination: "Chik-Fil-a; Dude! I don't care."

08-02-12, 09:06 PM	#26
Rockstar In the Brig Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Zendia Bar & Grill Posts: 12,614 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	God the author of a morally heinous crime? C'mon guys and gals. Im not the most versed biblical scholar in the world but what does Dueteronomy mean to anyone? Probably nothing. In Hebrew it has meaning, if im not mistaken (MH help me out here) it means words of words already said or spoken. 'Devarim'' is simply clarifying something not specifically mentioned the first time the commandment was written. The original commandment can be found in the christian titled book Exodus. In Shemot 22:16 It says if a man *seduces* a woman and lies with her and is found out he is to marry her, not permitted to divorce and he will also be responsible to pay the bride price to young womans father. Since it was seduction it is consensual between two people. However the man is not permitted to just go about as he pleases sowing his wild oats. So they both must follow through with their action and they are to be married. Devarim concerns the same issue but goes further and identifies the minimum amount of the bride price. 'To take' a woman and lie with her in this instance is speaking of seduction. It is what we still call today a shot gun wedding. The crime which you are speaking of is if a man is accused of forcable rape the commandment is dramatically different. He is to be tried and punished as if he had commited murder and if found guilty he was put to death.