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Vitamin Company Milks Tragedy To Boost Sales
In addition to literature on vitamins, a nutritional supplement company is offering its suggestions for combating terrorism. The company advised its customers: "The only workable answer was provided by Adolf Hitler in World War II. Any killing...was answered by killing 10 local young men for every Nazi." Read on to see what kind of mental vomit they put forth when questioned on their remarks.
Well, I got a response from Wholesale Nutrition (makers of C-Salts).
Unfortunately, it was not what I wanted to hear. I was hoping to hear that
their domain had been taken over by digital terrorists, but no luck. I can't
believe I've been supporting these people!
Please contact them [WN [at] nutri.com] with your ideas to "prevent a century of
terrorism and unnecessary death."
'Cello
-----Original Message-----
From: WN [at] nutri.com [SMTP:WN [at] nutri.com]
Sent: Sunday, November 04, 2001 12:12 PM
To: Marcello Aurelio Lanfranchi
Subject: Re: Please Clarify
At 09:47 PM 11/2/01 -0800, you wrote:
>I've been a loyal customer of yours since 1998, when I read Dr. Andrew Weil's
>book 8 Weeks to optimum Health. He recommended your C-Salts, which I've used
>ever since. I went to http://www.nutri.com just now to reorder, and noticed
>the link to "The ONLY answer to our TERRORISM dilemma by Oscar Falconi." This
>piqued my interested, so I read the article at http://nutri.com/terrorism. I'm
>still not sure I actually read what I think I read.
>
>Please clarify. Is murdering 10 Afghans for ever one American killed on Sept.
>the official position of Wholesale Nutrition?
>
>If so, consider my business irrevocably terminated.
>
>Please reply to me ASAP so that I know where you truly stand.
>
>
>Marcello Aurelio Lanfranchi
>
>+ + +
>No problem can ever be solved by the consciousness that created it. We must
>learn to see the world anew. -- Albert Einstein
================================================================
Dear Mr Lanfranchi,
Sorry to have offended you.
But just as dropping the atomic bomb on Hiroshima
and Nagasaki saved possibly millions of lives, mostly
Japanese, the same sort of "terrible" actions of massive
retaliation will save possibly millions of lives, mostly
Muslim.
Sorry, but I see no other answer, and I'd be very happy
to consider any other answer that would prevent a
century of terrorism and unnecessary death. In fact,
should you come up with a good idea, I'll be happy to
include it on my website on the "terrorism" site.
We'd be sorry to lose your business because of my
hard-to-accept, but honest ideas. Only the most
happiness for the most people is my intention. It'd
be hypocritical, indeed dishonest, of me to change
my scribbles merely to increase my business.
Hope you understand.
Sincerely,
Oscar Falconi
Unfortunately, it was not what I wanted to hear. I was hoping to hear that
their domain had been taken over by digital terrorists, but no luck. I can't
believe I've been supporting these people!
Please contact them [WN [at] nutri.com] with your ideas to "prevent a century of
terrorism and unnecessary death."
'Cello
-----Original Message-----
From: WN [at] nutri.com [SMTP:WN [at] nutri.com]
Sent: Sunday, November 04, 2001 12:12 PM
To: Marcello Aurelio Lanfranchi
Subject: Re: Please Clarify
At 09:47 PM 11/2/01 -0800, you wrote:
>I've been a loyal customer of yours since 1998, when I read Dr. Andrew Weil's
>book 8 Weeks to optimum Health. He recommended your C-Salts, which I've used
>ever since. I went to http://www.nutri.com just now to reorder, and noticed
>the link to "The ONLY answer to our TERRORISM dilemma by Oscar Falconi." This
>piqued my interested, so I read the article at http://nutri.com/terrorism. I'm
>still not sure I actually read what I think I read.
>
>Please clarify. Is murdering 10 Afghans for ever one American killed on Sept.
>the official position of Wholesale Nutrition?
>
>If so, consider my business irrevocably terminated.
>
>Please reply to me ASAP so that I know where you truly stand.
>
>
>Marcello Aurelio Lanfranchi
>
>+ + +
>No problem can ever be solved by the consciousness that created it. We must
>learn to see the world anew. -- Albert Einstein
================================================================
Dear Mr Lanfranchi,
Sorry to have offended you.
But just as dropping the atomic bomb on Hiroshima
and Nagasaki saved possibly millions of lives, mostly
Japanese, the same sort of "terrible" actions of massive
retaliation will save possibly millions of lives, mostly
Muslim.
Sorry, but I see no other answer, and I'd be very happy
to consider any other answer that would prevent a
century of terrorism and unnecessary death. In fact,
should you come up with a good idea, I'll be happy to
include it on my website on the "terrorism" site.
We'd be sorry to lose your business because of my
hard-to-accept, but honest ideas. Only the most
happiness for the most people is my intention. It'd
be hypocritical, indeed dishonest, of me to change
my scribbles merely to increase my business.
Hope you understand.
Sincerely,
Oscar Falconi
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Yet when Bill Maher spoke on his TV show "Politically Incorrect" against US foreign policy and FedEx and other big corps immediately pulled their advertising in retalliation for his "unpatriotic" words (thus taking their business elsewhere), liberals went through the roof and cried all of the above.. censorship, capitalist repression of free speech, etc. I know, I was one of them.
But here's the problem with principle - you can't have it both ways. If you support the right of the author of this post to "vote with his wallet" as they say, you must support FedEx's right too. If you decry FedEx as a manipulative censor, you must decry this man as well. The only difference is that he's less influential.
I hate to say it, but I've gotta let FedEx off the hook. It's their right to spend their ad dollars where they wish. It's wrong of them to do so for an ulterior motive - they're supposed to be a shipping business, not a political lobby - but it remains their cash and their right.
*Sj