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A copy of my letter to Lipton and their response followed by my final response(latest letter to first in that order) Regarding the Dixie Chix.......Note that Unilever is the parent corporation of Lipton Teas. Lets have a TEA PARTY! ....so another words you have no position on the offensiveness of the Dixie Chicks comments while in England....fine I'll Take the 300 Lipton Tea bags and dump them into Candor Creek and have my own mini Boston Tea party and for ward a copy of your response and mine to the forums at Free republic! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Liptontusa, Letters" To: "michael mathis" Sent: Friday, March 14, 2003 1:21 PM Subject: RE: dixie chicks > Dear: > > Thanks so much for writing! > > We are writing in response to your comments regarding our sponsorship of > the Dixie Chicks, > "Top of the World Tour". We certainly apologize and are grateful you have > chosen to > share your thoughts. > > As a manufacturer we feel it is a major responsibility to provide our > friends and consumers with > the most creative and entertaining means of sponsorship possible. > > We have a long history of presenting "tasteful" advertising, promotional, > and sponsorship efforts > to the public. We certainly do not wish to offend anyone. In developing > our promotional efforts, > Unilever and its agencies may not always anticipate all possible > implications > of a specific campaign. > > We will certainly forward your comments to the Marketing staff. > Consumer comments are very important and evaluated on a regular basis. > > We do thank you for your interest! > > > Your friends at Unilever Bestfoods North America > > -----Original Message----- > From: michael mathis [SMTP:mmathis@twcny.rr.com] > Sent: Friday, March 14, 2003 9:08 AM > To: Letters.Liptontusa@unilever.com > Subject: dixie chicks > > > I am a Lipton tea drinker but I am very upset regarding your sponsorship > of the Dixie Chicks. Their reprehensible comments regarding our > President, (while performing in England) are causing me to reconsider > drinking or consuming your products in the future(including your various > soups and dip mixes that I use very frequently). > > Now I realize that their statements don't necessarily reflect the views of > your management but since I really don't know what your management's views > really are, I hold that any statement that does not repudiate forcefully > the views of the Dixie Chicks are coded statements that actually support > their anti-bush and anti-American views. > > I am reasonable enough to consider that their statements caught your > company and the multi-corporations that you are a part of by surprise. > But how your companies handle the after math of their unfortunate > statements will determine how I'll spend my money on your products in the > future. >