Nooyi's speech was carefully scripted to give the exact message everyone heard (read). The vulgar references were intentional.
What is a successful, well-educated, respected executive of a major US corporation doing using that kind of language in ANY speech she might give?
And she compounded her vulgar effrontery by using that language to criticize the US.
Her apology (the second one) is just an excellent statement. It precisely covers the hot spots, and the diction, etc., shows just how intelligent and capable this lady is.
Two things belie the sincerity of the apology, however, and make me believe that she may still be playing everyone for a fool.
The first is the very excellence of the writing of the apology. Does this not suggest that every word of her speech was intentional and meant to mean what everyone thought it meant?
Second, in her apology she called her mistakes "inadvertent". WHAT? There was nothing in that speech that was inadvertent. I understand that it's a way to save face and CYA, but it makes her apology technically meaningless. Again, I did like the apology, but.....
Well, I'm not a Pepsi fan, especially, but I like Tostitos and KFC, which I read here yesterday is owned by Pepsi.
But Pepsi and its products are on my boycott list, even though a three-piece meal (original) might slip past the firewall now and then.
Indra is, I think, truly an asset to Pepsi (until now). Pepsi won't want to fire her, but I doubt she'll be out making speeches for awhile.
I was telling my husband about this story. He has boycotted Pepsi since they had Geraldine Ferraro in an ad. He pointed out that they ALSO hired Michael Jackson as a spokesperson some years ago. His motto is "always drink Coke, at least they are American."
Well said.
She absolutely knew precisely what she was saying and her "apology" but reinforced her contempt for US all. A clear case of the confusing of a relatively high verbal IQ -- and unchecked Narcissism -- for "intelligence."
I beg to differ on her future, though and reckon that old cow is headed for the culling paddock!
The inadvertance is in her failure to consider the consequences of her words, not the words as written, much as it is with Newsweak these days.