It always amazes me when companies smack these tar babies. If you stay out of it, you never get in trouble.
What bothers me most re: these kinds of stories is the fact that all these various companies are trying to please everyone and at the same time not appear to be "bowing" to anyone's pressure. This is understandable but totally delusional. They need to make a decision and stand by it and defend it. I would have a lot more respect for them if this was the case, even if I didn't agree with their decision.
It's advertising.
It gets the people and press
pumping up the buzz.