Passage to Paris...FReep This

supplement to Houston Chronicle | 2-23-03 | BobbyD

[bobbyd]

Stein Mart Ad ~ Houston Chronicle 2-02-03

[bobbyd]

Hello Gang,

The lovely HelenK alerted me to this sales supplement in the Houston Chronicle.

Stein Mart is a ???upscale??? "Target" wantabe!~

Please view the pics and tell me.....How much you love FRance?.....OR.....tell Stein Mart how you feel about their Passage to Paris

HELLO AMERICA ~ HOW ARE YA

Let's tell companies like Stein Mart we are not going to buy their useless rhetoric.

HA!!! I rather be in Paris.....my arse!!!

This is bad timing by Stein Mart and they need a FReepin'.....WWW.STEINMART.COM

[bobbyd]

Sorry for the large pics.....I am largely pissed!

Please bump this to your ping list

Thanks,

Bobby D.

[zefrog]

Xenophobic moron.

[chasio649]

Done!

[bee muse jay]

I can't really believe this. And yet I have to. Are you really going to be whipped up into a frenzy over this?

[Flyer]

I bet this ad campaign was planned long ago and the merchandise ordered even before that. Look for it in the bargain basement real soon.

[Flyer]

Xenophobic moron.

I don't see that SteinMart is exhibiting any xenophobia.

???

[bobbyd]

Xenophobic moron

Ha! you know me too well....

FrogARse

[HAL9000]

It looks like a waste of time to freep Steinmart over something this trivial - the towels were probably weren't manufactured in France.

And this post certainly doesn't belong in Breaking News.

[zefrog]

Not Stein Mart, bobbyd.

A boycott is stupid. Mailbombing a shop because it sells France-related products is stupid. It's un-american and un-conservative. It means you're equating the citizens of a country with its government, which is in essence the opposite of what America is supposed to stand for. Especially when opinion polls show that the french are less opposed (about 70%) to a war than the spaniard of the brits, who are opposed at 80 or 90%, contrary to their governement.

How would you feel if your company suffered from a european boycott, because of something the Clinton administration did? Would you see this as fair, justified, intelligent?

[bobbyd]

Don't talk about whupped....unless your ready

[bobbyd]

Geez....It's 4am....glad to see all are awake to flame my post

[bee muse jay]

But seriously. How can you, an intelligent, thoughtful member of this free republic community, be serious about something like this.

[Flyer]

It means you're equating the citizens of a country with its government

It a country that elects its Government, yes I am.

[Flyer]

Geez....It's 4am....

Check the clock. It's well after 05:00. Beer thirty at this house.

[bobbyd]

But seriously. How can you, an intelligent, thoughtful member of this free republic community, be serious about something like this.>

OK.I'm not serious and I sure the hell ain't intelligent........sheesh....Did I post FLAME away........???

[HAL9000]

You have the best of intentions, but I'm suggesting that FReeping resources should be reserved for situations where it's likely to do some good.

French wine, cheese and fashion boycotts are more likely to have the desired economic impact - rather than Freeping a towel that has the word "Paris" embroidered on it.

[bobbyd]

Beer thirty at this house

Ha! The bar closes?

Not at this house.

[Flyer]

Welcome to FreeRepublic!

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[Flyer]

Ha! The bar closes?

No, it just moves around. This week it's found in the pre-dawn hours.