Dr Pepper Responds to Consumers Regarding its Patriot Can [missing "Under God?"]

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[RonDog]

So what do YOU think?

Should we:

1 - FReep Dr Pepper/Seven Up, Inc. for being "God-less" scum,
2 - Give them a pass for being "insensitive" money-grubbers, or
3 - Add this e-mail campaign to our collection of "Urban Legends?"

See also:
The UN - Godly Pledge of Allegiance ...
Posted on 2/8/02 1:46 AM Pacific by davidosborne

From: B. Lee Pemberton
To: Dr Pepper/7-UP Pres. Doug Tough
Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2002 11:59 AM
Subject: Dr Pepper/7-UP's offensive commercials, and corruption of the Pledge of Allegiance

Dr Pepper/7-Up Inc.
5301 Legacy Drive
Plano, Tx 75024-3109
1.800-696-5891
e-mail: Consumer_relations@dpsu.com
Mr Doug Tough President

Mr Tough;
I recently observed a 7-UP commercial that I found to be both vulgar, obscene and offensive to Christians and other people of any moral persuasion: an actor is walking down a street, removing his clothes until finally he is wearing nothing but his undershorts. He removes the shorts and a crowd around him is depicted staring at him.

I have a question: is business so bad at Dr Pepper/7-UP that you must resort to filth peddling in order to make a buck? What on Earth is the connection between a fine product like 7-UP, and a pervert who takes off his clothes on a public street, and why would such a lascivious display make anyone want to run out and buy your products? Are you now touting 7-UP as the refreshment of choice for flashers and other sexual deviants who expose themselves to an unwilling audience?

And why was the phrase "under God" left out of the Pledge of Allegiance, on the new Dr Pepper can? What anti-God, anti-American heathen among your employees decided that Dr Pepper/7-UP had the right to re-write this patriotic anthem to exclude reference to the God Who caused America to become the greatest nation ever to grace the face of the Earth?

Do you honestly believe there are enough "politically-correct" Socialists and Marxists in America to keep your Company floating -after all the Christians, and other people with some measure of moral standards, stop purchasing your God-less, deviant products? You had better hope so!

Personally, I can assure you that none of your products will pollute my home or office for at least six months after you remove your prurient advertising and un-God-ly Pledge of Allegiance cans from the public view, and I will ask everyone I can contact to do likewise.

Most sincerely,
B. Lee Pemberton
Pastor

Church of the Lion of Judah
Post Office Box 1484
Sarasota, Fl 34230-1484
"Surfing for souls on the Internet!"

Dr. Pepper omits "under God" from Pledge to Flag
Posted on 2/1/02 9:16 AM Pacific by smokinleroy

I heard on the Darrel Ankarlo show on KLIF radio (Dallas/Fort Worth) this morning that some students in Iowa are launching a letter-writing campaign to protest the actions of Dallas based Dr. Pepper. It seems on a recently issued can with a patriotic theme including a picture of the statue of liberty that they printed the Pledge of Allegience to the Flag in which they omitted the phrase "under God". When inquired as to the reason, the company representative said that there was not enough room. Anyone else hear this story?

[RonDog]

"Under God" ping!

What say you?

[dep]

i say they're spineless lice, and henceforth it's moxie or nothing for me!

dep

[Pharmboy]

My G-d! I never drank that p*sswater anyway, but now I'll discourage anyone else from ever drinking it. Including all my kids.

They can't cite separation of church and soda, can they?

[Tigercap]

They made their choice regarding the can.

Fine.

I'll exercise my family's freedom of choice by staying away from Dr. Pepper.

[steveo]

is a resoundingly patriotic, bipartisan message that we are a united nation.

So are you saying that if "under God" is mentioned it becomes a un-patriotic, partisan message? As in that the opposing party doesn't believe in God? We knew that already.

[KJMorgan]

And they also left out ;"...with liberty and justice for all." All they are trying to say is that we are a united country.

Some people aren't happy till they can find something to be offended about.

[sonofagun]

Much ado about very little, in my opinion.

Looks like Dr. Pepper got dinged by the overly sensitive right.

[Pharmboy]

Interesting that in their response they never mention that G-d plays a part--anywhere in anything(even though He was left on the cutting room floor).

[VA Advogado]

I vote for #3. After seeing the can I have no problem with it. Your efforts are silly and wasted energy.

[Huck]

Hey RonDog! Looking at the can, and reading their explanation, I can see what they were shooting for. They probably wish they'd just said "United We Stand." Seems like that's what they meant, but they chose to express the idea with words from the Pledge. Had they put the whole quote, it would have taken up more space, and while it might have been considered a good message, maybe it wasn't what they wanted to emphasize. Personally, I'd give 'em a mulligan and not sweat it. But that's just me.

[VA Advogado]

Some people aren't happy till they can find something to be offended about.

Some people (see Rondog) have way way way too much time on their hands.

[Cicero]

I never had a Dr. Pepper in my life, and I'm not about to start now. But their response seems reasonable enough. They didn't put the whole pledge on the can and omit one phrase, "under God." They just used three words, "One Nation . . . Indivisible." That seems reasonable enough to me. I think the complaints were misleading. The Dr. Pepper folks may be villains, for all I know, but not for doing this.

[Charles Henrickson]

I think getting upset because Dr. Pepper had the words, "One Nation . . . Indivisible," and jumping to the conclusion that therefore they were deliberately omitting the words, "Under God"--I think that is stupid and silly. It's not like they printed the whole thing and left out only the words, "Under God." That would be a different matter entirely. Then I could see a reason for being upset. But as it is, I could only commend Dr. Pepper for a very patriotic display.

[katnip]

The original post from a few days ago, as I recall,
said the entire pledge was written on the can, but left out "One Nation under God".
I'm glad Dr. Pepper cleared this one up.
Complaints about this are absurd.

[governsleastgovernsbest]

"Separation of church and soda". LOL!

By the way, in trying to explain away their gaffe, looks like Dr. Pepper has dug itself an even deeper hole. Their explanation states that there was room for only a limited amount of the "verbiage" from the Pledge of Allegiance.

The main definition of "verbiage" is:

"An excess of words for the purpose; wordiness."

Looks like Dr. Pepper has some more "splaining" to do!

[SMEDLEYBUTLER]

Dr. Pepper probably has a lock on the atheist soft drink market. They wouldn't want to offend their customer base.

[Recovering_Democrat]

After I saw this can, I don't have a problem with what Dr. Pepper did. I don't consider them anti-religion or anti-God. Now, if they had published all of the pledge except the words "under God", there would be an argument. But just to say we as a nation are "indivisible", I'm fine with that.

[sugar_puddin]

We at Dr Pepper/Seven Up strongly believe that the message on these cans is a resoundingly patriotic, bipartisan message that we are a united nation.

NO God = NO Dr. Pepper. We were Dr. Pepper drinkers too. My family is united under God, so it's Hastala Vista Dr. Pepper!