| I don't see why I should have to suport one certian brand over anouther.
I don't care whether people buy them or not. What I care about is people coming onto Free Republic to urge their fellow Freepers to boycott a company, when they have not even bothered to find out whether that company has anything to do with the object of their wrath, which is Mrs. John Kerry. It sounds reasonable that they might be connected, given that both have the same name, but it turns out to be false. Which means that the people advocating this boycott did not do their homework before posting this nonsense. They just shot their mouths off without knowing what they were talking about. I'm sorry, but I don't find that amusing. It makes Free Republic look like a bunch of idiots, which I care a whole lot about. Let's be clear that I do not claim to have investigated every angle of this, but I can't find any connection. I've looked at their officers and directors, their annual report, their 10-K, the list of their 5%-and-up shareholders, and their insider transactions. She simply is not there; nor are any of her foundations. Meanwhile, no one advocating this boycott has presented any evidence at all that the H. J. Heinz company funds this woman, or any of her foundations, or even has anything to do with her. If such evidence turns up, I'm prepared to be wrong. But so far I haven't seen anything that suggests that this isn't just ignorance marching on, under color of Free Republic. We should have higher standards than that. |
Neither do I, which is why I have not started any threads about how people should go buy Heinz products.