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The Frog
Well, if I ever make it to the USA for another time in my life, i will probably visit a Chick-Fil-A!
Any publicity is good publicity
Any publicity is good publicity
No.Wait, you guys think people are going to Chick-Fila-A because of gay marriage, one way of the other? Seriously?
You may not beat me over the head, because I would gladly acquiesce that the CEO of Chikken joints does have increased scrutiny on some issues as well. Despite the fact that a mayor may not have direct control of all zoning, he has increased scrutiny regarding governmental permits. While the CEO of a franchised restaurant chain may not have any sort of real power to enforce discriminatory serving policies on individual franchise owners where it would be illegal, yes he would be subject to increased scrutiny if he said his chain shouldn't serve or hire homosexuals.
And by "they", you mean corporation. It's ok to be in favor of corporate liberty, just don't be so shy about it.
What side would you take if Chick-fil-a didn't not want to open a restaurant in Boston? Would you be concerned about the lost liberty of potential employees and local custoimers?I wasn't talking about corporation. I was talking about the people employed by Chick-Fil-A. I was talking about the people who want to eat at Chick-Fil-A without driving to Cambridge.
What side would you take if Chick-fil-a didn't not want to open a restaurant in Boston? Would you be concerned about the lost liberty of potential employees and local custoimers?
...yes. More indirectly (more publicity -> more customers), granted, but there are those going just to show their support and their opposition for the modern trend towards tolerance in society, decline of fundamentalist Christian values, etc etc - it's never about the 'trigger cause', but that can still provide a focus.
Don't take this the wrong way but you are in the UK, I honestly don't think you have any room to comment (relevantly, I mean).
So you would not support Chick-fil-a's liberty to close a restaurant in Boston then?That's like saying not having sex is the same as having an abortion. My situation involves taking something away from the people.
Don't take this the wrong way but you are in the UK, I honestly don't think you have any room to comment (relevantly, I mean).
1.) Many people are going to Chick-Fila-A right now because its a good way to stick it to percieved liberal hippies, full stop. Every time someone hears a Forma clone in their life go off on Chick-Fila-A and they are right of spectrum it gives them a good opportunity to snub them. And get lunch, which they were going to do anyway. Or what Ziggy said.
2.) That, and it is attracting libertarian and freedom of speech types (including lefties).
3.) But most importantly, if you were even a cursory fan or the joint before all this all it has accomplished is to make people react by supporting a company they enjoy and want to see continue.
4.) After listening to it mentioned constantly on the TV/Radio/Internet for a week now, how could you not crave it?
For me (I ate lunch there yesterday), in order of precedence, it was 4/1/2/3. Having no dog in the SSM fight, it had nothing to do with that.
As soon as some on these boards understand that the motivations of these people are not at all as nefarious as the desperately want, they will understand how this whole thing backfired on them.
I find it hard to believe the entire thing is a movement based off of "sticking it to perceived Liberal hippies" and celebrating "freedom of speech," these two motivations just seem inconsistent with past behavior related to this sort of thing, for the same reason that these good people weren't just demonstrating to stick it to those damnable libs. Far more reasonable an assertion is that they're expressing solidarity with an organization whose leadership that is anti-gay, in acknowledgement of their own anti-gay sensibilities, and that's entirely their prerogative. People care way more about standing up for something they believe in than making a political point.
Has anyone shown any significant proof of anti gay demonstrations at these locations? Cat calls? Signs? Internet rants (of the caliber that now unemployed idiot anti Chick-Fila-A dude did, but from the other side)?
Again, Menino has done no such thing because he has no actual power to do so.
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