February 5th, 2007 @ 10:22 pm
mars and company
Toweroad
Snickers Super Bowl: “Quick, Do Something Manly” — Towleroad for modern gay men,
AMERICAblog
UDPATE: The largest gay civil rights group has called on Mars to remove the offensive content.
UPDATE: The Mars family, that produced the violently homophobic ads, is one of the top billionaire Republican activist families in the country. More here.
TAKE ACTION: Contact Snickers here.
Some of the videos can still be found here
Also, apparently Mars is a rather large company, that makes all kinds of good snacks, but would make for a rather large boycott if you were so inclined. (I almost feel bad, I put half a cup of Uncle Ben’s Rice in my jumbalia creation tonight(but I don’t(by the way, i love using parens within parens)))
EDIT:
I found links to the player’s reaction videos in the comments on AMERICAblog
Colts Reactions
End Edit
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MARS INC. PRODUCT BOYCOTT
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FOOD PRODUCTS
Uncle Ben’s Rice
Dolmio Pasta
Suzi-Wan Oriental Dishes
SNACK FOOD BRANDS
M&M’s
Mars Bar
Milky Way
Snickers
Twix
Combos
Skittles
Starburst
Rispinos
Maltesers
3 Musketeers
PET FOOD BRANDS
Pedigree
Cesar
Whiskas
Sheba
Kitekat
Trill
Aquarian
Winergy
9 Responses to “mars and company”
At least KitKats aren’t on the list, mmMMmmMMmm! Greatest candy bar ever!
By Brian February 6th, 2007 at 12:04 am
but I thought the commercial was funny…
By Will February 6th, 2007 at 12:30 am
and I want a KitKat…
By Will February 6th, 2007 at 12:30 am
the commercial they showed was stupid, but not that offensive. it was more of the other 3 endings they had on their website, as well as the video of both football teams talking about how disgusting it was
By justin February 6th, 2007 at 9:35 am
besides, football just sounds so gay
“The players’ reactions range from general amusement (Bears quarterback Rex Grossman and Colts wide receiver Marvin Harrison) to non-verbal disgust (Bears wide receiver Muhsin Muhammad) to overt expressions of prejudice (Bears tight end Desmond Clark and Colts linebacker Cato June).”
tight end? wide receiver? i mean come on!
By justin February 6th, 2007 at 9:55 am
Okay so the other two endings were pretty bad… but still… it’s going to take more than that for me to give up my M&M’s… they’re like my little chocolate happy pills…
By Will February 6th, 2007 at 10:35 am
they still haven’t apologized, they say that their target audience thought it was funny.
their target audience is stupid!
(btw, i think this is comment 6000(comment spam count))
By justin February 6th, 2007 at 11:46 am
Plus, their pants are so tight, and you can see…items… Besides, everyone knows what the players do together in the locker rooms after the game!! Hmm…
By Brian February 6th, 2007 at 6:29 pm
Ah yes… I remember from my football days…
By Will February 6th, 2007 at 10:30 pm