Americans boycotting Absolut Vodka:
Reader V. e-mailed this message to Absolut:
Your map is just plain damn dumb. Apparently you and the market base you are pandering to is really, really short in the history department.
In July, 1848, the United States government purchased that portion of what is now Texas, save and except that part already given independence from Mexico (i.e. The Republic of Texas), all of what is now New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada, California, Utah, Wyoming and a part of Colorado for a total of $15MM in 1848 dollars, and the then existing Mexican debt (whatever that was).
If Absolut Vodka and your intended market base want to talk about re-purchasing all that land, PLUS IMPROVEMENTS AND SERVICES, in today’s dollars, I for one will talk to you about my half-acre in North Texas. The purchase price shall include all the improvements surrounding the property plus the cost of installation of all utilities and services to the property, and my specific property’s fair reimbursement of the costs of illegal alien benefits from city, county, state and federal services.
Poor babies: You have lost more market share that you could ever have hoped to gain.
Reader M.C.:
Mr. Moran,
Absolut has every right to produce such an ad. I hope you are crystal clear that your customers have every right to condemn it.
I make the best Bloody Mary you will every drink, and from here on refuse to use Absolut.
This is a despicable ad. |
