Thread: Boycotting Kellogs

On Feb 6, 2:49 pm, merryb <msg...@juno.com> wrote:
> I'm so disgusted by the treatment by Kelloggs towards Michael Phelps.
> He made a mistake by letting someone take a picture of him while he
> was taking a bong hit, but this is ridiculous! It didn't enhance his
> performance, and it had nothing to do with his swimming abilities. I
> guess it's the image thing, but still, I'm boycotting Kelloggs.
> Kelloggs is a food manufacturing company, so I didn't label this as
> OT...Do any of you agree with me?

Nope. And Kellogg's, or any other company, certainly has a right to
have endorsements from people they think are good examples. Nobody
needs to do marijuana. He may be young, but he was old enough to know
better. The suspension from swimming competition for 3 months will
hurt him more.

Good for Kellogg's. I'm glad there are still outfits out there who
are not willing to compromise.

N.

On 2009-02-06, merryb <[email protected]> wrote:

> OT...Do any of you agree with me?

Yes, but I don't give a tinker's damn about Phelps. I quit eating Kellog's
ANYTHING years ago because it's overpriced crap.

nb

On Fri, 6 Feb 2009 12:49:20 -0800 (PST), merryb <[email protected]>
wrote:

>OT...Do any of you agree with me?

Nope....when you get to write the check, you get to make the decision.
This wasn't his first offense....actually, he has a past DUI. He
just happened to be photographed. Bad timing on his part. Kids
don't need to see their heros behaving in this manor.

merryb wrote:
> I'm so disgusted by the treatment by Kelloggs towards Michael Phelps.
> He made a mistake by letting someone take a picture of him while he
> was taking a bong hit, but this is ridiculous! It didn't enhance his
> performance, and it had nothing to do with his swimming abilities. I
> guess it's the image thing, but still, I'm boycotting Kelloggs.
> Kelloggs is a food manufacturing company, so I didn't label this as
> OT...Do any of you agree with me?


I think I already am. I can't think of any of their products that I buy.
The only cold cereal I buy is Shredded Wheat. While the price of that
has increased over the last year or so, others have got ridiculously
expensive..... for mushed up and dried cereal grains. I am back into
oatmeal and cream of wheat for expensive. A 1 kg bag of oatmeal costs
about half the price of a box of cereal and lasts 4 times longer.

I don't understand why athletes get sanctioned for smoking pot. No one
worries if they get drunk. Some say they call it dope because it makes
you stupid and impairs performance. Sports organizations ban performance
enhancing drugs. Does this mean that marijuana is a performance
enhancing drug?

merryb <[email protected]> wrote in news:c2a88f45-c4ee-4dc9-99e8-
[email protected]:

> I'm so disgusted by the treatment by Kelloggs towards Michael Phelps.
> He made a mistake by letting someone take a picture of him while he
> was taking a bong hit, but this is ridiculous! It didn't enhance his
> performance, and it had nothing to do with his swimming abilities. I
> guess it's the image thing, but still, I'm boycotting Kelloggs.
> Kelloggs is a food manufacturing company, so I didn't label this as
> OT...Do any of you agree with me?
>


No.

As a swimming "star" he is a role model for kids. That's why his mug was on
the cereal boxes.

If you're willing to have drug addicts pictures promoting cereal for kids,
why not have murderers and child molesters do it as well??


--
Peter Lucas
Brisbane
Australia

Tell me what you eat and I'll tell you who you are.

Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin

merryb said...

> I'm so disgusted by the treatment by Kelloggs towards Michael Phelps.
> He made a mistake by letting someone take a picture of him while he
> was taking a bong hit, but this is ridiculous! It didn't enhance his
> performance, and it had nothing to do with his swimming abilities. I
> guess it's the image thing, but still, I'm boycotting Kelloggs.
> Kelloggs is a food manufacturing company, so I didn't label this as
> OT...Do any of you agree with me?


merryb,

OK! I'll stop buying my twice annual share of Nutrigrain waffles.

Best,

Andy

Nancy2 <[email protected]> wrote in news:4dbd3075-78b5-4a6d-89ad-
[email protected]:

> On Feb 6, 2:49 pm, merryb <msg...@juno.com> wrote:
>> I'm so disgusted by the treatment by Kelloggs towards Michael Phelps.
>> He made a mistake by letting someone take a picture of him while he
>> was taking a bong hit, but this is ridiculous! It didn't enhance his
>> performance, and it had nothing to do with his swimming abilities. I
>> guess it's the image thing, but still, I'm boycotting Kelloggs.
>> Kelloggs is a food manufacturing company, so I didn't label this as
>> OT...Do any of you agree with me?
>
> Nope. And Kellogg's, or any other company, certainly has a right to
> have endorsements from people they think are good examples. Nobody
> needs to do marijuana. He may be young, but he was old enough to know
> better. The suspension from swimming competition for 3 months will
> hurt him more.
>
> Good for Kellogg's. I'm glad there are still outfits out there who
> are not willing to compromise.
>
> N.
>


Well said.



--
Peter Lucas
Brisbane
Australia

Tell me what you eat and I'll tell you who you are.

Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin

Dave Smith <[email protected]> wrote in news:498ca55c$0
$22979$[email protected]:


>
> I don't understand why athletes get sanctioned for smoking pot. No one
> worries if they get drunk. Some say they call it dope because it makes
> you stupid and impairs performance. Sports organizations ban performance
> enhancing drugs. Does this mean that marijuana is a performance
> enhancing drug?
>


No. It's an *illegal* substance.

It's called 'dope', because you have to be one to use it.


--
Peter Lucas
Brisbane
Australia

Tell me what you eat and I'll tell you who you are.

Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin

On Feb 6, 1:24*pm, PeterL <Pet...@brissie.com> wrote:
> Dave Smith <adavid.sm...@DELETETOREPLYsympatico.ca> wrote in news:498ca55c$0
> $22979$9a6e1...@news.newshosting.com:
>
>
>
> > I don't understand why athletes get sanctioned for smoking pot. No one
> > worries if they get drunk. Some say they call it dope because it makes
> > you stupid and impairs performance. Sports organizations ban performance
> > enhancing drugs. *Does this mean that marijuana is a performance
> > enhancing drug?
>
> No. It's an *illegal* substance.
>
> It's called 'dope', because you have to be one to use it.
>
> --
> Peter Lucas
> Brisbane
> Australia
>
> Tell me what you eat and I'll tell you who you are.
>
> Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin

Give me a break!

merryb wrote:
> I'm so disgusted by the treatment by Kelloggs towards Michael Phelps.
> He made a mistake by letting someone take a picture of him while he
> was taking a bong hit, but this is ridiculous! It didn't enhance his
> performance, and it had nothing to do with his swimming abilities. I
> guess it's the image thing, but still, I'm boycotting Kelloggs.
> Kelloggs is a food manufacturing company, so I didn't label this as
> OT...Do any of you agree with me?

Not all all. Kelloggs can pick and choose who it's wants to be associated
with, and frankly I don't blame them one bit.

-sw

On Feb 6, 1:22*pm, PeterL <Pet...@brissie.com> wrote:
> merryb <msg...@juno.com> wrote in news:c2a88f45-c4ee-4dc9-99e8-
> f7ad724ea...@e1g2000pra.googlegroups.com:
>
> > I'm so disgusted by the treatment by Kelloggs towards Michael Phelps.
> > He made a mistake by letting someone take a picture of him while he
> > was taking a bong hit, but this is ridiculous! It didn't enhance his
> > performance, and it had nothing to do with his swimming abilities. I
> > guess it's the image thing, but still, I'm boycotting Kelloggs.
> > Kelloggs is a food manufacturing company, so I didn't label this as
> > OT...Do any of you agree with me?
>
> No.
>
> As a swimming "star" he is a role model for kids. That's why his mug was on
> the cereal boxes.
>
> If you're willing to have drug addicts pictures promoting cereal for kids,
> why not have murderers and child molesters do it as well??
>
> --
> Peter Lucas
> Brisbane
> Australia
>
> Tell me what you eat and I'll tell you who you are.
>
> Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin

What makes you think he's a drug addict? Maybe he was smoking
tobacco...

PeterL said...

> merryb <[email protected]> wrote in news:c2a88f45-c4ee-4dc9-99e8-
> [email protected]:
>
>> I'm so disgusted by the treatment by Kelloggs towards Michael Phelps.
>> He made a mistake by letting someone take a picture of him while he
>> was taking a bong hit, but this is ridiculous! It didn't enhance his
>> performance, and it had nothing to do with his swimming abilities. I
>> guess it's the image thing, but still, I'm boycotting Kelloggs.
>> Kelloggs is a food manufacturing company, so I didn't label this as
>> OT...Do any of you agree with me?
>>
>
>
> No.
>
> As a swimming "star" he is a role model for kids. That's why his mug was
> on the cereal boxes.
>
> If you're willing to have drug addicts pictures promoting cereal for
> kids, why not have murderers and child molesters do it as well??


Peter,

Look at the bigger picture!

He doesn't have a career in swimming.

There's no "Disney in Water"!!! There's no pro swimming, period!

He got his medals and what's left to do?

Nothing.

Look at the pro sports drug conduct of players making millions and draw a
fair comparison!

You're way off the mark!

Best,

Andy

On Feb 6, 1:31*pm, Andy <a...@b.c> wrote:
> PeterL said...
>
>
>
>
>
> > merryb <msg...@juno.com> wrote in news:c2a88f45-c4ee-4dc9-99e8-
> > f7ad724ea...@e1g2000pra.googlegroups.com:
>
> >> I'm so disgusted by the treatment by Kelloggs towards Michael Phelps.
> >> He made a mistake by letting someone take a picture of him while he
> >> was taking a bong hit, but this is ridiculous! It didn't enhance his
> >> performance, and it had nothing to do with his swimming abilities. I
> >> guess it's the image thing, but still, I'm boycotting Kelloggs.
> >> Kelloggs is a food manufacturing company, so I didn't label this as
> >> OT...Do any of you agree with me?
>
> > No.
>
> > As a swimming "star" he is a role model for kids. That's why his mug was
> > on the cereal boxes.
>
> > If you're willing to have drug addicts pictures promoting cereal for
> > kids, why not have murderers and child molesters do it as well??
>
> Peter,
>
> Look at the bigger picture!
>
> He doesn't have a career in swimming.
>
> There's no "Disney in Water"!!! There's no pro swimming, period!
>
> He got his medals and what's left to do?
>
> Nothing.
>
> Look at the pro sports drug conduct of players making millions and draw a
> fair comparison!
>
> You're way off the mark!
>
> Best,
>
> Andy- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Exactly- look at Barry Bonds!

On Feb 6, 5:24*pm, Jeßus <tes...@sandoz.labs.org> wrote:
> On Fri, 06 Feb 2009 13:29:36 -0800, merryb wrote:
> > On Feb 6, 1:22*pm, PeterL <Pet...@brissie.com> wrote:
> >> merryb <msg...@juno.com> wrote in news:c2a88f45-c4ee-4dc9-99e8-
> >> f7ad724ea...@e1g2000pra.googlegroups.com:
>
> >> > I'm so disgusted by the treatment by Kelloggs towards Michael Phelps..
> >> > He made a mistake by letting someone take a picture of him while he
> >> > was taking a bong hit, but this is ridiculous! It didn't enhance his
> >> > performance, and it had nothing to do with his swimming abilities. I
> >> > guess it's the image thing, but still, I'm boycotting Kelloggs.
> >> > Kelloggs is a food manufacturing company, so I didn't label this as
> >> > OT...Do any of you agree with me?
>
> >> No.
>
> >> As a swimming "star" he is a role model for kids. That's why his mug
> >> was on the cereal boxes.
>
> >> If you're willing to have drug addicts pictures promoting cereal for
> >> kids, why not have murderers and child molesters do it as well??
>
> >> --
> >> Peter Lucas
> >> Brisbane
> >> Australia
>
> >> Tell me what you eat and I'll tell you who you are.
>
> >> Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
>
> > What makes you think he's a drug addict? Maybe he was smoking tobacco....
>
> Tobacco would be frowned upon - whereas using Cannabis makes him a "drug
> addict". Surely you can see the distinction? ;-)
>
> --
> "Some days we don't let the line move at all. We call those weekdays"
> Patty and Selma Bouvier, 1996- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

That is so ridiculous, but you are so right!

On Feb 6, 12:53*pm, Nancy2 <nancy-doo...@uiowa.edu> wrote:
> On Feb 6, 2:49 pm, merryb <msg...@juno.com> wrote:
>
> > I'm so disgusted by the treatment by Kelloggs towards Michael Phelps.
> > He made a mistake by letting someone take a picture of him while he
> > was taking a bong hit, but this is ridiculous! It didn't enhance his
> > performance, and it had nothing to do with his swimming abilities. I
> > guess it's the image thing, but still, I'm boycotting Kelloggs.
> > Kelloggs is a food manufacturing company, so I didn't label this as
> > OT...Do any of you agree with me?
>
> Nope. *And Kellogg's, or any other company, certainly has a right to
> have endorsements from people they think are good examples. *Nobody
> needs to do marijuana. *He may be young, but he was old enough to know
> better. *The suspension from swimming competition for 3 months will
> hurt him more.
>
> Good for Kellogg's. *I'm glad there are still outfits out there who
> are not willing to compromise.
>
> N.

Geez, have you ever even tried it? Do you drink? Take any prescription
drugs?

On 2009-02-06, merryb <[email protected]> wrote:

> Exactly- look at Barry Bonds!

Looks like a fat bloated cow. I'd say he's ready for slaughter.

nb

On Feb 6, 5:32*pm, Jeßus <tes...@sandoz.labs.org> wrote:
> On Fri, 06 Feb 2009 13:37:04 -0800, merryb wrote:
> > On Feb 6, 5:24*pm, Jeßus <tes...@sandoz.labs.org> wrote:
> >> On Fri, 06 Feb 2009 13:29:36 -0800, merryb wrote:
> >> > On Feb 6, 1:22*pm, PeterL <Pet...@brissie.com> wrote:
> >> >> merryb <msg...@juno.com> wrote in news:c2a88f45-c4ee-4dc9-99e8-
> >> >> f7ad724ea...@e1g2000pra.googlegroups.com:
>
> >> >> > I'm so disgusted by the treatment by Kelloggs towards Michael
> >> >> > Phelps. He made a mistake by letting someone take a picture of him
> >> >> > while he was taking a bong hit, but this is ridiculous! It didn't
> >> >> > enhance his performance, and it had nothing to do with his
> >> >> > swimming abilities. I guess it's the image thing, but still, I'm
> >> >> > boycotting Kelloggs. Kelloggs is a food manufacturing company, so
> >> >> > I didn't label this as OT...Do any of you agree with me?
>
> >> >> No.
>
> >> >> As a swimming "star" he is a role model for kids. That's why his mug
> >> >> was on the cereal boxes.
>
> >> >> If you're willing to have drug addicts pictures promoting cereal for
> >> >> kids, why not have murderers and child molesters do it as well??
>
> >> >> --
> >> >> Peter Lucas
> >> >> Brisbane
> >> >> Australia
>
> >> > What makes you think he's a drug addict? Maybe he was smoking
> >> > tobacco...
>
> >> Tobacco would be frowned upon - whereas using Cannabis makes him a
> >> "drug addict". Surely you can see the distinction? ;-)
>
> > That is so ridiculous, but you are so right!
>
> I wish I wasnt right, but this is the world we live in :\- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

It's quite sad...there are so many other things that are worse and
legal. I wonder how many Kelloggs executives inbibe, or if they just
stick to a 3 martini lunch...

merryb wrote:
> I'm so disgusted by the treatment by Kelloggs towards Michael Phelps.
> He made a mistake by letting someone take a picture of him while he
> was taking a bong hit, but this is ridiculous! It didn't enhance his
> performance, and it had nothing to do with his swimming abilities. I
> guess it's the image thing, but still, I'm boycotting Kelloggs.
> Kelloggs is a food manufacturing company, so I didn't label this as
> OT...Do any of you agree with me?

No doubt his contract has a moralities clause. All he had to do
was keep his nose clean. In this day and age, anyone with a
camera can take your picture, he was a fool for thinking it
wouldn't get out. I don't feel sorry for him, it stinks but it's not
like he'll be broke any time soon. He's poorer and maybe a
little wiser.

nancy

On 6-Feb-2009, merryb <[email protected]> wrote:

> I'm so disgusted by the treatment by Kelloggs towards Michael Phelps.
> He made a mistake by letting someone take a picture of him while he
> was taking a bong hit, but this is ridiculous! It didn't enhance his
> performance, and it had nothing to do with his swimming abilities. I
> guess it's the image thing, but still, I'm boycotting Kelloggs.
> Kelloggs is a food manufacturing company, so I didn't label this as
> OT...Do any of you agree with me?

Most definitely disagree with you; he's not the victim you make him out to
be be. Phelps was hired by Kelloggs to enhance their image and goodwill by
being a positive role model spokesperson. His mistake was NOT in letting
someone take his picture; his mistake was in breaking the law (whether
either of us agree with the law doesn't matter). He is now publicly
portrayed as a scofflaw, rather than the athletic hero Kellogg's hired to
enhance its image by association. They are right in dissociating themselves
from him; with the hefty paycheck he received from them came a
responsibility to comport himself in a manner consistent with the positive
image he was hired for.

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