Dr Pepper Responds to Consumers Regarding its Patriot Can [missing "Under God?"]

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[RonDog]

Dr Pepper Responds to Consumers
Regarding its Patriot Can

A Note to Dr Pepper Consumers:

In recent days, several news media outlets in the country have reported on a special edition Dr Pepper can that was created to show support for the patriotic fervor that has been sweeping America since the tragic events of Sept. 11, 2001, and to show the world that we are a united nation of people who place a high value upon freedom. 

Much of the information being circulated on this subject is incomplete or inaccurate.  Here are the facts:

The can, released last November, features an image of the Statue of Liberty along with the words "One Nation … Indivisible."
The special packaging was designed to reflect our pride in this country's determination to stand together as one.
The Statue of Liberty and Pledge of Allegiance were chosen as two of the greatest symbols of American freedom.

Due to space limitations on the can, only a few of the 31 words from the Pledge of Allegiance could be used. The available area for graphics limited the amount of verbiage on the can.
Of the 31 words in the Pledge of Allegiance, only three were included. More than 90 percent were not included.

We at Dr Pepper/Seven Up strongly believe that the message on these cans is a resoundingly patriotic, bipartisan message that we are a united nation.

More than 41 million special edition cans were ordered by Dr Pepper bottlers in portions of a dozen states.  Because the limited edition patriotic can is to be retired in February, you will soon see regular packaging graphics for Dr Pepper at your local retail stores.

Sincerely,
Dr Pepper/Seven Up, Inc.

[Amore]

What amazes me are the people here getting upset and vowing to boycott Dr. Pepper over this nonissue when there is real stuff to be upset about, like on this link here about the tasteless WTC/Social Security cartoon

[RobbyS]

Well, it is "one nation under God" with no comma between "nation" and "under". "Under God" modfies "nation" as surely as "one" does.

[lafroste]

I have to agree with you. Earlier articles lead me to believe that they included the entire Pledge, sans 'under God". That riled me as well. But now I see they used just a small fraction, and the omission does not seem as heinous. I think, in this case, we may be making a mountain out of a mole hill.

OTOH, I saw that 7-Up commercial of the guy stripping and thought that showed indescibably bad taste. No 7-Up this year. But as for Dr.Pepper, that can won't stop me from having one if I want.

[Pharmboy]

...not at all it their purpose to preach religion. It would just be apropos re the issue being addressed.

[Pharmboy]

There are some religious Freepers who find that writing out the deity's name is sacreligious; I merely am respecting that. It does not offend me.

[Pharmboy]

R U a Pepper?

[ARA]

yes.... and Dr.Pepper is evil. LOL:)

[Little John]

..... So what do YOU think? .....

I think you ought to get a life !

[RonDog]

LOL! Thank you for your carefully crafted addition to this thread.

Sorry if my use of the word "YOU" was so open to misinterpretation; I intended to solicit opinions only from SENTIENT lifeforms.

[DonQ]

I'm satisfied with Dr Pepper's explanation and I'm glad someone posted a photo of the label on this thread. From what I had seen on other threads, I had assumed that the label purported to give the whole Pledge but used the pre-1954 version. Now that I see what they did I am completely supportive of them.

[MightyMouth]

Actually, when I learned the Pledge of Allegiance, "under God" wasn't in it. That wasn't added til around 1954. Seems to me that adding it is offensive, not the other way around.

[Dimensio]

I think getting upset because Dr. Pepper had the words, "One Nation . . . Indivisible," and jumping to the conclusion that therefore they were deliberately omitting the words, "Under God"--I think that is stupid and silly. It's not like they printed the whole thing and left out only the words, "Under God." That would be a different matter entirely. Then I could see a reason for being upset. But as it is, I could only commend Dr. Pepper for a very patriotic display.

The problem is that the story is being told in such a way as to imply that the entire pledge is present except for the "Under God" part. People hear the story, and being idiots thy whine and moan about it without looking into what's really going on. Soon you have a major boycott effort all because no one could be bothered to investigate the can.

[Twins613]

I would have thought that would be blasphemy in some way?

Do you find your money blasphemous? God's name is on it too.

Dr. Pepper plans to take a fair amount of it to the bank so I can understand why some people are upset about how the can is worded. As for me, and I'm a conservative Christian, I don't plan on losing sleep over it. I can help glorify God in other ways than on a soda can.

[Little John]

Most "SENTIENT lifeforms" I've met don't require imagined slights for their raison d'etre .... There are lots of real threats and insults.

Regards ..... ( and may I suggest you ask your Doctor about Zolof !)

[RonDog]

Thanks. This thread started as a result of my search for a photograph of the "offending" can. (I had originally heard that PEPSI was the evil-doer!)

When I finally found the underwhelming evidence on the DPSU website, I felt compelled to share it.

Dr Pepper! The ultimate "clean cut," All-American soft drink, consumed in mass quantities at nearby Christian-dominated Baylor University - in lieu of the "demon rum" prevalent on so many more "enlightened" campuses!

Say it ain't so!!!

It AIN'T so.

[RonDog]

Here is a FRiendly tip:

Read the thread BEFORE you post...

Someone once said, "It is better to remain silent, and be THOUGHT OF as a fool, than to speak out, and remove all doubt."

That applies to lurking before you post, just as much as it does to fact-checking before you protest. If it is any consolation, you were not the FIRST (or only) poster on this thread to lash out at ME - without bothering to get the facts first - in precisely the same manner as the others (whom you wish to impugn) lashed out at DR PEPPER, without sufficient prior investigation.

Thank you for demonstrating so forcefully the message of this post:

"LOOK before you FReep!!!" ;)

[RonDog]

See post #137.

[Lucius Cornelius Sulla]

The main definition of "verbiage" is: "An excess of words for the purpose; wordiness."

Good God, man (or lady as the case may be) GET A GRIP!

[Lucius Cornelius Sulla]

So are you going to go after the makers and vendors of World War II newsreels that do precisely that?

You can't leave out what isn't there. 'Under God' was not part of the pledge in WWII, although that straight arm salute which is so distasteful now was part of taking the pledge.