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MEDIA BLITZ OVER GUINNESS BOYCOTT

Bill Donohue comments on media reaction to the Guinness boycott:

In just one week, we succeeded in getting 82 media hits on our boycott of Guinness (click here to see the list). From Australia and England, to Canada and the United States, the boycott story has been picked up by TV, radio, newspapers, and the Internet. And this is just the beginning.

We have no hard data on the success of the boycott, but anecdotal evidence is very encouraging. The decision by Guinness officials to pull sponsorship of New York’s St. Patrick’s Day parade has led many pub patrons to choose another brew. There is anger over what has been done, and it is not going away. We will make sure of that.

We have heard from bishops in Peru, cardinals in Rome, pub owners in cities across the nation, chapters of the Knights of Columbus, men and women from many ethnic and religious groups—they’ve had it with the corporate bullies at Guinness.

There will be more on this issue, much more. Please go to our website and check our “Guinness Boycott Central” feature for the latest developments.

Contact Alix Dunn at Diageo, parent company of Guinness: Alix.Dunn@diageo.com

[McGavin999]

I don’t know what is the matter with these companies. They are throwing away 97% of their customer base for nothing.

[Labyrinthos]

And let’s not overlook the fact that Guinness is widely distributed and sold in Cameroon, Nigeria, Malaysia, and many other countries where homosexuality in crime punishable by imprisonment. Seems to me that if Deigo-Guinness is really concerned about gay rights, then it would pull its products off the shelves in these countries.

[Junk Silver]

They won’t be getting another nickel from me. I hardly ever drink beer anyway, but from now on I will specifically not drink Guinness.

[Oratam]

There are now much better stouts and porters brewed in America. Guinness should be considered the Bud of the non-American anglo-sphere. It’s all marketing and very little substance.

[moovova]

I guess Guinness could start marketing to moslems. Oh, wait a minute...

Moslems don’t drink AND they kill gays.

Nevermind.

[Fiji Hill]

I don’t drink Guinness. When they changed the shape of the bottle some years ago, I swear they changed what was in it—probably watered it down for “American tastes.”

[rwa265]

I have never had a Guinness, or a Sam Adams. I had thought about trying them in the past, but with what they did with the St. Patrick’s Day Parades in New York and Boston, there is no way I will try either now.

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[houeto]

I wish there was a huge boycott on the use of the word gay to describe homosexuals. Homosexuals are not gay by any stretch of the imagination. Homosexual is the proper term and they hate it. Too damn bad homosexuals!