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I'd rather not have my pasta sauce from homophobes, even if it is free.
from homophobes
eh? did i miss something?
Barilla: 'Gays can eat someone else's pasta' http://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/food/barilla-gays-can-eat-s…
Barilla: 'Gays can eat someone else's pasta
oh, right. im not gay (not that theres anything wrong with that) but i despise intolerance.
Reasons to neg a deal
Major issues with retailer.
yup i choose you :)
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If the deal doesn't apply to you, you don't like the company, or you want to leave a warning for people about the business or deal, you can leave a comment and then not vote.
While I would normally agree I think in this case it's a fair point, it may get someone who otherwise didn't know about the issue to read the comments and learn about it.
For the record, I think the comments from Barilla are really stupid and out of place.
Yes I was not happy at all with his comments either, although at least he was good enough to quickly put up a video apologising and promising to meet with community groups and learn more.
And also, I doubt that getting something from his company for free is going to help him much, especially for those who don't intend on purchasing anything from Barilla afterwards anyway :)
he was good enough to quickly put up a video apologising and promising to meet with community groups and learn more.
im really not sure the punishment fits the crime here. he didnt put up the vids or meet with groups to counter (discredit? cant think of the right word) his original statements (which seem to be his honest beliefs) but rather to stop losing market share etc from the backlash to his original statements. he is doing it to save his own skin not to stop any further or repair any actual harm he may have caused with his initial statements.
i guess its better than nothing and a step in the right direction, but imho his reactions to the backlash leaves the same sour taste as eating his hatepasta for me…
Can anyone recommend some gay friendly pasta?
Wait, this is for the sauce … can anyone recommend some gay sauce?
edit
As a side note, the guy states that they wont use gay couples in their advertising, can someone post a link to a pasta company that has gay couples, advertising their sauce? Is the Dolmio-grin gay friendly?
The chairman's statement was clumsy and insensitive, but hardly showed an intense hatred or fear of homosexuals or homosexuality. Last time I checked that was the definition of a homophobe. (of course it is not only for someone outside a minority to decide what is discriminatory.)
Unfortunately we were not also told in that article how the subject came up. I suspect he was suddenly put on the spot, rather than having had much time to think about an answer.
Your loss. Homophobic pasta tastes delicious!
Seeing as my Neg vote/comment on Cheerios for miscegenation propaganda was revoked, I will be eagerly watching to see whether this vote is revoked as well.
Personally I support Barilla and all of the comments the CEO or whoever it was that is affiliated with them has made but I also support the freedom to criticize Barilla on these grounds so I think this Neg should stay. But it's up to the OzBargain rules so I respect that was well.
Don't see what the issue is. They want their advertisements to promote a classic model family. What is wrong with that? Do they not have the choice?
They never said they hate gay people.
promote a classic model family
like these ones?
https://upworthy-production.s3.amazonaws.com/nugget/4fad667a…
Maybe they should stop producing the curly varieties and stick with the straight ones only.
I'd rather not have my pasta sauce from homophobes
How/why can one be blamed for having a phobia? I know that phobias can be treated, but still….
And why are you claiming that a company has a phobia? Would you please post some evidence of this phobia?
The owner/CEO of Barilla made some homophobic comments about gay people not being allowed to be in any of his commercials because he wants to have a family centric company and gay people don't have morals.
He then encouraged anyone who disagrees with his views not to eat his pasta, I've accepted that invitation. I like to think that one day people can be accepted regardless or race/religion/sexuality and we can stop all of this senseless hatred.
People of a different sexual orientation aren't perverts or predators any more than those with a straight orientation and they don't deserve to be treat as though they are.
actually, domestic violence rates amongst homosexual couples is significantly higher …
No one is really blaming him for having a phobia, people are blaming him for the manner in which he expressed it! Its 2013 people need to keep that kind of thing private , the rest of the world doesn't condone it!
2013, where naked homosexuals can ride giant penis' in front of children at a parade and be cheered by the masses, whilst those who oppose the overt sexual behaviour (homosexual or heterosexual) have to keep their mouth shut.
2013, where we also have HSBC bankers profiting of the mass murder done by Mexican cartels without serving prison time, but we lock up non-violent people for smoking the herb.
I think gay people deserve a parade where they can ride a penis after decades of intense persecution. Check yo privilege.
Reminds me of that South Park episode where Mr. Slave and Paris Hilton have that '[word for a sexual worker] off' with the townspeople cheering their extreme displays of sexuality, only to be told by in the end by Mr. Slave that the behaviour from either shouldn't be cheered at all.
I'd blame him for having a phobia but at least he's recognised it and is trying to learn more about the issue.
Homophobia isn't a fear of homosexuals A3A, its a hatred of them. Likening it - and people's reaction to it - to other types of phobia excuse the type of social ignorance that fuels discrimination.
http://qnews.com.au/article/italian-pasta-giant-barilla-forc…
I'll take these free pasta sauces as a token of apology. Thanks Barilla!
I like Barilla AND gay people AND especially free stuff, no contradiction here.
You can tell the ceo of this company is really just giving this sauce away because he wants you to rub it all over your manly chest.. you dirty boy.. just sayin.
you cant order by tablet or phone it says.
Yes I found the comments made to be very unsavoury, but I don't give a rats ass. I am going to continue to buy Barilla products because they are deee-licious.
Cannot order / fill form, it get routed to "VML Testing Sandbox" FB page….working for anyone now?
Ditto
Just hit the back button and you should be able to order
yeah, that gives form to fill but after submitting it "502 Bad Gateway"
Edit : Works on firefox
Make sure you're going to: https://www.facebook.com/CasaBarilla/app_515350788476128
You've got to hit "Okay" when is says "Casa Barilla Pasta Sauce will receive the following info: your public profile, friend list and email address."
How many people get their news (funnily enough) from Daily Show or Colbert Report?
FWIW, on a serious note, think the comments made by the CEO of the company were very insensitive. Still amazes me in this PC world we live in now, people don't have a filter for their thoughts. Especially people in such high executive positions. /tldr.
I get redirected to the VML page, but when I went back and clicked it again it works.
When i put my details in "All fields must be completed." pops up
Edit: not working on facebook
worked using Facebook free link:
https://ideaworksforms.wufoo.com/embed/x1q2nig30jdc99b/
i hope none of the people complaining about this company voted for liberals
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/14/tony-abbott-gay…
or intend on going to russia, or watching the winter oylmpics (russian govt has similar views)
Its hard to boycott a whole government, plenty of other brands of pasta available on the supermarket shelf though. Shame cos I liked the barilla pasta, but the smug sense of social-superiorism that I feel by boycotting it feels slightly better.
Well I didn't and don't plan to do any of those things. So…?
Why do people who can't be bothered to boycott something respond by putting the onus on those who do to boycott everything problematic?
Well they would be hard pressed to match great strides were made in the civil rights advancement of LGBT people under 6 years of Laborgreens.
Oh, wait…
/s
While I usually love criticizing politicians of all denominations, your sarcasm is misplaced in this instance:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudd_Government_(2007–10)#LGBT_rights
(I was going to link legislation… but I'm lazy).
cannot get it working …
Oh, and it doesn't work on mobile or tablet
It worked with Firefox for me , but didnt give me a confirmation. just went to their facebook page again.
DONT CONSUME FROM THIS HOMOPHOBIC COMPANY.
BOYCOTT.
Can I boycott people who write in all caps?
For free pasta - I boycott your boycott, sunshine.
I too am boycotting for the reasons stated above.
(I am however refraining from negativing the deal because - as is usually the case - a comment is more appropriate in the circumstances)
Getting free stuff from them is good, because I won't spend a cent buying their stuff ;)
I have read the whole article linked above, not just the trashy headline that is not justified by any of the actual quotes by the Barilla CEO.
He did not say anything offensive, indeed, he said that he respects homosexuals and their right to do as they please. I respect his right to advertise for his pasta as he pleases, picking his target audience.
I can not recall gay targeted advertising by any other food company. Nor would I want political correctness to go over board in a way that mandates that advertising has to target any specific minority group of people.
Indeed, I think in this case the Barilla CEO and his company are the ones who get persecuted for no good reason. I am against persecution of anyone. People who have suffered from persecution should know better than inflict the same treatment on others.
Very good deal, looking forward to my free pasta sauce!
I respectfully disagree teri.
It is the belief that homosexuality is anathema to a notion of 'family' that is offensive to so many people.
It's the fact that the Barilla CEO stated that the company would specifically refrain from using homosexual families to advertise because they were not the right type of family to be associated with their products and brand (and implicitly that such a family is a perversion of the correct idea of family). This is because the parents of such a family are gay. Accordingly, it is not the mere absence of gay people from Barilla's advertising material that has so many people concerned, but that this absence is a deliberate and considered boycott of gay families by the company on the basis of the parents' sexuality.
Maybe if you replace "gay" with "black" or "jewish" the connotations of what the CEO is saying will become clearer.
Having said that, I truly believe that - subject to the law - the CEO has a right to his own opinion (as does Kurtz and cyrax, etc). But as a consequence of the CEOs decision to link that opinion with the product he is selling I will not be tacitly supporting that view by buying the said product. Some other people feel the same way. Some do not. The comment section is used to draw the issue to people's attention. Everyone can make an informed decision. OzBargain as a community wins, enriched by respectful discussion and the exchange of ideas.
Neg away! (just for lolz)
I don't see a need to neg your comment, even though I don't agree with it.
What I wonder is how and why the question came up in the first place. Who asked whether Barilla would advertise depicting homosexual families? I don't think the CEO made a press release on this topic…
Almost any answer he could have given to that question could have been twisted and followed up with other questions that make him look bad.
That is of course unless he either agreed with the premise or just gave an insincere and non-committal "we are considering it" as a reply (which in turn could have been taken by some staunch Catholics as s reason to boycott Barilla).
I am sure he now regrets that he did not just brush off the question and gave his honest opinion - which by the way included his support for gay marriage and is therefore way more progressive than our own and Italy's federal government.
I am very much for equal rights for everyone. I am against trying to force people to actively support any cause against their will.
That includes advertising decisions by CEOs - if they want to appeal to the majority they can do so. If fewer minority people (jewish, black, gays) buy their products as a result, that is their [edit: the company's] loss. Calling for a boycott because you don't get targeted advertising for a product is way over the top and is in fact persecution.
I agree with a lot of what you have said teri. I'm not about coercing people into agreeing with me (by belittling them or flaming them or advocating violence, etc). I - like you - prefer to respond with positive conversation.
But I don't think a boycott is coercion (especially given that all I have done is state that I am boycotting, as opposed to advocating that others do the same). Although I do acknowledge and respect that other OzBrs have actively advocated, I don't believe that they are being coercive either. They're expressing their opinion and people are free to agree, diagree or not care (59 +ves and 1500 click throughs would suggest people aren't feeling too constrained).
To clarify though the boycott isn't because of a lack of targeted advertising but because Barilla have consciously decided to not use homosexuals families to advertise because it is inconsistent with the brand's view on family. If we were to boycott products merely because a minority did not appear in their advertising we would probably starve. Its the fact that they have positively stated that that minority is inconsistent with their brand that leaves a sour - Barilla - flavour in our mouths.
Ps - the "neg away" was for the trollz.
Calling out homophobia isn't persecution. You're saying that you're against persecution while simultaneously defending it. The Barilla CEO said that his company was 'family oriented' and its ideals are incompatible with gay people. The idea rings true for some people, but shouldn't be tolerated any more than racism or sexism.
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Missed out on the free 50ml of sauce. Oh well, I'll get the tinned Campbell's tomato soup for 20c instead: http://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/123149
I support free speech and the right to hold an opinion that the gay community doesn't approve of.
+1 to Casa Barilla, they are my favourite brand now.
Good on you guys/girls for not afraid of pointing out the homophobic view of Barilla CEO. Consider this is not even a gay or gay right website, I am really surprised by the majority supporters of gay rights. You guys are awesome!
As some old dead dude once said 'All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing'.
I think that the gay rights movement won't be reliant on LGBT spokespeople alone but it will rely heavily on straight people showing support for those that have had their rights oppressed. One day soon the world will come to its senses and everyone will look back on the days without equal rights in the same way that we look back on slavery and segregation with shock and disbelief. (That's not to say that slavery and segregation has been fully abolished but we are well on our way).
One day soon the world will come to its senses
they will realise what is right is always right… and what is wrong is always wrong..
i like how Animus Furandi put it…
Maybe if you replace "gay" with "black" or "jewish" the connotations of what the CEO is saying will become clearer.
tho you can substitute "gay" "black" "jewish" or any other connotation simply with "my own grandmother"…… then see how you like it….. :)
Also, fat or obese.
"Casa Barilla Pasta Sauce will receive the following info: your public profile, friend list and email address."