• Wingnuts boycott Campbell's soups over halal offerings
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[url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/10/17/AR2010101702840.html]Washington Post[/url] [release]Andy Warhol found artistic inspiration in a can of Campbell's tomato soup. These days, some activists are finding sinister Muslim connections in the same can. Campbell Soup Co., the Camden, N.J., food giant, has been fighting a grass-roots boycott of its products after its Canadian subsidiary rolled out a line of soups certified as halal, meaning they're prepared according to Islamic dietary laws. Campbell Co. of Canada introduced the soups in a few Canadian markets in January, although American bloggers didn't catch up to the news until earlier this month. That's when the tempest in a tomato-soup can started. Blogger Pamela Geller began calling for a boycott earlier this month via her widely read site, Atlas Shrugs. Other bloggers soon joined in. [b]The halal soups, designated with a special label, are available only in Canada. The company has no plans to offer a similar line in the United States, said John Faulkner, a company spokesman.[/b] In an interview, Geller, who was instrumental in whipping up opposition to an Islamic community center and mosque in Lower Manhattan, said she has no objection to the halal certification itself. Rather, she said, she opposes Campbell's decision to have its Canadian products certified by the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA), an organization that government prosecutors alleged had ties to the terrorist group Hamas in a 2007 conspiracy case. "No one is suggesting they refrain from this line," Geller said. "No one is suggesting they not have halal food. I'm not against halal food any more than I'm against kosher food. My issue is who's doing the certifying." ISNA, an organization based in Plainfield, Ind., was designated an "unindicted co-conspirator" in the prosecution of a charitable organization that funneled money to Hamas, the Islamist organization that rules the Gaza Strip. Hamas has been named a terrorist organization by the U.S. State Department. Critics like Geller also allege that ISNA has ties to the Muslim Brotherhood, a fundamentalist political movement founded in Egypt in the 1920s. The State Department does not include the Brotherhood on its list of foreign terrorist organizations. ISNA has denied any ties to Hamas or to officials of a defunct charity called Holy Land Foundation, who were convicted in the conspiracy case. It has specifically condemned religious extremism and violence. In the wake of the conspiracy trial, Jewish and Protestant organizations issued statements in support of ISNA. A spokesperson for the group was unavailable for comment. In its ads for the halal soups, Campbell calls ISNA "the largest nonprofit, religious, educational, and non-political Islamic organization in North America." Campbell investigated ISNA's background and found "no issues of concern," according to Faulkner. The group was referred to Campbell by a Canadian trade organization whose member companies have used ISNA for their halal certification for years. "We point out to the people supporting this [boycott] that they are a very legitimate entity," Faulkner said. "We feel very comfortable working with them." As a historical footnote, he noted that Campbell set up a tent at the World Trade Center site immediately after the attacks in 2001 and offered free soup and other food to rescue workers and the news media for two weeks. The alleged links between ISNA and the Islamist groups appear to be lost on a Facebook page promoting the Campbell boycott. The Facebook page simply urges consumers to "Boycott Campbell Soup for their certification of their products as halal and supporting the Muslim Brotherhood." Since its introduction on Oct. 5, the page has attracted nearly 3,500 "friends," many of whom have posted anti-Muslim comments and articles unrelated to the boycott. The postings range from aggressive to hostile. "No to Campbell," reads one of the tamer comments. "They cater to Muslims." Faulkner said Campbell hasn't noticed any effect on its sales since the boycott began.[/release]
"hehe muslims are not real people woo yeah amerikkka!"
this is just... wow
Yeah I don't see what's wrong with the boycott why should they be allowed to force everybody in the world to eat halal shit we're not Muslims they're all terrorists anyway.
i say we bomb em all because they hate us for our freedoms!
What the fuck I bet they wouldn't give 2 shits if it's kosher [editline]19th October 2010[/editline] Screw this world I'm going to Mars
What a bunch of noodles.
[QUOTE=Mane;25501298]i say we bomb em all because they hate us for our freedoms![/QUOTE] Wooo hooo lets get married and let girls pay 30k + for the marriage and than choose pick their occupations before they are born, and let's pressure them to death to become what we want them to. Let's kill the girls that are born because we gotta pay money!!!@#@#~!!! Playing my Dotara all day!!!! Halal food is food that is cut by hand not by machines, and I eat kosher food nothing wrong with it it falls in the halal standards for me. Wish jews would make more kosher foods available :P. Hell, I go to a Jewish store to get some kosher stuff.
Pamela Geller is a gigantic joke and I don't see how anyone could take her seriously
[QUOTE=Xen Tricks;25501683]Pamela Geller is a gigantic joke and I don't see how anyone could take her seriously[/QUOTE] This. [IMG]http://www.antifascistencyclopedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/pamela_geller.jpg[/IMG] She watches you when you sleep 0_0.
I think we should also boycott all food companies that sell kosher food Oh wait that's like all of them [editline]19th October 2010[/editline] Even my cereal is kosher jew conspiracy
Even your avatar is a jew conspiracy
[QUOTE=Lambeth;25501852]Even your avatar is a jew conspiracy[/QUOTE] My kosher hot dogs are a conspiracy!
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[QUOTE=cheesedelux;25501288]Yeah I don't see what's wrong with the boycott why should they be allowed to force everybody in the world to eat halal shit we're not Muslims they're all terrorists anyway.[/QUOTE] Because the soup is still the exact same shit except the fact that it now has a halal sticker on it.
lol soup fight
[URL="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Boycott-Campbell-Soup/131754940208808"]Alright, this amount of bigotry is just amusing.[/URL] The soup itself has not changed at all. The only thing new is this little sticker: [IMG]http://www.campbellsoup.ca/en/images/product/halal/OurProducts-Halal_11.jpg[/IMG]
According to them they're saying that they're not protesting the halal label, they're protesting the organization that certified it halal (Islamic Society of North America) which apparently had ties to Hamas.
[QUOTE=spacedooky;25502466]According to them they're saying that they're not protesting the halal label, they're protesting the organization that certified it halal (Islamic Society of North America) which apparently had ties to Hamas.[/QUOTE] [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pamela_Geller]lol no[/url]
[QUOTE=spacedooky;25502466]According to them they're saying that they're not protesting the halal label, they're protesting the organization that certified it halal (Islamic Society of North America) which apparently had ties to Hamas.[/QUOTE] lol no [quote] ISNA has denied any ties to Hamas or to officials of a defunct charity called Holy Land Foundation, who were convicted in the conspiracy case. It has specifically condemned religious extremism and violence. In the wake of the conspiracy trial, Jewish and Protestant organizations issued statements in support of ISNA. A spokesperson for the group was unavailable for comment. [/quote]
[QUOTE=starpluck;25502529]lol no[/QUOTE] Copy cat! :colbert:
Who really cares all that much about a sticker? "Oh no 50 less conspiracy nuts are going to stockpile our soup in their basement bomb shelters because their country is being run by a raging socialist Muslim non-American born black guy, what should we do?"
[QUOTE=Kalibos;25502120][img_thumb]http://i53.tinypic.com/2woirg4.jpg[/img_thumb][/QUOTE] Hey you can't depict Muhammad like that Take it down
[QUOTE=aydin690;25502516][url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pamela_Geller]lol no[/url][/QUOTE] Here's something ITN will love: [quote]She wrote: "Dr. [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Luther_King"]Martin Luther King[/URL] did not suffer liars that declared that they don’t hate the Jews, just Zionism. Dr. King brilliantly dismantles such rhetoric: 'When people criticize Zionists, they mean Jews. You are talking anti-Semitism.'"[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pamela_Geller#cite_note-Indomitable_Israel-21"][22][/URL] She encouraged Israel to "stand loud and proud. Give up nothing. Turn over not a pebble. For every rocket fired, drop a [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MOAB"]MOAB[/URL]. Take back [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza"]Gaza[/URL]. Secure [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judea"]Judea[/URL] and [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samaria"]Samaria[/URL]. Stop buying [I][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haaretz"]Haaretz[/URL][/I]. Throw leftists bums out."[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pamela_Geller#cite_note-Indomitable_Israel-21"][22[/URL][/quote][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pamela_Geller#cite_note-Indomitable_Israel-21"][/URL]
[QUOTE=ZekeTwo;25502674]Hey you can't depict Muhammad like that Take it down[/QUOTE] Shut up = /.
This was posted on the boycott group page [img]http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs886.snc4/71927_132948006756168_131754940208808_202579_6369864_n.jpg[/img] Amazing.
How dare they construct a tower of islamic soup so close to ground beef.
They should just stop eating, forever.
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