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US court rules Pringle chips are not satanic
By Ekklesia staff writer
22 Mar 2007
Pringles appear to be safe from demonic association after a US court ruled that the devil is not in league with global consumer brand Procter & Gamble (P&G). The ruling brought an end to a 12-year lawsuit pursued by P&G against four distributors of rival Amway, over rumours tying P&G to Satanism. P&G won the $19m (£9.7m) lawsuit when the court concluded that the four had spread a false accusation that P&G subsidised Satanic cults. The rumour had proved popular with evangelicals in the US and some in the UK. During the 1960s, a story began circulating that the corporation was controlled by Satan worshipers. A moon-star symbol was used by the company on many of its products from 1882 to 1985, which was considered suspect. The stars in fact stand for the thirteen original American colonies. But the arrangement of stars in the symbol was said to secretly spell out the Revelation 13:18 "number of the beast": 666. Without examining the facts, many people, most notably evangelicals, signed petitions against Procter & Gamble and boycotted their products in the 1980s and 1990s.
This latest case is one of several unfair competition suits P&G has brought refuting the Satanism slurs. According to P&G, the four distributors had passed on to customers the notion that its logo - featuring a bearded man looking over a field of 13 stars - was a symbol of Satan. "This is about protecting our reputation," said Jim Johnson, P&G's chief legal officer. Amway pointed out that it had successfully defended itself in an earlier case brought by P&G that had been connected with the rumours. It had also, it said, done everything it could to get the rumour stamped out.
[Is it any wonder that Atheists think that Theists are nuts? I mean… Satanic Potato Chips? Please……………………….!]
10 comments:
While I'll agree the lawsuit is retarded, it wasn't about Satanic potato chips...it was about...
a false accusation that P&G subsidised Satanic cults. The rumour had proved popular with evangelicals in the US and some in the UK. During the 1960s, a story began circulating that the corporation was controlled by Satan worshipers.
If it were true and P&G lost the lawsuit, that would prove to be pretty wild--I mean, a huge company like P&G being owned by Satan worshippers...pretty crazy.
But it's not about Satanic potato chips, CY--come on now.
You have to admit ... those chips ARE pretty evil. lol
Sadie said: But it's not about Satanic potato chips, CY--come on now.
Ok. It was about a company being accused of being Satan worshipers who manufacture potato chips... It's still damned funny and totally whacked.....
Do people *really* believe this stuff?
"Without examining the facts, many people, most notably evangelicals, signed petitions against Procter & Gamble and boycotted their products in the 1980s and 1990s".
I guess that they do....... [chuckle].
Lame. I agree.
*laughing*
Pringles are not satanic?? Thank God! There could have been trouble...
Mike
actually, I find this concept faintly worrying. Apart from the fact that surely a company can not have a religious belief? what will we have next?
Companies suing that they have been linked to muslim fanatics because they manufacture in Asia? Or because they have been linked to communism because they use chinese factories? Rummikub suing over it's links to the Israeli govrnment, causing loss of sales in Palestine? :-)
I am assuming they were paid sickening amounts of compensation? What kind of world are we living in when millions of $ get paid to multi-million multi-nationals, but people still starve & die of curable illnesses every minute?
JM asked: What kind of world are we living in when millions of $ get paid to multi-million multi-nationals, but people still starve & die of curable illnesses every minute?
Unfortunately this one......
Heh heh. Crazy people.
I do boycott P&G myself, however. But religious preferences have nothing to do with it. They dominate far too much of the market, and they continue to test their products on animals, regardless of the fact that a company as massive as they are sets the example for all the smaller ones. I won't have anything to do with them from choice, but to accuse them of being Satanic as well? Ha... laughable.
I hadn't realized they were still fighting this battle all these years later. I wonder how much money it cost P&G over the years in legal fees and lost profits. People can get so crazy about the dumbest things!
this is interesting, i certainly hadn't heard about this story and this case appears to be going on for a long time.
--RC of strangeculture.blogspot.com
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