Word "Knife" not "Family Friendly" - Who knew? M&M's Rejects Knife Rights' Order!

RedLynx said:
By the way, perhaps we could "Sticky" this thread so it doesn't get too far down the list? This seems good enough to Sticky in my humble opinion.
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Stickies don't get read. As long as people keep posting here, it won't slide too far down.
 
Hey, Doug:

Didn't look too deeply into this, but you guys might want to think about personalized Hershey's Kisses, Supposedly cheaper than M&Ms but not sure. Take a look here and see if it might meet the needs of Knife Rights:

http://personalizedhersheykisses.com/

Just a thought. It may, or may not, work for your needs. :)
 
If Unreal Candies caught wind of all this, they would be wise to contact Knife Rights, as they could probably sell a metric ton of these in their Blade Show booth.
 
I would probably buy some of them just so I could take a picture of them and post it all over M&M's facebook if Knife Rights had them for sale at Blade. Unfortunately I don't know that this company has a better view of knives or not. A lot companies out there that support things I don't agree with and I never know about it till it makes the news like this.
 
Guess I'll be the odd man out.

Personally, I couldn't care less that a privately owned candy company chose not to print the word "Knife" on their candy. I don't think any children are going to starve as a result, nor do I see anyone's rights being violated, nor do I see any anti knife laws being passed as a result. A privately owned company chose to refuse a request, and as stupid and hypocritical as their reasoning is, they are entirely within their rights.

For those of you who are boycotting the Mars company, I wonder if you have done your research. Because the Mars company produces and sells quite a variety of products, including things other than candy. So you better get busy making a list of all the things you can't buy in your boycott, because it's going to be a long list. But I don't think you will, because something tells me that you aren't really all that serious about the matter.

You know what I find funny about this talk of boycott, here at Bladeforums there is often talk about supporting American companies and their American workers. But an American candy company exercises their right not to print the word "Knife" on their product, and you guys are willing to boycott that American company, and to hell with all of their American workers. Of course, my research shows that the Mars company makes around 30 billion dollars a year in US sales alone, so I really doubt your boycott, or your emails, will have any effect on their bottom line.

I wonder, are you going to boycott every company that has anti-knife policies? Take Disney for example, another PRIVATE company. Disney doesn't allow knives in their theme parks. What an outrage. I guess that requires a boycott. Of course, if you are going to boycott Disney, you also have to boycott everything Disney owns, like for example-the ABC network, ESPN, the A&E network, and all movies produced by Disney, just to name a few.

And what about the airline industry? Can I assume that every person in this thread has chosen to never fly until the airline industry reverses their ban on knives?

And now a message to Kniferights, a group I have supported- I think it's embarrassing and petty that you are making such a fuss over CANDY, even to the point of posting the matter front and center on your website. I have donated my hard-earned money to Kniferights in the belief that it was being used to increase knife rights and overturn unjust knife laws, I didn't realize you were spending money on customized candy. Frankly, wasting money on customized candy sounds like something the Federal government does. I couldn't care less what the Mars company does, but under the circumstances, I will definitely be rethinking my next donation to Kniferights.

I am of the opinion that people in this country just look for reasons to be outraged, and I think this is a perfect example. All this over candy. It's really quite funny.
 
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With recent court decisions controlling what an Arizona baker must make for customers, one would think the M&M legal team is having bad dreams and night sweats right now.
 
killgar said:
Personally, I couldn't care less that a privately owned candy company chose not to print the word "Knife" on their candy. I don't think any children are going to starve as a result, nor do I see anyone's rights being violated, nor do I see any anti knife laws being passed as a result. A privately owned company chose to refuse a request, and as stupid and hypocritical as their reasoning is, they are entirely within their rights.
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All vaild points! I agree, a private company should not be forced to make something they don't agree with... for instance, if someone orders a knife from me with racist or Communist symbols engraved on it, that ain't gonna happen.

As I said before, it's not so much refusing the order that bothers me, (although I would still elect to not support M&Ms based on that), it's the lies and back-peddling. That's just me "voting with my wallet", just like a racist or Communist would choose not to support me in such a case (as admittedly bizarre as that example sounds).

killgar said:
For those of you who are boycotting the Mars company, I wonder if you have done your research. Because the Mars company produces and sells quite a variety of products, including things other than candy.
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As a matter of fact I have, and posted it on my FB page along with the other news we've already discussed. Thanks for bringing that up though, in case anyone forgot to do their homework. Here's the pertinent info from Mars' own webpage.

killgar said:
And now a message to Kniferights, a group I have supported- I think it's embarrassing and petty that you are making such a fuss over CANDY, even to the point of posting the matter front and center on your website. I have donated my hard-earned money to Kniferights in the belief that it was being used to increase knife rights and overturn unjust knife laws, I didn't realize you were spending money on customized candy.
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Surely you're aware that every company, including non-profits, needs to promote themselves. It's no different than giving away t-shirts, caps or stickers with memberships. It's not like Doug took your donations and flew off to the Bahamas on a private jet. ;)
 
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killgar said:
Guess I'll be the odd man out.

Personally, I couldn't care less that a privately owned candy company chose not to print the word "Knife" on their candy. I don't think any children are going to starve as a result, nor do I see anyone's rights being violated, nor do I see any anti knife laws being passed as a result. A privately owned company chose to refuse a request, and as stupid and hypocritical as their reasoning is, they are entirely within their rights.

For those of you who are boycotting the Mars company, I wonder if you have done your research. Because the Mars company produces and sells quite a variety of products, including things other than candy. So you better get busy making a list of all the things you can't buy in your boycott, because it's going to be a long list. But I don't think you will, because something tells me that you aren't really all that serious about the matter.

You know what I find funny about this talk of boycott, here at Bladeforums there is often talk about supporting American companies and their American workers. But an American candy company exercises their right not to print the word "Knife" on their product, and you guys are willing to boycott that American company, and to hell with all of their American workers. Of course, my research shows that the Mars company makes around 30 billion dollars a year in US sales alone, so I really doubt your boycott, or your emails, will have any effect on their bottom line.

I wonder, are you going to boycott every company that has anti-knife policies? Take Disney for example, another PRIVATE company. Disney doesn't allow knives in their theme parks. What an outrage. I guess that requires a boycott. Of course, if you are going to boycott Disney, you also have to boycott everything Disney owns, like for example-the ABC network, ESPN, the A&E network, and all movies produced by Disney, just to name a few.

And what about the airline industry? Can I assume that every person in this thread has chosen to never fly until the airline industry reverses their ban on knives?

And now a message to Kniferights, a group I have supported- I think it's embarrassing and petty that you are making such a fuss over CANDY, even to the point of posting the matter front and center on your website. I have donated my hard-earned money to Kniferights in the belief that it was being used to increase knife rights and overturn unjust knife laws, I didn't realize you were spending money on customized candy. Frankly, wasting money on customized candy sounds like something the Federal government does. I couldn't care less what the Mars company does, but under the circumstances, I will definitely be rethinking my next donation to Kniferights.

I am of the opinion that people in this country just look for reasons to be outraged, and I think this is a perfect example. All this over candy. It's really quite funny.
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Personally I'm probably not boycotting the company, although as someone who likes neither hypocrisy or stereotypes--both of which are rampant in the commercial referenced in this thread--it is incumbent to, at the very least, point that out (for all the good it would do.)

Our collective wallets likely would not hurt the bottom line whatsoever, so that's a valid point. However, several things we choose to do or not do have no effect on the bottom line of any company, and yet I hear about people "taking stands with their wallets" all the time. The only stands I take with my wallet relate to not encouraging the living and working conditions people have to endure in Bangladesh as I have many friends there. That said, what I do in that regard probably doesn't do a lot to change what goes on in the industries there. Perhaps you take stands as well, on things important to you. If so, I hope it makes a difference beyond a personal one (although I'd doubt it).

Airline industry, nope, not going to boycott it, that would take international travel out of the equation and the importance of that to me far outweighs the lack of a knife... of which several go into my checked luggage anyway.

I'm sort of with you on the whole "American workers" thing, except if our wallets don't really hurt the Mars company as a whole, which is your assertion, your "to hell with the American worker" comment is out of place, since it won't matter to the company whether or not we spend money on their products. ;)
 
Insipid Moniker said:
Seems mildly annoying. Guess I'm just surprised at how many are worked up about it.
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No one is worked up over anything. Jst a surprise that a candy company is now considering themselves to somehwhat of an authority of what constitutes "family friendly".
 
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