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From: marcus 
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Subject: Re: Imagine Whirled Peace
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On May 13, 9:27 am, "RichL"  wrote:
> marcus  wrote:
> > Knowing that Ben & Jerry's is quite socially conscious, and donates a
> > percentage of their profits to green-oriented organizations and
> > progressive causes makes their announcement(below) more palatable.
> > However, there is a part of me questioning, "It's come to this?":
>
> I don't see a problem, any more than with Cherry Garcia, Phish Food,
> etc.  I actually bought some "Imagine Whirled Peace" and
posted about it
> in RMB a few weeks back; it's good, but not up to par with their
> classics.
>
> It's not like they're some mega-corporation earning massive profits and
> destroying the environment in the process.  They're a pretty responsible
> company, so I give them a bit of leeway.
>

Rich, I tend to agree with you.

See my original post.  I am mostly in favor of this ice cream flavor
in honor of John.  I think he would have dug the pun on
"world" (Whirled).  I'm not losing any sleep over this...my blood
pressure is fine. ;-)

When I first heard the news, my initial reaction was that the idea of
naming an ice cream flavor for any of The Beatles (even though Baskin-
Robbins had "Beatle-Nut" in the mid-60s) was kind of lame...a bit
hokey.

However, as you suggest, it is really harmless.

At least it's no where near those commercial products, totally
unrelated to The Beatles,  that use songs of The Beatles to advertise
those products.  I still find that reprehensible.

Ben & Jerry's still donate part of their profits to worthwhile causes
and projects(they are owned by Unilever, but that company has
continued the practices of the Ben & Jerry company), so if there is an
ice cream for John Lennon, and in it's own small way, it increases
understanding among peoples, and promotes peace...don't you  know it's
gonna be all right.

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