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echo: guns
to: PAUL NIXON
from: MATT SMITH
date: 1996-05-11 19:19:00
subject: Re: Response from Burger King

PN> Recently, as a response to the media reports of Burger King's pulling
PN> advertising off the register tapes of their store in Baltimore, I 
PN> sent
PN> them a note in protest.
PN> Their reply:
PN> Burger King Corporation has not and will not take a position on 
PN> matters
PN> of public policy that do not directly affect our business.  
PN> Therefore,
PN> we do not believe it is appropriate for any of our restaurants , 
PN> either
PN> company or franchise-owned, to allow advertisements regarding the
PN> firearms industry (either pro or against) in our restaurants.
    Do they allow ads for _other_ products that the government regulates as a 
matter of "public policy", like cars?
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