"Jeßus" > wrote in message
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> On Fri, 06 Feb 2009 17:29:27 -0500, Dave Smith wrote:
>
>> Goomba wrote:
>>> merryb wrote:
>>>
>>>> It's quite sad...there are so many other things that are worse and
>>>> legal. I wonder how many Kelloggs executives inbibe, or if they just
>>>> stick to a 3 martini lunch...
>>>
>>> And yet the difference is "legal" versus "illegal". That alone is
>>> enough reason for Kellog's to drop Phelps, no matter if they all toke
>>> up at the end of the day. People who are put up as revered or heroes
>>> have the burden of living up to a higher standard. Otherwise...they'd
>>> just be like you and me. Right?
>>
>> Sure. Swimming Phelps and snowboarding champ Russ Ribliana have
>> demonstrated that you can smoke pot and still excel.
>
> Logic has NO place in this debate - stop it!
>

It really has nothing to do with whether pot is good or bad. Phelps was
under contract, and being paid, to project a certain image. He defaulted on
that contract. Kelloggs has an image worth many millions of dollars to
protect. I think they did what they thought they had to, to protect that
image.

Dave