"sf" > wrote in message
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> On Sun, 10 Jan 2016 06:09:19 -0000 (UTC), Bruce >
> wrote:
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>> What if he had said "that he wouldn't feature mixed race couples in his
>> company's commercials because he prefers the "traditional" family"?
>
> I buy Barilla now in spite of his attitude about a "classic family".
> If he could shape the American legal landscape, maybe I'd have a
> different viewpoint, but he doesn't and I don't. He's obviously an
> old fashioned Italian whose POV was shaped by the old style church
> thinking. He's also a businessman. If reflecting customers in
> advertising becomes a trend in his markets, his ads probably will too.
> If they don't change, he'll be dead soon and whoever takes charge of
> the company will have a more enlightened attitude.

And you can also eat eggs. I can't. That pasta isn't safe for me.