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Ben & Jerry's "urged" to rename offensive ice cream
Posted on 9/19/14 at 8:57 am
Posted on 9/19/14 at 8:57 am
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Some people have way, way to much time on their hands. I wish that just ONCE a company would come out publicly and give people like this a big "go frick yourself".
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Ben & Jerry’s is considering changing the name of its “Hazed & Confused” ice cream after anti-hazing activists complained the flavor belittled the deadly problem on college campuses.
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Ben & Jerry’s released the ice cream flavor in February and didn’t receive a complaint until more than six months later. Lianne and Brian Kowiak of Tampa, Florida, whose 19-year-old son died in a hazing incident in 2008, noticed an ad for the ice cream and sent an e-mail to Ben & Jerry’s on Sept. 5.
“I just paused and I was shocked and we were dismayed,” said Lianne Kowiak, who speaks to students and families about the dangers of hazing. “I was just upset about it.”
The couple’s son, Harrison Kowiak, died of a head injury during a fraternity “hell week” hazing ritual at Lenoir-Rhyne University in Hickory, North Carolina. The parents sued for wrongful death, winning an out-of-court settlement. He was a Ben & Jerry’s ice cream fan.
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The moniker was never meant to refer to hazing, he said. It’s a play on hazelnuts and the phrase “dazed and confused,” made famous by a Led Zeppelin song and 1993 coming-of-age comedy.
Some people have way, way to much time on their hands. I wish that just ONCE a company would come out publicly and give people like this a big "go frick yourself".
This post was edited on 9/19/14 at 8:57 am
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Posted on 9/19/14 at 8:58 am to sneakytiger
Frick these libs. Kiss my 
Posted on 9/19/14 at 8:58 am to sneakytiger
Good lord people are dumb
Posted on 9/19/14 at 9:00 am to sneakytiger
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Some people have way, way to much time on their hands. I wish that just ONCE a company would come out publicly and give people like this a big "go frick yourself".
How does a company give in to something so fricking stupid? There can't be more than 2 or 3 people who would ever connect and get offended by something like this, the others that latch on are hoping for a pay out or just trolling.
Posted on 9/19/14 at 9:00 am to sneakytiger
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He was a Ben & Jerry’s ice cream fan.
Posted on 9/19/14 at 9:00 am to sneakytiger
Considering Ben & Jerry's is run by uber-libs, they may just buckle to this.
Posted on 9/19/14 at 9:03 am to sneakytiger
So know if something even sounds kinda like what you are against even though it's completely different you can whine and bitch and get articles written about you.
Wonder if she'll be protesting at the Jimi Hendrix Museum too?
Wonder if she'll be protesting at the Jimi Hendrix Museum too?
Posted on 9/19/14 at 9:03 am to sneakytiger
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The moniker was never meant to refer to hazing, he said. It’s a play on hazelnuts and the phrase “dazed and confused,”
No shite, can't believe the had to explain this. People are terrible.
Posted on 9/19/14 at 9:03 am to Warfarer
Exactly, and yet they get a story in the press for it because the media knows it's a polarizing topic - fish in a barrel for them.
Posted on 9/19/14 at 9:04 am to sneakytiger
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It’s a play on hazelnuts and the phrase “dazed and confused,” made famous by a Led Zeppelin song and 1993 coming-of-age comedy.
OH, HELL!!! Now we gotta get Led to change all his shite too.
Let's do this right!!! 
Posted on 9/19/14 at 9:06 am to Redbone
Abita Purple Haze is next
Posted on 9/19/14 at 9:06 am to sneakytiger
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After the e-mail and a follow-up call, Greenwood set up a phone meeting the following week to hear the family out. Criticism also came from anti-hazing activist Hank Nuwer at Stophazing.org, who urged readers to contact Ben & Jerry’s. The company has only received three e-mails total, Greenwood said, showing that it doesn’t take much criticism to get Ben & Jerry’s attention.
Seriously? This is making the news over three emails?
Posted on 9/19/14 at 9:08 am to sneakytiger
THESE PEOPLE NEED TO STOP COMPLAINING!!!
Posted on 9/19/14 at 9:10 am to sneakytiger
hope fat people don't protest "chunky monkey" ice cream. that's some good stuff
Posted on 9/19/14 at 9:10 am to sneakytiger
lady is just looking for something to be offended about. this is ridiculous. like the article says, it's a play on words from a zeppelin song and hazelnut. jesus christ
Posted on 9/19/14 at 9:11 am to sneakytiger
Jesus Christ
Posted on 9/19/14 at 9:12 am to sneakytiger
Should change the name to "Hazed and Confused to Death"
Posted on 9/19/14 at 9:13 am to monsterballads
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“You hear about things like institutional racism and people will say, ‘You can’t see it because you are living in it, you were raised in it, you were born in it,’” Greenwood said. “This in no way was in reference to hazing at Ben & Jerry’s, but were we doing something that we should have been more aware of?”
Holy shite this guy is a pussy
Posted on 9/19/14 at 9:13 am to HardHat
I emailed them through their website and asked them not to change it.
Posted on 9/19/14 at 9:16 am to the4thgen
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THESE PEOPLE NEED TO STOP COMPLAINING!!!
It would take a company standing up for themselves in order for this to happen though. A lot of this started with the ole' McDonalds coffee settlement. It proved that the big companies would rather just bend over, let someone slide it in a bit and then still get a pay out to shut up. No Wal-Mart would rather settle every one of these instead of some "bad press" about someone falling next to a wet floor sign.
I would actually support a company that just turned around and countersued one of these shitheads for liable over bullshite lawsuits.
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