water company cuts off woman for her flag display!

[msongs]

got this from the California forum, not sure if it has been on general discussion or not.

seems a bottled water company has dumped a chico, california women because the woman displayed a cuban, palestinian, and sadaam era iraqi flag and the salesman was "offended". there was a small usa flag of some sort created by the woman's daughter and the water company manager said the flag had been desecrated.

http://www.chicoer.com/local_news/ci_3133259


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Msongs
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[upi402]

1. seig heil

Free speech silenced -CHECK
Free press pimped out -CHECK
Patriotism blindered _OH YES! YES! YES! CHECK_

[Aimah]

2. Give someone else the business.

I wonder what bottled company it is.

[fed-up]

4. Mt. Shasta Spring Water Company-another local alternative article here

http://www.newsreview.com/issues/chico/2005-10-20/news.asp

No water for you
Bottled water service stops delivery to Chico customer for flying the wrong flags

Wendy Oshima says the three flags flying outside her small, tidy home in a south Chico community symbolize her support for people of Cuba, Palestine and Iraq.

Apparently the folks at Mt. Shasta Spring Water see the flags as proof that Oshima doesn't support American soldiers fighting overseas and for that does not deserve delivery of the company's product.

He said that Oshima, whose Japanese-American father was interned during World War II, is overwhelmed by the whole thing and that he is supporting her as best he can.

There is likely more behind the decision to stop service than just the three flags, Trausch said. A fourth flag, which was an elementary school art project created by Oshima's 9-year-old daughter featuring an 11-inch by 8-and-one-half inch plastic American flag with a peace sign and smiling faces, was hung on Oshima's front porch.

[curious_monkey]

6. "Naturally the Best"

That is the motto of Northern California's most bigoted water bottler. The company's name is Mt. Shasta Spring Water. I wanted to let them know what a former customer (that would be me unfortunately) thought of their stupidity, but their online comment form has "been disabled due to abuse." So, I called their toll-free number at 800-922-6227 and offered my opinion to their voice mail system which, by the way, is happy to accept long winded messages such as mine (the message included a reading of the newspaper article, just in case they weren't familiar).

[Aimah]

10. You have my support n/t

[tallahasseedem]

3. Is this still America?

Jeezus, its getting ridiculous.

[For PaisAn]

5. Love this twisted logic

"For his company, Ellis said, the issue wasn't Oshima's political views — it was desecrating an American flag. He said in Iraq soldiers are fighting and dying to preserve Oshima's right to freely express her views."

So US soldiers are fighting and dying in Iraq to preserve her right to freely express her views and this company is honoring those soldiers by punishing her for freely expressing her views.

Hmmm. Yeah, that makes sense.

:sarcasm:

[FreedomAngel82]

9. Oh yes

I'm sure the Iraq flag had nothing to do with it. :eyes: So next time someone says the soliders are fighting for my freedom I can now say "fuck no" and show them this story. :mad:

[BiggJawn]

11. It's "Rush-Speak".

"People are Over There DIEING for YOUR Freedom of Speech, so SHUT THE FUCK UP!!!"

No shasta water for me. Probably has chemicals in it to make Liberal men impotent.

[kitp]

7. self delete

[FreedomAngel82]

8. Oh good grief!

It's her property! Ugh! :mad: