[Vision2020] time to drink more Pepsi?

[Mo Hendrickson]

First - I was making anecdotal statements during my lunch hour, not really enough time to find all of the research and make a empirical argument against this statement.  

Second - How about you supply us with your 10 minute search results.  I would love to know what is out there. 

Third - I think you missed the greater points, or maybe I didn't communicate it well enough.    A.  That maybe there would not be such a high rate of these issues in the GLBT population, if, groups like the AFA and others did not try to make our lives harder on a regular basis.  B.  That it is not ok to treat an entire group of people like they are second class dirty, awful, sinful, disgusting people.  

-Mo

> Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 17:54:30 -0700
> From: vpschwaller at gmail.com
> To: vision2020 at moscow.com
> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] time to drink more Pepsi?
> 
> Mr/Ms Hendrickson states "This quote was too much for me to let slide
> through, "It's a medical fact that persons trapped in homosexuality
> are statistically higher to experience shortened life spans, clinical
> depression, drug and alcohol abuse, and life-ending diseases.  Why
> can't PepsiCo understand that is not a good cause to be supporting?"
> First of all, shortened life spans, clinical depression, drug and
> alcohol abuse, and life ending diseases, effect way more of the
> population than just gay people."
> 
> Fallacy one - Pepsi / AFA made no such statement that only gay people
> suffer from these afflictions, simply that there is a statistically
> higher instance among gays compared to "others".
> 
> Fallacy two - a short (10 minute search) of medical / psychological /
> epidemiological data bases shows there are studies addressing and
> supporting these claims.  And of course there are studies addressing
> and debunking these claims.  The point is, one should make at least
> some cursory attempt to see what arguments, both pro and con, are out
> there instead of spouting "it's pure nonsense."  Maybe it is.  Maybe
> it isn't.  Did you take even a moment to look for any medical facts
> one way or the other?
> 
> GS
> 
> On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 12:01 PM, Mo Hendrickson
> <hend5953 at vandals.uidaho.edu> wrote:
> >
> > I support the "homosexual agenda" do you think Pepsi will give me free
> > soda?  I went to the Boycott Pepsi website, it was the best laugh I have had
> > in a long time.  The "offensive" commercials were great, I really enjoyed
> > the one at the bottom. And well, Family Guy is an offensive and rude tv show
> > anyway, I think that part of its appeal, though I never really have watched
> > it.
> >
> > This quote was too much for me to let slide through, "It's a medical fact
> > that persons trapped in homosexuality are statistically higher to experience
> > shortened life spans, clinical depression, drug and alcohol abuse, and
> > life-ending diseases.  Why can't PepsiCo understand that is not a good cause
> > to be supporting?"  First of all, shortened life spans, clinical depression,
> > drug and alcohol abuse, and life ending diseases, effect way more of the
> > population than just gay people. Second, with people telling us that we are
> > sinful disgusting people who deserve to go to hell, its no wonder there are
> > substance abuse problems and depression.  The things people say and do,
> > thinking it is ok,  amazes me. When Christianity gets so twisted into
> > people's fear and ignorance, it becomes a very scary and destructive force.
> >
> > Seriously, even when I was at my most religious and conservative, I knew
> > that verbally abusing and threatening eternal damnation was not ok, it is
> > never ok.  No matter what you believe or feel about something it is never ok
> > to hurt another person, just to make yourself feel better, or in the name of
> > you god.  I wonder what would happen in our country and our world if we all
> > stopped thinking about ourselves for a day and focused on others.
> >
> > Anyway, enough rambling, time to eat lunch!
> >
> > -Mo
> >
> >
> > ________________________________
> > From: london at moscow.com
> > To: vision2020 at secure.fsr.com
> > Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 11:20:23 -0700
> > Subject: [Vision2020] time to drink more Pepsi?
> >
> > PepsiCo boycott petition reaches 500,000 signers
> >
> > American Family Association (AFA) says it has now secured over 500,000
> > signatures from those pledging to boycott the PepsiCo Company over its
> > continued support of same-sex marriage and homosexual advocacy.  AFA has
> > been promoting a boycott of PepsiCo since January, 2009.
> > AFA asked PepsiCo to be neutral in the culture war and not support the
> > homosexual agenda. PepsiCo refused. The company continues to give financial
> > support to homosexual organizations.
> > President Tim Wildmon says AFA is committed to the boycott as long as
> > PepsiCo is advancing a lifestyle that is extremely unhealthy and dangerous.
> > "It's a medical fact that persons trapped in homosexuality are statistically
> > higher to experience shortened life spans, clinical depression, drug and
> > alcohol abuse, and life-ending diseases.  Why can't PepsiCo understand that
> > is not a good cause to be supporting?"
> > PepsiCo gave $500,000 to Human Rights Campaign (HRC) and another $500,000 to
> > the Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG). The total of
> > $1,000,000 was used to help promote homosexuality in the workplace. HRC and
> > PFLAG were major supporters of the efforts to defeat Proposition 8 in
> > California, which defined marriage as being between a man and a woman. HRC
> > gave $2.3 million to the effort to defeat Prop 8.
> > For more information on PepsiCo's support for the homosexual agenda, go to
> > www.BoycottPepsico.com.
> >
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