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beachguy in thongs
06-12-2007, 01:45 AM
(from Marc Emery)


200,000 MYSPACERS RECEIVE HERSHEY BOYCOTT NOTICE IN 16 HOURS


This is the most widely disseminated bulletin I have ever released. Thank you to everyone for reposting to your groups. I realize for many that it will be difficult sacrificing a favorite candy or chocolate but consider purchasing a competitor's brand. One of the powers of boycott is many who participate permanently change their eating habits in favor of a competing brand. If 100,000 stoners refuse to buy even one Hershey bar and buy a competing brand, just once, thats $100,000 in sales lost by Hershey to their competitors. If you boycott the entire range of Hershey products, and call them or write them (or both!), over a period of time Hershey will lose far more than $100,000. Hershey's lawyer fees in this miserable legal action against medical cannabis pioneer Affolter will cost them over $100,000 and Kenneth Affolter surely has no money left for Hershey to gain in any regard.

This is what I wrote to the Hershey Chocolate Company at their website:
https://www.hersheys.com/contactus/

Sirs & Madams,

Our magazine is organizing a boycott of your extensive line of products because of a $100,000 lawsuit against KENNETH AFFOLTER by HERSHEY in regard to his marijuana chocolates. Since Mr. Affolter was unjustly sentenced to 5 years in jail for the cannabis chocolates, one might think that your corporate interests in the protection of your brand names, which Mr. Affolter used in mocking regard to his products, was upheld. However, you are pursuing this man in what our magazine regards as cruel and unnecessary.

Until Hershey Chocolate stops this lawsuit, our magazine is advocating on myspace, youtube, and in our magazine, Cannabis Culture, a boycott of Hershey products.

I would be delighted to hear from you and any discussion which drops this lawsuit. I think it is safe to say that Hershey Chocolate is currently the choice of millions of potheads across North America. You enrage them with this lawsuit. They are consumers you should not consider lightly.

Sincerely,

Marc Emery
Editor
Cannabis Culture Magazine
www.cannabisculture.com
www.myspace.com/cannabisculturemagazine (http://www.myspace.com/cannabisculturemagazine)
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MYSPACE STONERS: Please take note and avoid the following Hershey products in the marketplace.

If would be good if you sent an email at their website (see above) to Hershey stating you will not buy any of the following products until they withdraw the claim against KENNETH AFFOLTER.

Or call them at:
Hershey Chocolate's Toll free number:
1-800-468-1714
Monday â?? Friday 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET

I have commissioned an article on KENNETH AFFOLTER for the July-August Cannabis Culture Magazine, his medical marijuana chocolate project was amazing in size, scope, ambition and successful ...until the DEA raid ruined the beautiful project.

Here is the link to the article whereby Hershey Chocolate said it was suing Kenneth Affolter for $100,000 for trademark violation
HERE

We will expand the boycott into the printed magazine if by the end of June the lawsuit against KENNETH AFFOLTER is not withdrawn.

DO NOT PURCHASE BUY OR CONSUME THE FOLLOWING PRODUCTS by HERSHEY CHOLCOLATE. Please pass this list around.

Chocolate-based products:

The 5th Avenue candy bar, which contains a peanut-based mixture.
Almond Joy and Mounds candy bars, which are chocolate-coated bars containing a coconut based mixture on the inside.

Bar None are wafers with filling covered in milk chocolate, seen in some countries but not in the U.S.A., where Kit Kat is produced.

Cadbury's Creme Egg is a chocolate egg with creme in it, usually sold around Easter.
Cadbury's Caramello milk chocolate squares with creamy caramel.
Cadbury Dairy Milk Chocolate Bar, plain milk chocolate.
Cadbury Fruit & Nut Chocolate Bar, milk chocolate with assorted fruits and nuts.
Cadbury Royal Dark Chocolate Bar, plain dark chocolate,milk.
Cadbury Roast Almond Chocolate Bar, milk chocolate with almonds.
Cherry Blossom is an individually packaged, 45g chocolate covered maraschino cherry and syrup. The chocolate mixture has coconut and roasted peanut pieces incorporated into it.
Glosette(s), Raisins, Peanuts, Almonds.
Heath bar, a slab of toffee coated with chocolate.
Hershey's Bites, Flavors are Reese's peanut butter, Heath toffee, Kit Kat, mini Rolo, Mr. Goodbar, York Peppermint Pattie, white chocolate pretzel and dark chocolate pretzel.
Hershey's Cookies and Cream, a block of white chocolate with small pieces of cookie in it.
Hershey's Cookies and Mint,
Hershey's Kisses, small chocolate candies, similar in appearance to a very large chocolate chip.
Hershey's Miniatures, an assortment of Hershey's chocolate bars in miniature size. Created in 1939 and unchanged since, the original collection comprises Hershey's Chocolate, Special Dark chocolate, Krackel, and Mr. Goodbar varieties. A new collection, Nut Lovers, was introduced in 2004 and features both 4 kinds of chocolate and 4 kinds of nuts. Hershey's has also introduced Limited Edition varieties, including a holiday Mint Miniatures Collection.

Hershey's Pot of Gold, premium boxed chocolates in a variety of assortments: Almond Caramel Clusters, Caramel Assortment, Chocolate Assortment, Créme Assortment, Mint Assortment, Nut Assortment, Pecan Caramel Clusters, Premium Assortment, Sugar Free and Truffle Assortment.
Hershey's Sticks, individually wrapped chocolate sticks packaged and sold by the box. There are four flavors: Milk Chocolate, Caramel Filled Milk Chocolate, Rich Dark Chocolate and Mint Milk Chocolate.

Hershey's Kissables, miniature Hershey's Kisses coated with a colorful candy shell.
Kit Kat, made by Nestlé except in the United States, are chocolate coated wafer bars.
Krackel, a chocolate bar containing crisped rice
Milk Duds, small bits of caramel covered in milk chocolate. Milk Duds are commonly sold in American movie theaters as a snack.
Mr. Goodbar, a chocolate bar containing peanuts
Oh Henry!, Popular Canadian version of the candy currently made in the United States by Nestlé.
Hershey's Pops are bags of original Hershey's chocolates in the half the size and all the shape of a golf ball. They've become a common treat in movie theaters.
Reese's Fast Break, creamy peanut butter and nougat covered in milk chocolate.
Reese's Nutrageous, creamy peanut butter, caramel and roasted peanuts covered in milk chocolate.
Reese's Peanut Butter Cups, possibly one of Hershey's best-known products due to long-running massive advertising campaigns.
Reese's Pieces are small peanut-butter candies.
ReeseSticks, peanut butter filled wafers covered in milk chocolate. Sold in packages of two sticks.
Rolo, chocolate-covered caramels
Skor, a candy bar containing toffee
Swoops, chocolate shaped in slices, like potato chips. Swoops come in the following varieties: Hershey's Milk Chocolate, Almond Joy, Reese's Peanut Butter, York Peppermint Pattie, White Chocolate Reeses, and Toffee and Almond. Limited edition varieties include White Chocolate Peppermint (available around Christmas), Special Dark with Almonds and Strawberries & Creme.
Hershey's S'mores is a s'more in candy-bar form
Hershey's Shell Topping, a chocolate syrup that hardens when poured on cold foods, such as ice cream.
Take 5 (known as Max 5 in Canada), a candy bar with pretzels, caramel, peanuts, peanut butter, and chocolate.

WHATCHAMACALLIT is a peanut-flavored crisp with a layer of caramel and a milk chocolate coating
Whoppers, chocolate covered malted milk balls.
York Peppermint Pattie, a patty of peppermint flavored filling coated with dark chocolate
MARAH'S BUTT,

It should be noted that SCHARFFENBERGER (a once artisan, gourmet chocolate, based in Berkeley, CA) was recently purchased by Hersheys, and should therefore also be boycotted.

Non-Chocolate
Bubble Yum bubble gum brand
Ice Breakers chewing gum and mints
Jolly Rancher hard fruit candy, lollipops, and flavored soda.
Koolerz chewing gum,
PayDay candy bar,
Zagnut candy bar,

Other
Care-Free sugarless gum.
CareFree Koolerz mint based gum in various flavors made with Xylitol.
Good & Plenty, white and purplish-red pill shaped licorice candies.

Hershey's Brownies and Reese's Brownies, brownies containing Hershey's chocolate chips or Reese's peanut butter chips with icing on top.
Hershey's Cookies, a chocolate cookie with toppings and covered in chocolate

Really Nuts, snack nuts and trail mixes. Available in the following flavors: Reese's Roasted Peanuts, Reese's Honey Glazed Peanuts, Hershey's Chocolate Cocoa Peanuts, Mauna Loa Cashew Nuts, Hershey's Trail Mix, Reese's Trail Mix and Mauna Loa Trail Mix.

Snack Barz, candy bars similar to rice krispie treats.
Sweet 'n Salty Granola Bars, granola bars combined with other Hershey's and Reese's ingredients.

Twizzlers, artificially flavored licorice sticks in various flavors.

mmj4chronicpain - ASA Chronic Pain Patients' Union for Medical Marijuana Rights (http://lists.safeaccessnow.org/lists/arc/mmj4chronicpain/2007-06/msg00001.html)

slipknotpsycho
06-12-2007, 01:48 AM
hm... well i don't really eat anything of hershey's products since i don't really like sweets anymore.... :thumbsup: but i'll definately avoid them if it helps the cause.....

geonagual
06-12-2007, 01:49 AM
I am down..No more hershey products for me...what a crock.

mythin
06-12-2007, 01:51 AM
since you didnt explain why the boycott was there, for anyone who is confused, refer to : cannabisnews.com: DEA Raids East Bay Medical Pot Distributor (http://cannabisnews.com/news/21/thread21668.shtml)

slipknotpsycho
06-12-2007, 01:53 AM
Our magazine is organizing a boycott of your extensive line of products because of a $100,000 lawsuit against KENNETH AFFOLTER by HERSHEY in regard to his marijuana chocolates. Since Mr. Affolter was unjustly sentenced to 5 years in jail for the cannabis chocolates, one might think that your corporate interests in the protection of your brand names, which Mr. Affolter used in mocking regard to his products, was upheld. However, you are pursuing this man in what our magazine regards as cruel and unnecessary.

Until Hershey Chocolate stops this lawsuit, our magazine is advocating on myspace, youtube, and in our magazine, Cannabis Culture, a boycott of Hershey products.


seemed prettyclear to me why....

mythin
06-12-2007, 01:59 AM
oh, maybe im illiterate then. lol. i only skimmed the article :|

timothylearyisdead
06-12-2007, 02:04 AM
I don't even know anybody that buys candy, so I'm all about this boycott, seeing as it wouldn't change a damn thing in my life.

wholapola
06-12-2007, 02:29 AM
Okay, okay...no mo' Twizzlers then :wtf:

RaoulDuke45
06-12-2007, 02:45 AM
red vines are better anyways

rainbows.rsexy
06-12-2007, 04:41 AM
hershey head honcho should be fired

halfassedjediknight
06-12-2007, 04:45 AM
i only eat butterfinger crisps if i eat candy. i hate hersheys already.

forget them.

beachguy in thongs
06-12-2007, 04:46 AM
Apparently, I was stoned and read that page backwards. I figured the latest thing would be on top, but that's from 5/22. I didn't know today's date, anyways.

Skink
06-12-2007, 05:14 AM
Well I still haven't bought any gas from Exxon since the Valdese and their still in business...

Straight Illin
06-12-2007, 01:03 PM
I'm still going to eat Hershey...


(I just steal them at work :-) )

dannyboy420
06-12-2007, 01:50 PM
Am I the only one who doesn't see Hershey's actions as wrong?

They are defending their trademark. Someone is trying to sell candy in packaging made to look like it comes from another manufacturer. Seems pretty straightforward.

higher4hockey
06-12-2007, 01:57 PM
im with danny. im not boycotting hersheys. i ate one last night to be honest.

freewheelinfrank
06-12-2007, 02:13 PM
first, Hershey's is only protecting their patented product names, the guy is going to jail for possessing illegal substances (not for naming his candy after Hershey), and besides, the author, Narc Emery, is only running his mouth for another publicity fix - get over that clown :wtf:

M3nt0R
06-12-2007, 04:08 PM
Yeah and it's kind of slandering the company when they not only use their trademark and make something frighteningly similar, but they gain much negative publicity when the news spreads and it looks like hershey's