Chik-Fil-A 2.0 (D.C. Shooting)

[Phatscotty]

Post 100! I win! Free Chik-Fil-A chicken sandwiches for everyone!!!!

[jonesthecurl]

Post 100! I win! Free Chik-Fil-A chicken sandwiches for everyone!!!!

If I boycotted all of those chains, I would eat slightly less Wendy's than I do now.
Otherwise, no effect on me.

[Woodruff]

Post 100! I win! Free Chik-Fil-A chicken sandwiches for everyone!!!!

Those are really bad photoshop jobs.

[Haggis_McMutton]

Those are really bad photoshop jobs.

Seriously. And it's just a matter of putting some text in there, not exactly difficult.

Also, I've already been "boycotting" all of those for a couple of years now. Do you guys really regularly eat shitty fast foods?
I can get a pretty good curry for cheaper than a KFC.

[Phatscotty]

Those are really bad photoshop jobs.

Seriously. And it's just a matter of putting some text in there, not exactly difficult.

Also, I've already been "boycotting" all of those for a couple of years now. Do you guys really regularly eat shitty fast foods?
I can get a pretty good curry for cheaper than a KFC.

Why do you hate single mothers who are working so hard they don't always have time to cook meals?

[Woodruff]

Also, I've already been "boycotting" all of those for a couple of years now. Do you guys really regularly eat shitty fast foods?
I can get a pretty good curry for cheaper than a KFC.

I can't speak for anyone else, but...yes. We're out doing community service with the cadets all the time, so it's easier and faster to just do the fast food thing when we're done.

[Woodruff]

Those are really bad photoshop jobs.

Seriously. And it's just a matter of putting some text in there, not exactly difficult.

Also, I've already been "boycotting" all of those for a couple of years now. Do you guys really regularly eat shitty fast foods?
I can get a pretty good curry for cheaper than a KFC.

Why do you hate single mothers who are working so hard they don't always have time to cook meals?

You say this as if it's false. I wonder why that is.

[jonesthecurl]

Also, I've already been "boycotting" all of those for a couple of years now. Do you guys really regularly eat shitty fast foods?
I can get a pretty good curry for cheaper than a KFC.

I can't speak for anyone else, but...yes. We're out doing community service with the cadets all the time, so it's easier and faster to just do the fast food thing when we're done.

New Jersey seems to have less fast-food chains than most parts of the US. That's becuase it has about 90% of the world's "Diners".

And if you guys would like a thread on easy fast food that's healthier than fast food, we should do that.

[Lootifer]

I eat shitty fast food all the time

[jonesthecurl]

Food is one of life's great pleasures.
Why eat crap?

[Haggis_McMutton]

Also, I've already been "boycotting" all of those for a couple of years now. Do you guys really regularly eat shitty fast foods?
I can get a pretty good curry for cheaper than a KFC.

I can't speak for anyone else, but...yes. We're out doing community service with the cadets all the time, so it's easier and faster to just do the fast food thing when we're done.

Fair enough, I'd probably get it as well in those circumstances.

I eat shitty fast food all the time

So you hate fat people AND eat shitty food all the time?

Ok, now I get why you do all that cardio.

[Frigidus]

Happy Chik-Fil-A Day everybody! Let's all go and eat chicken that isn't bland!

[Army of GOD]

If there was a Chick-fil-a near me I'd go there, buy some food and then throw it on the ground screaming "f*ck tha police"

[Haggis_McMutton]

If there was a Chick-fil-a near me I'd go there, buy some food and then throw it on the ground screaming "f*ck tha police"

Stealing radiojake's ideas now?

[AndyDufresne]

Have fun with the Chick-Fil-A meal calculator: http://www.chick-fil-a.com/Food/Meal


--Andy

[Phatscotty]

MASSIVE LINES at Chick-fil-A on “National Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day”

Normally, with this crowd volume you would expect short tempers and bedlam. That’s not the case today at Chick-fil-A. While the surrounding restaurant chains are empty, the people in this line are happily making a statement, talking to each other with smiles on their faces. They’re patriots taking a stand against a gross violation of our First Amendment right. And they are doing it in 100 degree temperatures.

[Phatscotty]

If there was a Chick-fil-a near me I'd go there, buy some food and then throw it on the ground

AoG is not a part of their system

[BigBallinStalin]

PLAYER makes two common assertions which are important but are mistaken.

One major caveat: initiating violence against others is impermissible. Is Chick-Fil-A initiating violence against gays for funding organizations which seek to prevent gays from marrying? This does cause them harm, but are the means violent? They seem non-violent to me. Is their goal violent? I'm undecided. Violence typically entails physical harm, so it depends on how you construe physical harm...

Most people draw the line well short of physical violance.

Also, the idea that people truly are able to fight big corporations by "fighting with their feet" is belied by corporations like Walmart. In many communities, people just don't have any other option.

How many communities? I'd argue that the benefits of competition by Wal-Mart offset the costs for nearly all Americans. The acceptable balance of price and quality is determined by the consumers through trial-and-error and by consumer reports and relevant information by word-of-mouth and other means. If Wal-Mart loses this balance, its consumers will shop elsewhere, thus providing a profit motive for other grocers, farmers, farmers' markets, etc., which still operate in many areas nearby Wal-Marts.

What would prevent free competition from increasing the range of options for millions of Americans? State regulations and legislation. In Louisiana, there's a cap on produce trucks, whose operations are further burdened by the monopolistic FDA and USDA--regarding "safety" standards. The large corporations influence the policymaking of the regulators in order to tip the "legal" environment in their favor.

This is the essence of political capitalism/crony capitalism, which can only occur when people (willingly) grant the state the authority to regulate our purchasing decisions. Without this power, political capitalism couldn't function nearly as well as it does today.

To claim that making the decision to not pay triple or more for the same goods (including gas/travel expenses), when you are making barely above minimum wage or perhaps even on public assistance is really a "free choice" is silly.

I doubt the accuracy of the underlined claim, and your assertion is meaningless without a valid comparison.

Freedom of choice and range of choices are two different concepts. For example, Robinson Crusoe enjoyed extensive freedom, but without the division of labor within modern societies, his range of choices were extremely limited.

So, people have a choice of buying groceries at Wal-Mart or at local grocery stores, or living a life of subsistence agriculture/hunting and gathering (as Crusoe did). The perceived benefits and costs will affect their range of choices, which is arguably better than Crusoe's and his experience of more freedom. The people of today still have the freedom to choose among a variety of options, which is more broad than Crusoe's.

[Army of GOD]

If there was a Chick-fil-a near me I'd go there, buy some food and then throw it on the ground screaming "f*ck tha police"

Stealing radiojake's ideas now?

I'm not doing it to boycott chick-fil-a, I'd do it just to make everyone confused.

[Lootifer]

I eat shitty fast food all the time

So you hate fat people AND eat shitty food all the time?

Ok, now I get why you do all that cardio.

Nah im kinda kidding; I just eat a lot; and being time constrained sometimes that food is convienence food.

[spurgistan]

I gotta say, a fast-food chain promoting a pro-bigot agenda is not a terrible business strategy. Even if you're only appealing to the ~30% of the population that just really doesn't like gay people and wants them to stop being all gay (this isn't just about marriage, they support Pray Away the Gay. which is just downright destructive) being the Official Fast Food of Bigots (tm) should get them some solid market share. While as a fan of American values I will never buy Chik-Fil-A food again (I have, three times. It's pretty good chicken) I can respect a solid business move.

[Timminz]

I gotta say, a fast-food chain promoting a pro-bigot agenda is not a terrible business strategy. Even if you're only appealing to the ~30% of the population that just really doesn't like gay people and wants them to stop being all gay (this isn't just about marriage, they support Pray Away the Gay. which is just downright destructive) being the Official Fast Food of Bigots (tm) should get them some solid market share. While as a fan of American values I will never buy Chik-Fil-A food again (I have, three times. It's pretty good chicken) I can respect a solid business move.

Excellent point. Just look at the pic Scott posted, to see how smart a move this was.

[Woodruff]

PLAYER makes two common assertions which are important but are mistaken.

One major caveat: initiating violence against others is impermissible. Is Chick-Fil-A initiating violence against gays for funding organizations which seek to prevent gays from marrying? This does cause them harm, but are the means violent? They seem non-violent to me. Is their goal violent? I'm undecided. Violence typically entails physical harm, so it depends on how you construe physical harm...

Most people draw the line well short of physical violance.

Also, the idea that people truly are able to fight big corporations by "fighting with their feet" is belied by corporations like Walmart. In many communities, people just don't have any other option.

How many communities? I'd argue that the benefits of competition by Wal-Mart offset the costs for nearly all Americans.

I would disagree 100%. Outsourcing to China does not benefit us in the long run.

The acceptable balance of price and quality is determined by the consumers through trial-and-error and by consumer reports and relevant information by word-of-mouth and other means. If Wal-Mart loses this balance, its consumers will shop elsewhere, thus providing a profit motive for other grocers, farmers, farmers' markets, etc., which still operate in many areas nearby Wal-Marts.

The problem with your assertion is that we should only care about "price and quality" and nothing else. I would assert that is poor logic.

[Phatscotty]

I gotta say, a fast-food chain promoting a pro-bigot agenda is not a terrible business strategy. Even if you're only appealing to the ~30% of the population that just really doesn't like gay people and wants them to stop being all gay (this isn't just about marriage, they support Pray Away the Gay. which is just downright destructive) being the Official Fast Food of Bigots (tm) should get them some solid market share. While as a fan of American values I will never buy Chik-Fil-A food again (I have, three times. It's pretty good chicken) I can respect a solid business move.

I like how people think it's bigoted to be against something that does not exist, and never had existed, shit, it's never even been mentioned by a single historian or prominent figure since the dawn of civilization.

You don't get to make rights up as you see fit

[Phatscotty]

I gotta say, a fast-food chain promoting a pro-bigot agenda is not a terrible business strategy. Even if you're only appealing to the ~30% of the population that just really doesn't like gay people and wants them to stop being all gay (this isn't just about marriage, they support Pray Away the Gay. which is just downright destructive) being the Official Fast Food of Bigots (tm) should get them some solid market share. While as a fan of American values I will never buy Chik-Fil-A food again (I have, three times. It's pretty good chicken) I can respect a solid business move.

Excellent point. Just look at the pic Scott posted, to see how smart a move this was.

Smart for business, smart for politics, smart jab at bigots, nazis, and fascists. Smart all around.

Freedom of speech, Freedom of religion, and Freedom of association are all stronger today than they were yesterday.

The Chik-Fil-A issue has nothing to do with where people like to stick their wieners, and everything to do with Liberty.