Ben and Jerry's is an ice cream maker (I have never tried them, so I don't know if they are any good- too high a price) and they are a very liberal company and there is nothing wrong with that. But they have to politically correct and when one or two people criticize you, you have to make apologies, just like President Obama.
From ESPN: Ben & Jerry's, the iconic ice cream brand famous for flavors borrowed from a broad swath of the culinary spectrum, has apologized for including fortune cookies in its "Taste the Lin-Sanity" frozen yogurt sold at a Harvard Square location in Boston.
The Vermont-founded company has replaced the fortune cookies in its honey-swirl, Jeremy Lin-inspired variety with waffle cones.
"We offer a heartfelt apology if anyone was offended by our handmade Lin-Sanity flavor," Ben & Jerry's said in a statement.
Lin, the New York Knicks point guard who shot to NBA stardom this month after spurring a win streak in the absence of Carmelo Anthony and Amare Stoudemire, played four seasons for the Harvard Crimson before turning pro in 2010.
http://espn.go.com/new-york/nba/story/_/id/7617213/new-york-knicks-jeremy-lin-ben-jerry-apologizes-lin-sanity-flavor
I went to a Chinese restaurant for take out on Friday and, horrors, I got 4 fortune cookies with my order. Every Chinese restaurant we have ate at has fortune cookies.
So, why would Ben and Jerry's need to apologize to people who maybe offended? Then shouldn't those who are supposed to be offended be demanding apologies from the thousands of Chinese restaurants who serve fortune cookies?
The only apology Ben and Jerry's need to make is for their high prices. And maybe their politics.
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