Guido Barilla Puts His Apology on Video

[Botany]

http://www.advocate.com/business/2013/09/27/guido-barilla-puts-his-apology-video-time

"Yesterday I apologized for offending many people around the world. Today I am repeating that apology," he says in the video. "Through my entire life I have always respected every person I've met, including gays and their families, without any distinction. I've never discriminated against anyone."

Guido Barilla implied during an interview with Italian radio show La Zanzara on Thursday that he does discriminate when creating advertising for his company. When asked whether the world's largest pasta producer would feature gay couples in its advertisements, Guido Barilla said, "I would never do [a commercial] with a homosexual couple, not for lack of respect but because we don't agree with them," according to a Reuters translation. "Ours is a classic family where the woman plays a fundamental role. … If [gays] don't like it, they can go eat another brand."


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Kind of hard to unscramble an egg.

[MADem]

1. Eh, Guido--vai via, stronzo! nt

[lpbk2713]

2. Now come on back and buy my pasta.

Per favore.

[AgingAmerican]

3. Too late asshole

nt

[LuvNewcastle]

4. You fucked up, Guido.

Saying stupid shit can ruin your company.

[Wilms]

5. .

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[Iggo]

6. Fuck you, Guido.

[libdem4life]

7. What is positive is that it is a "teachable moment"... and his education may be mighty costly to his

business...hopefully...but it publicly informs other closeted bigots...many of whom don't think they are.

Just like Applebee's Zane Tankel and the health care debacle, or Paula Deen and her racism, they are so blinded by their privileged sense of supremacy in one form or another, they wax eloquent and expect everyone to nod and assent.

Wrong...in the age of social media and the internet.