# Festivus: Thank you, Ben & Jerry

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/festivus-thank-you-ben-jerry/86707>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [October 11, 2001, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/festivus-thank-you-ben-jerry/86707 "2001-10-11T02:07:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![Cap\_n\_Crude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Cap\_n\_Crude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cap_n_Crude)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2001, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/festivus-thank-you-ben-jerry/86707/21 "2001-10-12T18:23:22Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Badtz Maru \*  
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> > \*Originally posted by Cap’n Crude \*  
> > \*\*No yank, **Juniper.** It’s back. And it’s IN MY BELLY! What’s an IPU?
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> > **Badtz,** what terrorism are you talking about? My cousin Freddy used to be their CEO (I can prove it), and he never mentioned anything about this to the family. \*\*
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> They give a lot of money to Greenpeace, who I consider a terrorist organization. \*\*

I’m no lover of Greenpeace, believe me. They’re mostly a bunch reactionary Luddite tree-huggers with a warped idea of modern society. But I can’t characterize them as terrorists. They engage in an active form of passive resistance – sounds like an oxymoron, I know. They put themselves physically in the way of operations they are protesting. But AFAIK they don’t take hostages, they don’t blow things up, citizens don’t walk around in fear of them, ergo they’re not terrorists.

However, I respect your decision to avoid indirectly funding them. You’re missing out on some killer ice cream, though.

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**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2001, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/festivus-thank-you-ben-jerry/86707/22 "2001-10-12T19:40:58Z")

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Festivus is back, and I’ve eaten five pints of it in two weeks. Wash it down with coffee! Bliss!

In times like these, we need things like Festivus to remind us how great life can be. Praise to Ben&Jerry for recognizing this fact and bringing Festivus back!

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