• Subject: Re: Plant Delights Nursery down?
• From: &* P* L* <lindsey@mallorn.com>
• Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2012 10:58:00 -0500 (EST)

----- Original Message -----
> In the newsobserver  article :
> "....He is portrayed as the Cowardly Lion with a white and blue oval on his
> side that resembles the Penn State lion logo, ..."
> It seems the biggest concern (or the strongest arguable concern from
> the opposition's viewpoint) is the use of the logo.
> 
> BUT....when I looked at the cover, I do not see a logo on the lion.
> Was it there and Avent caved and removed it?

Hi Kitty,

Someone (I'm not sure if they want to stay anonymous or not, so I'm
not saying their name) sent me a scan of the catalog.  Their copy had
a logo on the side of the Cowardly Lion, while the one online definitely
doesn't.

I still would argue that as a parody it's fine -- I don't think anyone
would ever confuse Garden Delights with Penn State, logo or not.  On
the other hand, Tony has a lot to deal with right now and one more
thing probably wasn't needed...

> People today are so polarized; it's all black & white to them.There
> was a time when a cover like this could poke a little fun at the times.
> People would have a little laugh or shake their head at it and then move on.
> Today everybody gets so angry over every little perceived slight.

I agree.  People are just too thin-skinned now.  The Internet lets them
be loud and find like-minded reactionaries, I guess...  

Chris

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