Talk:Absolut Vodka

message: I'm interested in the idea that Orangemike just presented, which is the idea that perhaps "Reaction among Americans" is too broad. I don't disagree with this idea. However, I would like to note that the word "conservatives" was added in reference to the MSNBC source -- and I don't believe that that source mentions conservatives at all. <P>Perhaps "Reaction among some American consumers"? Thanks in advance if you comment. Urzatron (talk) 13:48, 23 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Your point is also a good one; edited text to match source, although I think it's a pretty safe bet that the furor (to the extent that there was one) was mostly among conservative consumers. --Orange Mike  |  Talk 14:01, 23 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Oh, yeah -- if I had to bet, I would bet that the majority of people upset by the ad were conservative. :) Urzatron (talk) 14:05, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

text: Excuse me, Mike, but would you comment on the removal of the previous source that discussed who brought the controversy to the fore in favor of one that conspicuously does not provide that same information? The previous reference to the Independent, which Urzatron has removed on grounds that it's foreign, gave a pretty clear account of these and other matters that MSNBC essentially omits. The rabbit in the suitcase (talk) 14:18, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

text: Here is the reference in question: David Usborne Storm in a shot glass as advert redraws map of Americas 8 April 2008 The rabbit in the suitcase (talk) 14:22, 23 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: It looks like he put in both sources, which I don't disagree with. Urzatron (talk) 14:50, 23 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Fair enough. Well played, Mike. The rabbit in the suitcase (talk) 14:57, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

text: Phred's rewrite didn't introduce any new sources -- it just seemed to characterize the same information differently, which I don't find necessary. Urzatron (talk) 15:27, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Reaction among _______

message: Perhaps this knowledge will help Rabbit, OrangeMike and others like them see why not just "a small contingent of white supremacists and other miscellaneous right wingers" were vexed at the Mexican Reconquista evident in the Absolut ad.  Increased crime rates (Modesto, California is the car theft capital of the nation; several times now, trial courts in Riverside County, California have had to suspend all civil prosecutions and focus only on the backlogged criminal prosecutions; California prisons are overflowing with Latinos), the increased school drop-out rates, the refusal to change to English usage, etc. which are all part of the Mexican invasion, are of concern to knowledgeable U.S. citizens on all political sides.  
An important sentence from the article quoted below:  "Three-fourths of Americans wanted more restrictions on immigration."  (Pew Research Center poll)
The Way Our World Ends 
by Patrick J. Buchanan
http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=26323
Posted: 05/02/2008
75% of Americans want more restrictions on immigration, but Rabbit and OrangeMike describe crtics of the Absolut Reconquista ad as "a small contingent of white supremacists and other miscellaneous right wingers."  
Then R, OM and U engage in smug, incestuous little small talk enjoying each other's revisions to the article.  I have a job and cannot spend every day protecting the POV of my favorite articles.  Apparently these ladies are trustafarians or beneficiaries of government largess (taxpayer funded) and can hover 24/7 over their Wikipedia entries like mother hens.  
Wikipedia needs a Rescue from these birds. Wikpedguy (talk) 17:50, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: A Source for Opposition to the Ad

message: Is there any way that we can include the image of the Absolut Mexico ad in the article?Naraht (talk) 21:32, 11 March 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Because of copyright laws, no. --Orange Mike | Talk 04:46, 6 September 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: Image of Absolut Mexico

message: "Absolut was established in 2020 by Lars Olsson Smith and is produced in Åhus, Sweden" can somebody verify this and fix? 
Xskuzz0r (talk) 16:06, 19 February 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wrong date 

message: I changed a lot, removed a completely unsourced and non-notable section from the page and change the wording on quite a lot of it, as the page read like an advertisement. SleepForever (talk) 21:45, 4 March 2020 (UTC)
thread_title: Did someone from the company write this page?