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2020-08-26 -PC Follies

Breweries apologizes for naming beer after Hindu deity

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Posted by Skidmark 2020-08-26 00:00|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top

#1 I'm sure this name cut into their business a lot.

Posted by gorb 2020-08-26 01:10|| 2020-08-26 01:10|| Front Page Top

#2 Aqua Velva was also ruled out...

Posted by Raj 2020-08-26 01:29|| 2020-08-26 01:29|| Front Page Top

#3 OK, so they named it after the wrong guy. Who in the Hindu pantheon of gods is the God of Thirst?

Posted by SteveS 2020-08-26 11:28|| 2020-08-26 11:28|| Front Page Top

#4 The beer first came to the attention of a Nevada-based Hindu activist named Rajan Zed, according to the report.
According to his website, Zed, who is president of the Universal Society of Hinduism, thanked the companies for discontinuing the beer. He also suggested that each company send senior executives to training for religious and cultural sensitivity.

How about "Fuck off ya attention-seeking snowflake. Grow a pair and some thicker skin"?

Posted by Frank G 2020-08-26 11:38|| 2020-08-26 11:38|| Front Page Top

#5 Nearest I could find was Annapoorna-goddess of chips

Posted by Skidmark 2020-08-26 11:41|| 2020-08-26 11:41|| Front Page Top

#6 But stupid names/labels/types of beer much worse than this will continue unabated. I do sometimes judge a beer by its label. Some stupid egesta out there, and I just keep right on walking.

But, yes, what a bunch of limp-wristed wimps who are "apologizing". GTFOH.

Posted by Clem 2020-08-26 11:57|| 2020-08-26 11:57|| Front Page Top

#7 Varunani
Varuni, (Sanskrit: वारूणी) also known as Varunani and Jaldevi, is the consort of Varuna, often depicted with her husband. She is goddess of wine. She is described in Rigveda. According to the legend, Varuni was married to Varuna after she came out of the Samudra manthan, during the churning of the amṛta.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-08-26 12:09|| 2020-08-26 12:09|| Front Page Top

#8 So name the next beer Moghul or Hindu Kush. Lots of ways to play the Most Offended game.

Posted by Clyde Thraiter7206 2020-08-26 12:18|| 2020-08-26 12:18|| Front Page Top

#9 Ad not shot for Indian telly:
Ganesh holds three bottles, rubs belly.
"Fermented cow... fodder
And warm Ganga-water
From Kailash! Om, om! Damn, it's Delhi!"

Posted by Chong Turkeyneck4744 2020-08-26 15:01|| 2020-08-26 15:01|| Front Page Top

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