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July 20, 2005
P & G and Satan
One of the things Dana had decided about the Internet was that the worst misinformation came not from dishonest WWW publishers, but from well-meaning friends and relatives forwarding email of the urban legend variety. A long time ago, he got one about Proctor & Gamble:
PLEASE MAKE A DIFFERENCE
The President of Procter & gamble appeared on the Phil Donahue Show on March 1, 1994. He announced that due to the openness of our society, he was coming out of the closet about his association with the church of Satan. He stated that a large portion of his profits from Procter & Gamble Products goes to support this satanic church. When asked by Donahue if stating this on t.v. would hurt his business, he replied, "THERE ARE NOT ENOUGH CHRISTIANS IN THE UNITED STATES TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE."
Googling to a writeup of this urban legend, in which you can read the full text of the email, I noticed the Google ad on the top left:
Proctor & Gamble Careers
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I guess if you're going to hell anyway, you'd better get a head start up the career ladder.
Posted by Mark at July 20, 2005 03:09 AM