"Pennsylvania brewery honoring Joe Paterno with special beer"
The Duquesne Brewing Company said Monday it's rolling out a brew honoring the late Penn State football coach. The Vienna-style lager, which will be available in mid-August, will come in 12-ounce cans featuring Paterno's image and accomplishments. The brewery says it's working with Paterno's family on the beer. A portion of the proceeds will go to charities the family supports.Not sure what the brewery is thinking here. I guess they are playing to their customer base and the idea "all publicity is good publicity."
It IS illegal.
Since when is "university affiliation" a protected class?
(I think Philmypockets's proposed "don't ever hire anyone from PSU" is wrongheaded in several respects. But it's hardly illegal - unless somebody here can point me to some contrary case law or statute.)
No it's not and your user name is racist.
This is a horrible decision. If you worked for me you'd be fired.
Edit: Nevermind
If your manager ever finds you doing something like that, you won't be working for your top 10 company much longer.
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But would mind sharing on what grounds this is illegal? i was genuinely not aware that university affiliation is in any way a protected class. No snark intended - just would be curious to know since this is a bit surprising to me.
Put 2 otherwise equal resumes in front of a hiring manager: (1) a graduate of Lehigh and (2) a graduate of Alabama A&M.
The Lehigh graduate is getting more interviews ..... but nobody would call that discrimination.
On a side note .... I was interviewing someone in summer 2011 who was an Ohio State grad, in the "small talk" portion of the interview I asked him if he was a Buckeye football fan.
Not that I would have held a "yes" answer against him, but I'll admit that I was wondering if he'd go "off-the-cuff" and give some opinions about JT and all (might have given me some insights to the candidate's thoughts on topics like integrity, et cetera).
FWIW, his answer was "no", he was only a OSU ice hockey fan. That is, I found one of the 7 OSU ice hockey fans who exist!
Discriminating based on University is not illegal at all, nor should it be. Ask yourself who would get hired for the last open position at a firm: an applicant with a 4.0 from Harvard or an applicant with a 4.0 from Michigan State? Your alma mater is a testament to your capabilities and knowledge and is hardly different from prior work experience or other metrics used to fairly vet candidates for a job.
It is illegal to discriminate based upon race, creed, orientation, religion, veteran status, marriage status, parental status, etc.
NOWHERE in there is school attended.
Well, we are two idiots then. Every resume I have seen with PSU on it goes straight into the recycle bin.
Elihpodep Ale
And I hope that the good people of Pennsylvania boycott the Duquesne Brewery for celebrating a man who purposely ignored and aided the rape of children. And I hope the brewery suffers enormously.
Just hopes, though ... .
10 years years and can only be opened after receiving a subpoena.
I promise that we'll never brew a beer to honor someone who did nothing while children were abused.
— Jeremy Danner (@Jeremy_Danner) June 22, 2015I wish that I liked their beer more. I'm gonna give Boulevard a second try, just based on this.
Boulevard makes some outstanding beer. Tank 7 is one of my all-time favorites. I also really like their Session IPA, Imperial Stout and Single-Wide IPA
Tank 7 is amazing and I love the balls the brewer has to face the wrath of the cultists that I'm sure he is on the receiving end of right now
Danner is hilarious and a great follow on Twitter.
The sad part is that the delusional fans of Pennsylvania will probably reward the Duquesne Brewery and punish Boulevard Brewery.
I hope I'm wrong.
I'm guessing deniers like NitanyFan will probably boycott Boulevard
I'm shocked. This is the first thing I have seen in public from that region that shows any kind of contrition whatsoever.
These people know that this beer will sell to both the Anti-Pas and and Pro-Pas. Don't buy this fucking beer and let another crappy brewery perish.
I'm having trouble understanding why this thread is still here.
There's no schadenfreude that we can take from child abuse. None. It's difficult to make light of the situation. No, I don't have to click on this thread (or blog), but the fact it's three (3) pages long concerns me. We're a bit better than this.
Sanctimonious rant completed.
I'm having trouble understanding why you are still reading this thread.
I'm more bothered that it exists, and it really shouldn't at this point. What started out as a relatively simple "hey, look what this PA brewery is doing with Paterno's legacy" OP turned into fun and games about child molestation.
I'd rather not think of my classmates and our fanbase as one that is entertained by jokes related to sexually abused children.
...which would be fine in and of itself. I'm as basic and lowbrow as they come, but we seem to be having a contest to make the funniest post about a real tragedy involving kids.
Let me guess: it smells like sunshine and makes you feel like you're above the law, but later makes you puke your guts out while pissing yourself, and has the strong aftertaste of bitter ashes.
All I got from this thread was to never, ever buy or consume anything from Duquesne Brewing Company.
Actually, that is good to know.
Seems like a slow motion train wreck, doggedly trying to revive the legend of JoePa and/or making a buck off of it by re-writing or papering over history.