teedubbya wrote:tail I know you get it. your style is unchanging. I used an example of providing water and clothing as an immediate response as well. It was well intended but that doesn't mean you don't get good PR as well. Win-win. It was a great PR move. Good on them.
A "PR Move" as you called it, would be an act
intended to provide good publicity.
I'm not debating whether or not this could result in good PR.
I'm just telling you that I think you are wrong about their motivation.
I don't know Chick.
Maybe he has a black heart towards the gays and this was entirely to promote his business. Maybe he hasn't slept a wink since doing it because his actions helped out those who aided the gays.
But maybe, just maybe, it was an act of compassion, enacted without regard for PR. Good, bad, or indifferent.
Quite unlike, I might add, a company that "gives away" something (say, a child safety seat) with an expectation of receiving favorable press.