A summer press release from Alliance for Survival an antinuclear
organization based in Santa Monica, California:
A "Nuclear Chocolate" meltdown will be held at the Alliance for
Survival's Santa Monica office on Thursday, July 9, to support the
boycott of Nestlé, the manufacturer of the "Nuclear
Chocolate" candy bar that is being sold as a promotion for the
film Armageddon. Anti-nuclear activists who feel the Nuclear
Chocolate candy bar desensitizes children and adults to real nuclear
dangers will conduct the meltdown in our office kitchen and will use
the melted candy to create a chocolate-worded message to Nestlé
reading, "NO NUCLEAR CHOCOLATE!" The melted-chocolate message will
then be delivered to Nestlé's Chocolate and Confection Division
in Glendale.
Nestlé USA's press release in response:
Nestlé is a food company; we make food and do not take a
position on the issue of nuclear arms. Nuclear Chocolate is a
promotional product. The word "nuclear" is used in a fun, "cool"
manner. It is a common synonym among today's youth for words like
"electric" and "awesome." The product is simply a chocolate bar
and is intended to deliver fun and excitement to those who eat it.
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