An Inclusive Litany

9/4/98

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.