And every apology destroys “freedom of speech” a little more.

Rest assured that the fine folks at Finnegans will no longer be receiving total consciousness on their deathbed!

There is only one of us that is upset. My buddy and I are fine, we love that beer.

I going to buy it !! The billboard wasnt up here in podunkhollo.

My guess is that they censor comments that are totally unrelated to the article.

It’s common sense to leave religious icons out of ads.
Would we want to see an ad with Jesus Christ in his crucified hands-stretched pose with wording that says “At _____ we save you this much!” or “at our lake resort, its the size of the one that got away”

As far as the Cameljockey is concerned – Post #1 – Tibetans don’t pray on rugs! You are showing your ignorance and midwesterness

did anyone bother to ask the dalai lama himself if the ad upset him? he’s got a sense of humor you know. considering that it’s a company that donates their profits to fight hunger, i think he’d be o.k. with it. he’s on twitter, someone tweet it and see what he says.

If they are Tibetan leaders, then they aren’t local. If they are American’s, then they are not Tibetan. Perhaps the writer meant to say Buddhist? Either way, it’s ridiculous for this company to apologize. Too bad the beer company didn’t do something with Mohammed, then we really could have had some fun with this.

How many damm Tibetans are here in Minnesota to be upset? Gimme a break.

Drinking alcohol is a no-no in Buddhism, at least the stricter forms of it. So I can see why they’d be annoyed.

[...] the CEO of Finnegan’s also apologized for the ad and plans to meet with local Tibetan leaders (http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2012/03/01/finnegans-apologizes-for-dalai-lahttp://minnesota.cbslocal….). If the article wasn’t so critical of the ad they would have included the picture, explained the [...]

Is this mis-step an effort for attention “on the eve” of the biggest beer days? Extreme but negative press is press all the same. Sad …

If Finnegans donate any money to the dalailama, then please don’t bother selling the beer to China nor to any Chinese anywhere in the world. The dalailama and his group represents a feudal system ( he used to have a lot of slaves before he lost his throne ), and his group still dream of imposing that feudal system on the people of Tibet.