St. Pat’s Cards Ire Irish-Americans, Who Urge Boycott
Angry Irish-American groups are calling for a withholding of the green--cash, that is--from a Chicago-based card company they accuse of printing offensive St. Patrick’s Day cards.
Several organizations and individuals want a boycott of Recycled Paper Products, whose March 17 offerings included cards that show a drunkard inside a bottle marked “Irish Whiskey” and a naked woman with a shamrock across her buttocks.
“I’m all for the First Amendment, but this stuff goes way over the top,” said Niall O’Dowd, publisher of the weekly newspaper Irish Voice. “I don’t mind some of the things. They’re done in reasonable fun--but this. . . . “
The newspaper encouraged its readers to call or write in protest to Recycled. An Irish radio personality, the Ancient Order of Hibernians and other Irish groups called for a boycott of the company and stores selling the cards.
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