This was discussed on another board, and was kind of interesting. I guess he named all of these smokes after some type of Illusione, mostly religious, mostly Christian. It was said that the cg4 is after the Four horsemen of the apocolypse, the Holy Lance after the Roman spear that pierced the side Jesus while he was on the cross, the 888 is a number that repesents "Jesus" in the Bible, also the book of Revelations has 888 Greek words in it. His new line of smokes is going to be the Cruzado, the word Cruzada means Crusade in english. Has Dion gone off the deepend with a subliminal attack on Christianity? They are his cigars, and his company and this is America, so do what you want Dion, but there are plenty of fish in the sea and plenty that don't publicly take people's beliefs as an ILLUSIONe. Marketing is marketing and I'm a sucker for good marketing. But I never understood companies that alienate a particular demographic in order to impress another. We've all heard that "even bad publicity is good", and the buzz created around this interview has certainly sold afew cigars, it has also gotten several people to just buy other smokes. Myself included. I have one left in the humi, that I got in a gift and will smoke it, but I won't buy anymore. my .02.
Wow Dave. Who woulda thunk it...being som opinionated about a cigar brand for reasons completely non-tobacco realted. Good for you. Seriously. I think they call those morals, or scrupels, or convictions.
Me on the other hand, think they are damn good cigars, however, you have given me cause to pause and reflect.
i consider myslef Chrstian and if he is indeed attacking Chrsitianity, then i think i might have a problem with him. However, and this is a huge HOWEVER, i just did some preliminary research on the mayan calendar and the whole 12.21.2012 thing. It's quite fascinating and i do believe that i believe in it. THat being the case, the stoic doctrine of the Christian faith would then be nothing but a relatively close-minded religion that refuses to believe in time greater than our own tiny solar system. I've never once in my 33 years of Christianity ever heard anyone talk about a galactic day and night. Christian beliefs would call that The Devil trying to change your thoughts by presenting thought-provoking ideas that differ from God and everything the Bible teaches. It is a trick by Satan to persuade you onto his team.
I've always had problems with many of the close-minded teachings of the Chrsitian chruch, and this little bit 30 minutes of research i did on the mayan calendar really has me thinking and it certainly fits into the very fabric that makes me me. I think i'm really confused right now and i'm questioning a lot of things, which oddly enough, fits right into what the Mayans were sayingwhat i should be doing right now. To weird.
I'm confused.
And who woulda thunk that Dion Giolito could have provoked such thought-stirring ideas through a simple article?!?!
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OK, it's me again, bballbaby. I'm back to normal.
Can't wait to fire up a Tat J21 tonight!
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