It isn’t.

The back of the current $2 note does not feature the signing of the Declaration of Independence. It features the presentation of the draft of the Declaration of Independence to Congress by the Drafting Committee. The signing took place later, and not in the presence of all those depicted in the image on the back of the $2 note.

Click for superembiggification.

The image is an engraved version of John Trumbull’s famous painting.

They’re from a local company with Polish owners.

For those who do not know, Sophie’s Choice is a novel turned film starring Meryl Streep about a Polish woman forced by a Nazi officer to choose one of her two children for death.

I’m sure the product is quite tasty. I’m not sure the best of judgment was used in selecting a company name.

Apparently, some found it offensive and the signs have been changed. It’s a marketing faux pas, though. Not a political correctness or religious tolerance issue. Here we have a company in the business of selling stuff that failed to take into account the irrational eating habits of a large section of its customer base, and it probably lost a non-negligible amount of business because of it.

If not catering to your customers’ irrational whims will hurt your business, should you do it? Or should you instead be engaged in business where success isn’t dependent on appeasing your customers’ irrationality?

You lied!

If he keeps this up, I’ll make this a regular feature.

PS: Remember to avoid dangling your participles!