Reisman’s cookies is, as mentioned, a terrible example because it has nothing to do with Rabbi Reisman.
“Joseph said not to buy it”–you mean “would you purchase…”? Hm. I didn’t read it like that, but I have to say, it seems you’re right.
Joseph: Find me a Makor in Torah or society that naming a cruise ship after someone is a lack of Kavod. The Queen Elizabeth II cruise ship is not a lack of kovod, right?
Was that supposed to make snse?