Do you boycott anything/anyone?
 

The ultimate protest against a company or country is to deliberately fail to patronize them financially if they do something you don't like. Most people are too lazy to practically boycott anything so it's not very effective in practice. Still ... this is how we get our individual point across however weak it may be. So, tell me... do you boycott any company, country, state, brand, etc..? Why?

WHAT I DON'T WANT IS A FLAME FEST IN HERE. TELL US WHO/WHAT/WHY/HOW-LONG AND LEAVE IT AT THAT. NOBODY'S OPINION ABOUT YOUR BOYCOTT CHOICES ARE WORTH A DAMN SO LET'S ALL KEEP EM TO OURSELVES.

I boycott China, France and Iran outright. I've made sacrifices to do so. Try to find something not made in china. France I just don't like them cheese eatin surrender monkeys. They're always whining and giving up. It seems the only thing they can do well is surrender and make love with their faces. Iran...you figure that out. I consider their current regime to be a threat to world-wide geo political stability.

i should answer this in the same spirit of discussion that you brought to my thread and say, "tell me you arent a total retard and actually think you are boycotting china" its impossible to boycott china... but since i'm a more people friendly guy...i'll say i boycott venezuela myself...i'd boycott iran too if i could figure out what actually comes from there that i use...

I don't really boycott one particular country that produces a lot of goods. I do boycott Abercrombie and Fitch cause I hate their clothes and just the store itself. Having shirtless guys greet you at the door just doesn't do it for me. Also, they sell thongs for like 7 year olds. Come on now. My biggest boycott though is with AAA. They screwed me big time in an insurance claim, wasn't my insurance carrier, but the guy who hit my car. Anyways, they can go to hell and I'm even having my fiance switch from AAA to someone else.

if it says made in china I pass on it if at all possible. if there are no substitues on the market I'll try to make the thing, if that's not practical then I'll buy it used. If i can't do that, then and only then do I buy china made. It's not hard so much as effort driven. But yes... I'm a total retard in trying. Still it makes me feel better.

As for Iran, there are some hard to get spice mixes that are popular there that I like and real persian rugs (I have a thing for those). I've had to resort to mixing my own spices. Doesn't taste the same... probably my infidel status not letting the flavors mix right.

I tell you what though... if you want a great nose job in like 4 minutes flat... go to Iran. They're EXPERTS.

Everybody here is typing on a keyboard made from China and also computer parts from China. It may be assembled here buy components are Chinese.

lol...so true.

I boycott anything or any establishment that promotes the "thug" mentality.

and by "thug" mentality I mean the "Im better than you cause I gots mo shit and I gots mo bling and my whip is phatter than yours and if you look at me wrong im gonna buss a cap in yo ass"

the French....and Canada even though im half Canadian lol j/k

not quite all. There are several large keyboard, mouse and monitor manufacturing plants in California, Mexico and Canada. Just because most stuff is made in china doesn't mean it all is.

I boycott MTV. Turning society into a retards I tell you. disgusts me.
I do my best, I'm talking real hard, not to buy anything from Wal Mart. GOd I hate Wal Mart.

Same, and pretty sucessful at it.

I go to Target if at all possible.

I go to Sams Club, only because I havent got a costco card - but im getting there.

i think sams club and walmart are the same company

I boycott AM cause of some insulting remarks they made to thier customers.

Thats really about it.

oh and i probably wouldnt buy anything from france. those guys are a bunch of dicks.

not to mention all the stuff made in Korea, Taiwan, japan and other Asian countries.

I try to avoid mcdonalds, and i refuse to watch mtv.

MTV is making our younger generation a little less intelligent every day

I stopped watching MTV when they stopped playing music in the middle of the day. And I agree that they are making younger peeps stupider every day.

Yes they are - hence why i mentioned them

Irony at its finest.

jesus tiddy fuggin kryst if that's all you got to harp on I think you could have saved up till it was funny, interesting or original.

The whole world revolves around business. You cant just flame on someone because because you think their lazy cheese eaters. France has their reasons to back down from many things such as wars. Imagine your neighbors having nuclear missles and your military forces not being the strongest ones out there. specially when you live in such a clutteres high populated country and not a desert, you cant just put your country at risk, everything is happening for a reason.


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Wal-Mart is one company I would never hate. When wal-mart first started as wally mart or whatever it was called, they had just one moto "Instead of selling two items to make high profit, we will lower the price and sell 3 times as many, bringing in more customers and making things more affordable for everyone". Now thats one great business idea you cant go wrong with.

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But as Redneck stated, boycotting a company is nearly impossible now a days without a large amount of people. I posted a link on the MHL forums about a company called "mercury electricity" that I would love to boycott to help them lose money. A mother of 4 kids who was living off an oxygen machine and had terrible health conditions died because she was running late on her electricity payment and the electricity company shut off her power. You know what it is for the Electricity company to know that one of THEIR customers is DEPENDING on their life by THEIR electricity, and they shut off her power over just a $122 payment that hasn't been made. The electricity company was completely aware of the oxygen machine too. So over $122 a mother of 4 kids died.

Walmarts dirty, theres crap all over the floors and I can't stand the people in there. Sure it's cheap, but not really any cheaper then like Target. Plus they treat their lower employees like crap and pay them horribly. Granted, a good portion of them are probably illegal, but the execs and higher up guys make a crap load of money. Walmart could disappear and I could careless.

I just started boycotting any company that outsources their customer service dept. :nono:

Not sure if this was directed to me or not, but if it was, I wasnt harping on it. Just thought its was very funny.

Hey spin haven't seen you round these parts much lately.

lol... it always gives me a warm and fuzzy to know there are other people out there who remember back when MTV played music.

lol...

MTV played music videos? :shock2:

Work, vaction, wifey, body building, 360, sleep. and I got a BMW so i just stop by from time to time to chit chat. Im usually on BMW, Benz and the MHL boards.

GAP Stores Inc...

I stay FAAARRR away from any of those stores, not because I dont like their clothing (i actually kinda like it but thats beside the point), but because I don't like their stand on child labor.

Otherwise..um....I don't really boycott too much.

Same with me you can add Hollister to that list too

I now boycott California Pizza Kitchen. They got rid of my favorite pizza for some dumb excuss of it not being time efficient enough for them. Does it really take that long to slap some mushrooms onto a pizza? Come on, they can now go to hell.

This one isnt that hard for me to boycot. But I dont like BET (Black Entertainment Television). I feel like its a double standard in racial issues. I dont consider myself a racists, but I truly feel like if I started a WPN (White Peoples Network) and put it on air I would get shut down....citing racism. But BET isnt "RACIST"...... ..I call BS...... It would be racist if the roles were reversed! :hittingthefan:

Very true. I just wish any of the music channels actually played music. And not the same top 10 R&B videos they show over and over and over again. Thats why I have music choice with my digital cable. You can watch whatever videos you want, when you feel like watching them