Please boycott the following

[consumedconvert]

Except in limited (and I think, mostly local) circumstances, I think boycotts are usually a mistake.

Today’s economy is so intertwined it’s almost impossible to sort out who owns who, or who owns what stake in what. For instance, anyone out there own a 401(k)? Mutual funds? Etc.? Do any of those funds support any companies that support PP or the homosexual movement, OR do any of those companies own shares in companies that support PP or the homosexual movement, OR do your funds include general index funds like S&P 500 or the Dow? OR do you have any treasury bonds, which help fund the government which does many atrocious things? Any individual can own stock in anything. It all gets so very entangled. An there’s no way one can’t legitimately compare buying Microsoft products or owning Microsoft stock or working for MIrcrosoft, or for that matter, being Bill Gates’s housemaid to distributing abortificients. That’s a different category ENTIRELY.

One example of how a well-thought out local boycott was entirely effective:

'Chaldeans are Catholics of Iraqi descent, of whom more than 100,000 live in metropolitan Detroit and own about 90 percent of the area’s party stores - more than 2000 stores.

Under Bishop Ibrahim’s direction, Chaldean business owner groups united to join the boycott and “put teeth” in the initiative by “threatening to almost freeze the brewer out of one of America’s largest markets.” “I told our people, if they are really believers in Jesus Christ, to boycott Miller products,” the bishop said."
forums.catholic-questions.org/showthread.php?t=197543&highlight=miller+boycott

At the same time, I’m sure many of those stores carried Heineken, which is known for some indecent advertising, and other beers whose breweres also owned stock in companies who contribute to PP. It really gets complicated, discretion is THE key word when it comes to boycotts.

 

[AmyS]

There’s a lot of my favorite bands on that list…

Do a little research on the bands yourself. I love Rock For Life, but, I noticed a couple of band I really like on their site that I KNOW are not pro-abortion.

 

[Wirraway]

Please boycott all things sold by Microsoft, including Windows. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation donates to Planned Parenthood. (Bill Gates is the head honcho of Microsoft)…

Microsoft Corporation is a publicly traded corporation.

“Head Honcho” is not a corporate title. Gates is the chairman of the board of directors, Steve Ballmer is the chief executive officer.

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is a separate legal entity, controlled by its trustees, Bill Gates, Melinda Gates, and Warren Buffett. Perhaps you’d rather boycott the Foundation.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_and_Melinda_Gates_Foundation

I’m not going to boycott Microsoft. the Foundation donates something like at least 1.5 billion dollars a year to charitable causes.

 

[Mystic_of_God]

I have been thinking about using Linux for some time now. I think we need some sort of thread on this site where people who have linux can point others in the right direction as to how to go about finding/installing it.

Great idea, but I don’t know about Richard Stallman, who is one of those uber-liberals.

I use KDE, just to be sure.

 

[SpiritMeadow]

If I boycotted all the places and products suggested on this site, I’d never leave the house. This is simply insane. The Gates give billions to charity and save tens of thousands of lives through their work. There are undoubtedly useful things to do to help eliminate abortions. This is NOT one of them.

 

[rlg94086]

If I boycotted all the places and products suggested on this site, I’d never leave the house. This is simply insane. The Gates give billions to charity and save tens of thousands of lives through their work. There are undoubtedly useful things to do to help eliminate abortions. This is NOT one of them.

Yep. That’s why I am calling for a boycott of boycotts.

 

[goofyjim]

Yep. That’s why I am calling for a boycott of boycotts.

But if I boycott your boycott am I really boycotting boycotts? The next thing I say will be a lie. Everything I tell you is a lie. But if the next thing you say is a lie and everything you say is a lie are you telling the truth or lying or…

 

[rlg94086]

But if I boycott your boycott am I really boycotting boycotts? The next thing I say will be a lie. Everything I tell you is a lie. But if the next thing you say is a lie and everything you say is a lie are you telling the truth or lying or…

In one of my favorite Star Trek episodes, Mr. Spock fries a computer (or is it robot women created by Mudd…I don’t remember) using the “Everything I say is a lie…I am lying” paradox.

 

[goofyjim]

In one of my favorite Star Trek episodes, Mr. Spock fries a computer (or is it robot women created by Mudd…I don’t remember) using the “Everything I say is a lie…I am lying” paradox.

That’s what I was remembering in my post.:tiphat: