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Boycott of American Goods Gains Pace

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There have been several of these "die-ins" here in the US. You don't have to go to France to see these type of protests.......
 
Originally posted by: Booster
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I don't think so. I never buy American goods anyway, they're just not sold en mass, except computer equipment (but everybody has to buy that since there isn't any alternative). I don't drink Coca Cola or Pepsi, it's a frigging 50 cents for a small bottle of synthetic crap (sorry, my opinion). McDonalds isn't American, it's Canadian so there's nothing wrong with it.
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McDonald's is Canadian? Never heard that one.
 
Originally posted by: XZeroII
So what? It's their loss. If our economy goes down, everyone else's will too. They are shooting themselves in the foot and I couldn't care less.
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I'd boycott some German products to counter-protest, but I can't think of any German food that I eat on a regular basis.

I also don't think that "boycotting" my Audi payments would be good for my credit rating 🙂
 
last time I checked Pepsi and Coca Cola weren't imported but rather bottled in their native country.

hence the cola tastes different in different countries.

I'm sure the people that they have working at those bottling plants in their country are suffering as well.
If they think it's beneficial or they are just out to punish the US for it's actions it's their loss really. There are millions of other people in different countries that do support the war.
 
Originally posted by: BatmanNate
It is only as stupid as us boycotting French products. Stupidity knows no nationality.
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i don't think boycotting because a country is killing innocent people without UN backing, and boycotting because a country won't go against the UN and kill innocents with you are really the same thing, do you?
 
Originally posted by: cornbread
Originally posted by: Booster
Boycott of American Goods Gains Pace
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I don't think so. I never buy American goods anyway, they're just not sold en mass, except computer equipment (but everybody has to buy that since there isn't any alternative). I don't drink Coca Cola or Pepsi, it's a frigging 50 cents for a small bottle of synthetic crap (sorry, my opinion). McDonalds isn't American, it's Canadian so there's nothing wrong with it.
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McDonald's is Canadian? Never heard that one.
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McDonalds is American, however many of the foreign McDonalds franchises(specifically those established in the former Soviet Union) were established through the Canadian subsidiary of McDonalds. I don't think though that all foreign(non Canadian/US) have been established this way though.
 
Actually, boycotting Coca Cola and McDonalds just hurts thier own businesses and has very little effect on US businesses. These bottlers and franchises are German companies, not US. Oh well, some people feel its just best to strike out without putting any real thought into what they are striking out at.
 
the US should just unplug those countries from the internet. And don't think that there's not some kind of Internet switchboard at the pentagon which can't just unhook a whole country just like that.
 
last time I checked Pepsi and Coca Cola weren't imported but rather bottled in their native country.

hence the cola tastes different in different countries.
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Correct.
 
Originally posted by: Jadow
the US should just unplug those countries from the internet. And don't think that there's not some kind of Internet switchboard at the pentagon which can't just unhook a whole country just like that.
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Er, there isn't. The internet is largely commercialized in Western nations, not government controlled, so there's no "switch" to speak of. With the redundancy of the Internet, I'm not quite sure you could ever completely cut it off.
 
While the most recent race to boycott was started in Muslim countries . . . not that we really care, the US really got the ball rolling with its disdain for Germany's position on the war. Granted most Americans couldn't really boycott BMW, Daimler (don't call us Chrysler) Benz, or Porsche. But we've embraced the notion of giving up French wine, water, and brie with all the zeal of an orca on a harp seal.

The typical American consumer already boycotts American goods . . . Walmart should be renamed Chinese Crap R Us. If your clothes come off the rack the odds are decent that the world's most populous Muslim country produced something in your closet.
 
The typical American consumer already boycotts American goods . . . Walmart should be renamed Chinese Crap R Us. If your clothes come off the rack the odds are decent that the world's most populous Muslim country produced something in your closet.
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Yep.....The sad part is that will probably always be the way it is......
 
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