Poll: Would you boycott something even if you know it won't force a change?

[fatalbert]

depends on how much I believe in the cause.

 

[kranky]

Sure, you should boycott something if you believe it is the right thing to do. But it's not enough to boycott, you have to let the company or organization know that you are doing it and why. When enough people do that, the company sees the connection between the action that angered people and the financial damage it's doing, and they are much more likely to change their behavior.

 

[ThaGrandCow]

<< Interesting poll, but I don't agree with your premise. The boycott may not have huge significance, but it will make at least a small difference. What can you ever really do beyond individual resistance to something to change the world? You can try to change other people's opinions as well, but it won't matter unless people act on those opinions. People will not act on the opinions you preach unless you act on those opinions as well. Thus the individual boycott is a small but fundamental step on the ladder to social change. How effective would recycling be now if 15 years ago everyone decided it wasn't really worthwhile because so many people other than themselves will still throw everything away? It would have failed miserably. Once you realize a certain course of action is right, you must act on it if there is to be any hope. Gandhi said "We must be the change we wish to see in the world." >>


I can see that side, but it seems that no matter how much preaching you do people, the masses need to be entertained, and movies are one of the best ways to do it. Most people don't care about region codes and everything else that the particular boycotters are protesting against, and a few people not seeing the movies only ammounts to a few thousand dollars (pulling number out of my ass, don't hold me to it). That few people protesting is so far under the radar that the execs most definitely do not notice at all. Plus it looks like the majority of these people aren't doing much more than just boycotting the movies. I don't think I've heard one person say they've notified the MPAA at all of what they are doing.

 

[erub]

not really, it'd be pointless..although i dont shop somewhere which I don't like, but I will if necessary.

Didn't Phillip Morris spin off those companies?

 

[ThaGrandCow]

bump for the morning crowd

 

[Tangerine]

Yes. I have been boycotting Target and telling people about why I boycott them for a year now.

Their customer service and return policy sucks. I was treated unbelievably rude by a manager while I was trying to return a defective seasonal item one week into the damn season. She called me a liar and raised her voice at me saying she had no idea when I bought it, meanwhile they are sitting right on their damn shelf for sale, and the snow had only melted one week before. It was only a $17.00 item, she could have given me a store credit, but some people don't have an effing brain. I called the Corporate office, and while the CSR agreed with me, she couldn't get the dumb b*tch manager to take the return, so her only solution was for me to mail them the item at my expense (to Minnesota) for them to evaluate whether they were defective. Huh?! Ok, later Target.

I was so disgusted by the whole thing, so I just don't shop there anymore :disgust:

 

[Pacfanweb]

I refuse to watch nearly all network TV because it's all brain rot. By network TV, I mostly mean sitcoms, and all those damn judge show, Springer.