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Jason
* Dog in the Sand *
1446 Posts |
 Posted - 11/05/2006 : 21:02:54
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Are there any products you refuse to buy, stores you refuse to shop at, restaurants you refuse to go to (etc....) for reasons that have NOTHING whatsoever to do with price/service/selection/quality? I'm talking about ethical and/or political reasons.
I can't think of anything I actively boycott (I have strong preferences, but politics or ethics never enter into it... as far as i know, at least), but I think it's an interesting subject.
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Llamadance
> Teenager of the Year <
United Kingdom
2543 Posts |
Posted - 11/05/2006 : 23:56:07
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I used to boycott French wine in protest at their Pacific nuclear testing. Although I don't feel as strongly about that anymore, I still don't buy French wine as a matter of habit I guess. I've bought champagne, but beyond that, I can't remember buying a bottle of French wine in the last 10-15 years (or whenever that furore started).
What lies before us and what lies behind us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us -Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Cheeseman1000
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Iceland
8201 Posts |
Posted - 11/06/2006 : 01:09:17
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I try and not buy Nestle, but they have their fingers in so many pies its difficult sometimes. Plus, I'm often too lazy to check.
I boycott all instant coffee and always buy Fair Trade though...
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fbc
-= Modulator =-
United Kingdom
4903 Posts |
Posted - 11/06/2006 : 01:18:05
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Scarla O
= Cult of Ray =
United Kingdom
947 Posts |
Posted - 11/06/2006 : 01:32:28
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I would rather saw off my legs with a rusty spoon than purchase a copy of the Evening Standard and I refuse the free papers that are foisted upon me from all angles as I walk home in the evening.
I won't buy from Asda (owned by Walmart) or Tescos and to the best of my abilities I avoid the other supermarkets. |
Edited by - Scarla O on 11/06/2006 04:02:20 |
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cassandra is
> Teenager of the Year <
France
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Newo
~ Abstract Brain ~
Spain
2674 Posts |
Posted - 11/06/2006 : 02:40:24
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Newspapers, teevee, radio, fluoridated water, sugarfree food with aspartame, industrial sugar/salt snacks, tinned olives. Too, food in aluminium packaging - it's expensive to use aluminium wrapping and food companies do it for the good reason that if the chemicals in the food are exposed to sunlight the whole thing turns into something out of a John Carpenter movie.
I was at a party this weekend and the morning after found a bowl of nachos that had been out all night but were still crunchy and fresh, folk chowing down on food a few decades ago would have been called toxic waste.
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Carl
- A 'Fifth' Catholic -
Ireland
11546 Posts |
Posted - 11/06/2006 : 08:31:36
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I feel guilty buying Nestle, but I can't help it. I avoid McDonalds.
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speedy_m
= Frankofile =
Canada
3581 Posts |
Posted - 11/06/2006 : 08:42:07
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Someone explain Nestle to me. I don't go for their stuff, but a good reason not to can't hurt.
I strictly avoid Wal-Mart.
maybe I'll kick it
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PixieSteve
> Teenager of the Year <
Poland
4698 Posts |
Posted - 11/06/2006 : 08:42:54
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FAST_MAN RAIDER_MAN - June 19th |
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PixieSteve
> Teenager of the Year <
Poland
4698 Posts |
Posted - 11/06/2006 : 08:43:51
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Originally posted by speedy_m
Someone explain Nestle to me. I don't go for their stuff, but a good reason not to can't hurt.
I strictly avoid Wal-Mart.
maybe I'll kick it
http://www.babymilkaction.org/pages/boycott.html
FAST_MAN RAIDER_MAN - June 19th |
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starmekitten
-= Forum Pistolera =-
United Kingdom
6370 Posts |
Posted - 11/06/2006 : 11:03:04
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| I don't buy nestle, it's more of a habit now though. I try to avoid buying anything produced by GSK (largely because of the AIDS drugs debacle); they're the most reprehensible company possibly ever. My dad boycotts Shell petrol quite vehemently and I boycott (easily) Iceland (the food store) because of a leaflet they produced a few years ago about GM products that was headed up "Frankenstein Foods". Losers. I avoid any product that has in big letters on it that it's "GM Free" as well. |
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Broken Face
-= Forum Pistolero =-
USA
5155 Posts |
Posted - 11/06/2006 : 11:19:14
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I try and never get Starbucks (only if i'm with people who are getting it, and most times then i still don't), i never shop at Walmart, and i pretty much avoid as much Fox-related products/programming as i can.
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Carolynanna
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Canada
6556 Posts |
Posted - 11/06/2006 : 11:59:59
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I boycott a few stores and a few brands, but now I mostly try not to buy things unneccessarily. Spend less. I'm an avid recycler. I love garage sales and value village. With kids and all we all recycle the clothing and furniture etc. and hand it off to the next person and so on.
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vilainde
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Niue
7443 Posts |
Posted - 11/06/2006 : 14:01:21
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I boycott soap
Denis
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ObfuscateByWill
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1887 Posts |
Posted - 11/06/2006 : 14:22:16
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Seems like I'm on the wagon here.
Starbucks, Walmart, Home Depot, fast-food joints (although I lapse occasionally ad go to Sonic's Drive-In)
Not so much a boycott, but I normally don't buy any fruit/vegetable that is not in season. Avoid artificial sweeteners, MSG and all that.
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GypsyDeath
Zapped Profile
3575 Posts |
Posted - 11/06/2006 : 15:04:00
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try not to do the whole mcdonalds/burger king thing. I dotn like it anyway...
nestle i steer away from and nike.
I dont buy the evening standard or the daily mail (although my bf does!), but i do read thelondonpaper (free paper given out in....london). However, im thinking of stopping that since its owned by newscorp.
All the ususal i guess...UIm sure there is more, but most i do subconsiously. I do strive to buy fair trade (and fail alot)
"I'm not much like my generation,
Their music only hurts my ears" ~ Kasey Chambers |
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BLT
> Teenager of the Year <
South Sandwich Islands
4204 Posts |
Posted - 11/06/2006 : 15:53:58
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When I have a choice, I usually buy American-made products. I try to avoid cheap Chinese junky crap like you find at Target. I hear Walmart's the same although I've never been inside one.
I boycott Home Depot because they helped drive my favorite hardware stores out of business. Plus their service and selection sucks.
I have a weird diet so most fast-food is off my menu. But if people want to eat at McDonald's and slowly kill themselves, that's okay with me.
For about nine years I've been boycotting my friend's record store because his business partner is an asshole who took an Eddie & the Hot Rods record that he knew was being held for me.
 "Ghettoes are the same all over the world: They stink." |
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floop
= Wannabe Volunteer =
Mexico
15297 Posts |
Posted - 11/06/2006 : 18:04:13
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i refuse to watch any internet video (movie trailer, news article) if it's one of those ones where they make you sit through a 15 second commercial first. i hate that
at least that's what your mom said |
Edited by - floop on 11/06/2006 18:04:24 |
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HeywoodJablome
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1485 Posts |
Posted - 11/06/2006 : 18:35:50
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I boycott Home Depot because they helped drive my favorite hardware stores out of business. Plus their service and selection sucks.
My dad still bitches that National Lumber went under. Your right about Home Depot, they blow. Every time I go there I seem to be offered assistance by a guy who doesn't know his elbow from his asshole.
As far as boycottin', I stay away from most of the things I feel are using my money to regurgitate more crap into the world, like opening another one of their locations in a strip mall. Thats generally a bad sign. And I was pretty diligent about steering clear of fast food until McDonalds introduced the goddamn McGriddle, I'm sorry but those things are kind of like crack.
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BLT
> Teenager of the Year <
South Sandwich Islands
4204 Posts |
Posted - 11/06/2006 : 20:16:38
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Originally posted by HeywoodJablome
My dad still bitches that National Lumber went under. Your right about Home Depot, they blow. Every time I go there I seem to be offered assistance by a guy who doesn't know his elbow from his asshole.
Man I barely remember National Lumber. What about HomeClub/HomeBase, Builder's Emporium (a Wickes company!) and all the True Values and Aces? RIP the golden age of hardware stores.
I used to be able to go into Baker's Hardware in Glendale and get any kind of fastener or washer I needed from the dozens of bins. I could buy as many as I wanted -- even only one if I chose -- put it in a little paper bag, write the SKU on it, pay and be on my way. Then Home Depot came along and too many people were lured away by the people-in-orange-vests-who-sell-cheap-hardware-they-know-nothing-about. If you're lucky enough to find the screw you need, you'll have to buy a box of 100. You take them home, use two, and put the rest in your garage to collect dust until you die.
Then they opened a second Home Depot only two miles from the first one, but that store's parking lot is usually empty. They don't seem to be putting a dent into Lowe's or Orchard Supply's business yet. The HD location scout must have been a moron because you can barely see the store from the nearest big street. And to think the fucking City of Burbank probably bent over backwards to get that store there.
Who can top three paragraphs about hardware stores?
"Ghettoes are the same all over the world: They stink." |
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floop
= Wannabe Volunteer =
Mexico
15297 Posts |
Posted - 11/06/2006 : 20:32:18
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always a popular topic on this site
boycott Canadian sea food
http://www.harpseals.org/
at least that's what your mom said |
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whoreatthedoor
> Teenager of the Year <
Spain
2873 Posts |
Posted - 11/06/2006 : 23:47:32
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"The Da Vinci Code"
This time we ride roller coasters into the ocean
We feel no emotion as we spiral down to the world |
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fbc
-= Modulator =-
United Kingdom
4903 Posts |
Posted - 11/07/2006 : 01:17:43
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crustless bread, as of now.
Call this a bacon sarnie?! I don't think so. |
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Homers_pet_monkey
= Official forum monkey =
United Kingdom
17125 Posts |
Posted - 11/07/2006 : 06:17:17
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I boycott American maple syrup.
 I'd walk her everyday, into a shady place
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speedy_m
= Frankofile =
Canada
3581 Posts |
Posted - 11/07/2006 : 06:42:03
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Originally posted by floop
i refuse to watch any internet video (movie trailer, news article) if it's one of those ones where they make you sit through a 15 second commercial first. i hate that
at least that's what your mom said
The funny thing about that is, movie trailers ARE commercials. That's what amazes me about MTV. It's 24 hours of commercials, yet it is insanely popular.
maybe I'll kick it
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floop
= Wannabe Volunteer =
Mexico
15297 Posts |
Posted - 11/07/2006 : 08:00:00
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Originally posted by speedy_m
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Originally posted by floop
i refuse to watch any internet video (movie trailer, news article) if it's one of those ones where they make you sit through a 15 second commercial first. i hate that
at least that's what your mom said
The funny thing about that is, movie trailers ARE commercials. That's what amazes me about MTV. It's 24 hours of commercials, yet it is insanely popular.
maybe I'll kick it
they are, but i'm watching those by choice man
at least that's what your mom said |
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HeywoodJablome
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1485 Posts |
Posted - 11/07/2006 : 08:01:33
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Who can top three paragraphs about hardware stores?
I just remember National Lumber's catchy little theme song and their logo with the pilgrim holding the sign. Took many a trip there with pops when I was just a rug rat and he was framing houses.
We still got Ganahl Lumber down here which is a bit of a throw back hardware joint. The owner is cool, knows his shit and only uses the store front marquee for oddball anecdotes like,"He who dies with the most toys is still dead."
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Erebus
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1834 Posts |
Posted - 11/07/2006 : 10:52:38
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I try to boycott movies, TV, and music that involve celebrities who have spoken out harshly against Bush and/or the USA, or have advocated social causes I don’t endorse. In most cases I’m an absolutist about that, not due to any particular discipline on my part so much as out of visceral revulsion. However, I do make exceptions for certain actors and rock musicians. For example, if Frank were to go political I can’t see myself rejecting him or his music. Same for Kim Deal, Tanya Donelly, Kristin Hersh, Liz Phair, and Sam Phillips. I also boycott products and corporations that I think are guilty of using their profits for political ends I don’t endorse. Google comes to mind, with the additional reason that I don’t trust their results for politically-charged searches.
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Carl
- A 'Fifth' Catholic -
Ireland
11546 Posts |
Posted - 11/07/2006 : 12:35:03
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I boycott threesomes.
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Newo
~ Abstract Brain ~
Spain
2674 Posts |
Posted - 11/07/2006 : 12:47:06
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is this through choice or are threesomes boycotting Carl? 
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Carl
- A 'Fifth' Catholic -
Ireland
11546 Posts |
Posted - 11/07/2006 : 13:04:27
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Oh no.It's definitely out of choice.
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KingOfSiam
- FB LinkMaster -
USA
460 Posts |
Posted - 11/07/2006 : 15:55:23
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speedy_m
= Frankofile =
Canada
3581 Posts |
Posted - 11/07/2006 : 16:01:07
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Erebus, as always, no offense, but you sound like a crazy person.
maybe I'll kick it
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Erebus
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1834 Posts |
Posted - 11/08/2006 : 09:24:53
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No offense taken speedy. As personality types go, I'm an absolutist. I don't recommend it.
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IceCream
= Quote Accumulator =
USA
1850 Posts |
Posted - 11/10/2006 : 05:47:10
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quote:
Originally posted by Erebus
I try to boycott movies, TV, and music that involve celebrities who have spoken out harshly against Bush and/or the USA, or have advocated social causes I don’t endorse. In most cases I’m an absolutist about that, not due to any particular discipline on my part so much as out of visceral revulsion. However, I do make exceptions for certain actors and rock musicians. For example, if Frank were to go political I can’t see myself rejecting him or his music. Same for Kim Deal, Tanya Donelly, Kristin Hersh, Liz Phair, and Sam Phillips. I also boycott products and corporations that I think are guilty of using their profits for political ends I don’t endorse. Google comes to mind, with the additional reason that I don’t trust their results for politically-charged searches.
The funny thing is that some people on this forum have spoken out harshly against Bush and/or the USA. Do you boycott reading their posts, Erebus?
(NOTE: the above question was intended to be light-hearted.) |
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