I never buy crack from white people.

I first thought he said De Bears.... like he is from Chicago but hates the local football...

Thank god I watch NatGeo or I wouldn't have known what you are talking about.... (the whole blood diamond, buying up the entire market to keep prices fixed, etc)

jesusluvspegging wrote:

OK, two items, I guess, since I don't buy Goodyear tires for the same reason.

I won't buy Goodyear tires be-cause I didn't appreciate their attitude when I spoke with them about the guarantee on their tires when I had one blow-out on me after less than 500 miles of usage (This was shortly be-fore it "came to light" that they were making defective tires).  It blew out in the middle of Saint Louis of all places.  I all-ready dreaded driving through Saint Louis as it was prior to that incident.

I boycott the obvious two (Diamonds and chocolate) as well as Israel; But, obviously, I don't go a-round recommending that others boycott Israel due to a little known Federal law which makes calling for a boycott against Israel illegal.

Decadence wrote:

jesusluvspegging wrote:

OK, two items, I guess, since I don't buy Goodyear tires for the same reason.

I won't buy Goodyear tires be-cause I didn't appreciate their attitude when I spoke with them about the guarantee on their tires when I had one blow-out on me after less than 500 miles of usage (This was shortly be-fore it "came to light" that they were making defective tires).  It blew out in the middle of Saint Louis of all places.  I all-ready dreaded driving through Saint Louis as it was prior to that incident.

I boycott the obvious two (Diamonds and chocolate) as well as Israel; But, obviously, I don't go a-round recommending that others boycott Israel due to a little known Federal law which makes calling for a boycott against Israel illegal.

You gotta be fucking kidding me?

Ok, I got a new pet project. The denizens of PETA should feel relieved....

Fuck that noise.....

jesusluvspegging wrote:

OK, I'll bite.  Why chocolate?

Most chocolate is made by slave children in the Ivory Coast.  And I mean slaves, not sweatshops.  This has been discussed before.

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I boycott anything that benefits a church or religion. I don't care if it's BBQ chicken dinners, food drives or clothing donations. Any donation to a church frees up money they would otherwise feel compelled to set aside for local charities. If churches have to decide between their building fund, local charities and spreading the gospel via missionaries, so be it.

Also any movie with C. Thomas Howell.

Roger_That wrote:

Starting last year, I have boycotted all men with small penises.

Hooray!  But how can you tell until it’s too late?  And how do I let women like you know I have a large penis without being a cocky dick?

phoQ wrote:

jesusluvspegging wrote:

OK, I'll bite.  Why chocolate?

Most chocolate is made by slave children in the Ivory Coast.  And I mean slaves, not sweatshops.  This has been discussed before.

I am in recovery from a long-term jones for dark chocolate.  My favorites are from Latin America, and there are some excellent "fair trade" dark chocolates that you can find at equalexchange.coop.  Thus, you can easily avoid Ivory Coast chocolate and still get top quality.

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I boycott McDonalds because they're fucking everywhere.  I boycott shopping malls because they make me feel like mooing.

sofaking wrote:

phoQ wrote:

Roger_That wrote:

Starting last year, I have boycotted all men with small penises.

Hooray!  But how can you tell until it’s too late?  And how do I let women like you know I have a large penis without being a cocky dick?

Wear sweats everywhere sans undies with a cock ring.

Thanks.  I always wear sweats and boxers to yoga and this explains a lot.  No wonder all the old lesbians there hate me. 

I also boycott smoking coke and speed but for personal reasons.

Wal-Mart, Circuit City, any business that donates to fucked causes like Prop. 8, Anti-Choice, The Republican Party, or sponsoring Turd World immigration among other fucked causes.  Israeli products and businesses that support Israel.  Any business I suspect of hiring illegals or know has sent a lot of jobs overseas.  Businesses or charities connected with religious groups.  Fast food chains, both because their practices rape the rainforest and for my own health.  More to follow.

I don’t give a shit about blood diamonds or the blood dripping from the rare earth elements in my electronics.  I also don't give a shit about the exploitation of workers who produce chocolate or coffee.  I do care about these products displacing rainforest land.

Edit: I try to buy American products when possible and reasonable.  I also have a preference for products that don’t have kosher symbols on them because much of the money collected via the kosher tax winds up supporting Israel.  I also avoid highly processed foods with mystery ingredients that are difficult to pronounce.

2nd Edit: I avoid veal, eggs produced by battery raised hens and Fois Gras because of animal cruelty.  Farmed salmon (Frankenfish) and other genetically modified foods.  I don’t eat caviar because sturgeon are endangered.  It helps that I don’t even like caviar.  Kellogg products have just been added to the list.  Boycotting or avoiding things has become second nature, which is why it takes time for me to list and remember why I boycott things.

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sofaking wrote:

I did a line of coke last Halloween, and it wasn't that fun.

I never did care for cocaine.  I all-ways thought that it was over-priced for a buzz (A rather mild buzz at that) that only last about half an hour.  Meth, on the other hand . . .

Nike (shoes suck, are overpriced, and made in sweatshops; making shoes targeted at urban youth who cannot afford them and commit crimes to get them.)

Menards (had a bad experience there trying to write a check while black...I didn't shop there for 10 years)

Dominos (bad pizza and owned by pro-life asshole)

Veal (the idea of cow fetus is just gross)

Ford (shitty cars...I wouldn't even drive one if I got it for free)

Birkenstocks (they are ugly as fuck and not even comfortable and I dislike the fucks who wear them to make a statement)

Milk with growth hormones

I'm sure there's more.

Veal fucking owns.  You people are nuts.

I should clarify that I don't boycott all foie gras, just the ones where the fattened liver is obtained through force feeding the birds.

Veal is mana... God bless baby cows!

I don't get meth. All it seems to do is keep ya awake forever.

I like to get the most bang for my buck.

I know a guy who always has shitloads of rolls for uber-cheap (like $8-12 for double stacks) but I'm just not into it.

so... Sofa, if you ever are in the Indy area, let me know!!!

I should have added one more item in the boycott list:

employment (new attitude - I am unemployed with a vengeance)

whosasailorthen wrote:

Veal is not fetus.  Veal is young calf, kept in an extremely restrictive pen (aka 'crates') so they don't develop any muscle - in fact, they can hardly move - and they are fed milk and watery crap to keep make them fat and fleshy before slaughter.  They have no life, and what there is of it is hell.  I'd like to shoot the bastards who do it.

Yeah, I know it's not fetus, but it might as well be.

I boycott Walmart, not for Walmart itself, I just can't stand being around the types of people that Walmart attracts....  I've recently started boycotting Starbuck's coffee because of the causes they support....  I'm also very pro-American when it comes to my purchases and whenever possible I purchase items built in the U.S.A...  A big fad around here is promoting Christian owned businesses by putting one of those Jesus fishy symbol thingies on their sign....  If I see the Jesus fishy on a business sign I will not enter that establishment or give them my money.....  Here's a handy tool to avoid giving any of your money to the Mormon church: http://www.boycottmormonbusiness.com/ht … esses.html ....  This list fails to mention the Little America travel stops which are all extremely Mormon......

AladdinSane wrote:

State Farm...for backstabbing policy holders ruined by Katrina.

I get pissed when-ever I get junk-mail from GEICO, and completely "went off" on a telemarketer for them once; Be-Cause, back in 1995, I had vehicle insurance with them, and discovered that the under-handed bastards were raising my rates by about thirty cents or so every few months despite the fact that I had no tickets or accidents on record.  I'm assuming that they were doing the same to all of their customers figuring that few people would notice.

Dirckman wrote:

I boycott Walmart, not for Walmart itself, I just can't stand being around the types of people that Walmart attracts....

You should try Walmart Bingo... my sons love it.

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whosasailorthen wrote:

Walmart Bingo... my sons love it.

The thing about this Walmart Bingo card is, most visits to Walmart you can actually play it.

sic wrote:

If I'm in Montgomery Alabama, I walk - still.

Uh, the bus boycott ended in 1956.  Living near Montgomery, I can tell you that the city isn't pedestrian friendly.

AladdinSane wrote:

MSNBC Prime time (weekdays): because their hosts are too cowardly to have on anyone who disagrees with them.

MSNBC Prime time (weekends): because it's nothing more than rewarmed "Dateline NBC".

E! and TV Guide Channel: because they pander to an audience of shallow women and limp-wristed gay men.  (They make LOGO look butch by comparison.)

Rachel Maddow has people on that disagree with her frequently.  It's one of the things I like about her.  That, and she's a policy geek that really seems to enjoy the subject matter.