honestly....
whats the point in even ANNOUNCING doing it?
its like all the idiots who make a big deal about boycotting a movie... it only draws more attention and interest to the movie in question.
but back to france.....
back when they decided not to get into a poop storm aka war. all these "idiots" or "yahoos" as jimmyZ and some would say....were like
"lets boycott france!"
so trivial crap happened:
-French fries changed to freedom fries
-some hair shops offered "freedom twists" instead of french twists for proms
-uppity people stopped buying french wines.
-and above all, the same people who boycotted anything french, live in a country where the main status of FREEDOM is called the STATUE OF LIBERTY, which was designed by two of the guys who made the Eiffel Tower...IN FRANCE, and the statue was given to us by the french.
as a result:
1) the same fried potatoes still added to the fast food abuse = obesity epidemic as its called. changing the name didnt change the product
2) people lowered the prices on "freedom twists" cause no one initially knew what the F they were and most just wanted their "hair did", so to pass on the new name, the had to offer discounts in many places...
3) The lowering the price on the ALCOHOL eventually made the prices lower, resulting in quick sales of quality products for people who normally couldnt afford it. the avg street wino was able to choose crown royal or a normally 50$ + priced bottle of wine....some priced higher than 3-400 were sold for 50 or less in some stores....due to managers ANGER....
4) we havent blown up the S.O.L....yet. nor have we banned it....yet. but yet its still prob the largest french present anyone has given outside a lifetime supply of crossants.
so whats the point of boycotting anything if its just a half arsed attempt?
- In the case of french/freedom fries: it's been tried before (in 1917/18 and in 1941-45 with saurkraut being called Liberty Pickled Cabbage... didn't catch on too well, lasted about 2 months in either case)
- French wines: if you're that simperish that you're going to allow blind patriotism affect your taste in things culinary, you probably shouldn't be drinking anything alcoholic in the first place
- French twists: see the resounding success of Liberty Pickled Cabbage.
It seems very communist to me. It's like trying to eradicate the existence of something because you don't agree with it, or it because it might actually make sense... delete the carbuncle and fuzz everything around it, and it never existed right? It's like what Lenin tried to do with Trotsky, and further what Stalin tried to do with Lenin.
If you want to organise a boycott, part of it is getting the word out... Like Grapes from South American countries, or Blood Diamonds from Sierra Leone... if you exert enough media pressure, people will stop buying the item and that will leverage change (not always good, but change nonetheless). Deciding to take the limp-wristed way out by just calling something you want to have something else and thereby absolving your aristocratic and stingy conscience, you're not doing anything to help the problem, assuming there is one to begin with. Boycott means you are not going to buy something, this whole de-Frenching of the US (or the lame attempt so-called) is just a bait and switch. In the case of the wine, serious collectors had a field-day buying the wines from 3 very good years, from those of us that drink it without having to try and assuage our conscienouses, THANKS!
My thoughts: Call a spade a spade. People that don't toe the party line are not necessarily your enemies. And finally, get the f**k over yourself, you're part of a greater whole.
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GAM (The Kilted One) wrote:
My thoughts: Call a spade a spade. People that don't toe the party line are not necessarily your enemies. And finally, get the f**k over yourself, you're part of a greater whole.
GAM swore? What is going on here...must have been the liberty picked cabbage that go you all in a tizzy ehh?
But I would agree with GAM, the only way that a boycott aucutally works is if some central authourity figure stands up and takes control (ie Ghandi) of the situation. I love my french fries anyhow.
Hmm, I don't think she should have gotten all that money, but it seems like that cop was a little high strung. She wasn't armed and really posed little threat (then again, you sometimes don't know a threat until it's too late).
I definately would have done EVERYTHING that trooper said to me at that point, as he looked like he was going to pull the trigger. She didn't seem to follow the commands very well either. I think he used to be a DS, cause that caused a real vivid flashback to basic!
Scrapes and bruises do not equal 6 figure settlements. Cop needs to maybe sit behind a desk for a while and chill out. Maybe an anger managment class or something, cause that dude was livid! Lady should have had the ticket dropped and her record cleared of the insodent as a settlement if anything, as she broke the law and was speeding.
I know that you can go to a more populated area if you feel unsafe because there was a guy rolling around WI a while back that used to fake being a cop and pull over women late at night just to rape them. Well, it's legal in WI, I don't know about North Crack a laky or where ever they were.
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