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jojobean
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15 May 2011, 4:09 am

correction...I love homegrown tomatoes...I meant that if it is not homegrown or organic...I wont eat it.


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15 May 2011, 4:52 am

hyperlexian wrote:
heeheehee is it Canada you have boycotted because we give the Trudeau Salute?

for myself, i do not eat chicken or eat eggs unless it is free range, so maybe that is my boycott.


Not a good enough reason to boycott a country, I think. No, not Canada. My reasons for boycotting the countries I have are more official than this.



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15 May 2011, 5:46 am

Keeno wrote:
hyperlexian wrote:
heeheehee is it Canada you have boycotted because we give the Trudeau Salute?

for myself, i do not eat chicken or eat eggs unless it is free range, so maybe that is my boycott.


Not a good enough reason to boycott a country, I think. No, not Canada. My reasons for boycotting the countries I have are more official than this.


You are boycotting the US because our leaders are egotistical and exploit its allies's resourses for political wars.


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15 May 2011, 6:51 am

That the two countries are adjacent and Canada hasn't been boycotted, should suggest the USA hasn't been boycotted either.



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15 May 2011, 10:17 am

I boycott:

Starbucks
Pacific Brands (a bit hard though as they own everything from Dunlop to Sara-Lee)
Elders Real Estate



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15 May 2011, 1:33 pm

Microsoft, mostly.
That solved many problems. 8)


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15 May 2011, 2:21 pm

I've never eaten banoffee pie. It's banana and toffee for goodness sake. I will not eat a dessert that takes such liberties with the english language. :)



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15 May 2011, 2:25 pm

^^ :lmao: Stout fellow, and good work!


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16 May 2011, 5:17 am

i'm boycotting amazon because their prices are driving smaller publishers and retailers out of buisiness. this means less competition and the death of print. also kindle because it's amazon's and its inception heralds the death of print. i don't buy from big chain book shops bacause theyre driving the smaller guys out of buisiness and im afraid that this will lead to the extinction of the little stores i so love frequenting and discovering by accident. also death of print. i refuse to accept that one day the weighty tome i derive such pleasure from cradling, breathing and reading will cease to exist. its former prescence recorded only in a wiki somewhere that can be edited by any moron with the ability to smash a keyboard. :( also nike for running sweat shops and peta for that got autism ad and objectfying women in an attempt to raise awareness for animal welfare- you dont trade in one cause for another, thats not how it works.



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16 May 2011, 7:12 am

Yes. For one, I am currently (the past several years) boycotting a local restaurant in my hometown. I said I would never eat there again---and I haven't.


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