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Originally Posted by King Adam
Man, thats like saying why should I give a dollar to help the starving kids in the country. Whats a dollar gonna do?
The whole point is to do what you can when you can. It makes no difference how much you do or how long. All that matters is that you do something.
No offense but your attitude is whats wrong with a lot of people. You don't think trying and giving a little is worth your time. I'm sorry you feel that way.
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I hate to cut and paste, but I can't state it better than they:
The premise is inherently flawed, because consumers' not buying gasoline on one particular day doesn't affect oil companies at all. The "gas out" scheme doesn't call upon people to use less gasoline, but simply to shift their date of purchase and buy gas a day earlier or later than they usually would The very same amount of gasoline is sold either way, so oil companies don't lose any money
By definition, a boycott involves the doing without of something, with the renunciation of the boycotted product held up as tangible proof to those who supply the commodity that consumers are prepared to do without it unless changes are made. What the "gas out" calls for isn't consumers' swearing off using or buying gasoline, even for a short time, but simply shifting their purchases by a couple of days at most. Because the "gas out" doesn't call on consumers to make a sacrifice by actually giving up something, the threat it poses is a hollow one.
See, I have been part of a boycott before . . . probably before you were born. The boycott was to not buy iceberg lettuce or grapes, and it was to help the Mexican field workers get higher wages.
This boycott went on for years before it had enough effect on the farmers that we were able to stop the boycott and declare it a success.
You are not boycotting shit, unless you give up using your car for a couple years, and get all your Myspace friends to do the same.