are boycotts effective?

[iroc409]

i don't really think so, unless it's REALLY DAMN BIG. i mean, come on. all of us on here could boycott mcdonald's, and they wouldn't even flinch. now cut off a country's complete trade line, well, not even all countries would die off that way either, just the little ones...

russia survived without the trasnsistor, even threw it in our face by making faster computers and modems.

bastards.

hell, omaha could boycott mcdonald's, it'd be very little skin off their back, worst case they raise the price of supersizing your meal $0.13

oh wait... 3com made the modem, but it was to sell to russia ;)

[Sly_RJ]

Not any more effective than human shields.

[MaxDent]

Boycotts effective?

Ask the Catholic clergy during a camping trip

[[Labret]]

Ask Jesse Jackson. The guys whole career is made on it.

Ask the NAACP, they have a bit of experience in the area.

[.:Frog:.]

not at all.

[TheLastReploid]

I kinda doubt it, but who knows.
Wacha wanna boycott?

Sand?

[iroc409]

Originally posted by TheLastReploid
I kinda doubt it, but who knows.
Wacha wanna boycott?

Sand?

not a damn thing. i've always thought they were kinda silly. i mean, there are always better ways of getting the bastards.

sam fisher, anyone?

[Mr.Fiction]

Boycotts are effective if the organization boycotting you is a huge corporation who can make or break your career via blocking distribution or promotion of your product.

The Dixie Chicks boycott can be effective because Clear Channel is the one pushing the boycott and they control a huge percentage of the radio stations in the United States.

If some country music fans decided to boycott the Dixie Chicks, it would mean almost nothing. If Clear Channel boycotts them, they will be gone in a couple of years.

Coincidentally, Clear Channel, the organizers of the Dixie Chicks boycott, are also the distributor of Rush Limbaugh's radio show.

[[Labret]]

Originally posted by TheLastReploid
I kinda doubt it, but who knows.
Wacha wanna boycott?

Sand?

You never had shish tawook with garlic sauce? Or crushed lentil soup with a nice mound of warm pita? god damn, its like heaven.

I dont care if they blow up my own mother, I will never give up my tawook.

[BRISK]

I'm boycotting boycotts

[Sly_RJ]

Originally posted by Mr.Fiction
Boycotts are effective if the organization boycotting you is a huge corporation who can make or break your career via blocking distribution or promotion of your product.

The Dixie Chicks boycott can be effective because Clear Channel is the one pushing the boycott and they control a huge percentage of the radio stations in the United States.

If some country music fans decided to boycott the Dixie Chicks, it would mean almost nothing. If Clear Channel boycotts them, they will be gone in a couple of years.

Coincidentally, Clear Channel, the organizers of the Dixie Chicks boycott, are also the distributor of Rush Limbaugh's radio show.

You do realize there are non Clear Channel country music stations too, right? Many of them also have a "boycott".

Know why? The radio stations are receiving so many requests from LISTENERS to STOP playing them, that they have decided to set their CDs aside.

I suppose that's just propaganda though, right?

[[Labret]]

Originally posted by Sly_RJ

You do realize there are non Clear Channel country music stations too, right? Many of them also have a "boycott".

Know why? The radio stations are receiving so many requests from LISTENERS to STOP playing them, that they have decided to set their CDs aside.

I suppose that's just propaganda though, right?

No, thats brainwashed sheeple acting like idiots.

[iroc409]

clear channel is fucking huge... they own like half the stations where i live, and i think they have offices in england, don't they?



pass the courvosier!

[Sly_RJ]

Originally posted by [Labret]


No, thats brainwashed sheeple acting like idiots.

You're probably right. Blaming it all on Clear Channel is lame though.

[Sly_RJ]

Originally posted by iroc409
clear channel is fucking huge... they own like half the stations where i live, and i think they have offices in england, don't they?



pass the courvosier!

One company can not own more than 50% of the radio stations within a specific region. So they probably do own half.

Just curious, where in the mid-west are you?

[BRISK]

Originally posted by [Labret]


No, thats brainwashed sheeple acting like idiots.

haha..."sheeple"

thats a good one, I like it

[Sarah_Jayne]

keeps people occupied and away from messing up anything too important.