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Boycott Israel

Are you using an Intel processor? Intel has R&D facilities in Israel.

Do you use Google? They use search algorithms invented in Israel.

Do you use Microsoft products? They have R&D facilities in Israel.

Do you use Motorola products? They have labs in Israel.

Do you use anything by IBM? Labs in Israel.

Applied Materials? BMC? Creo? Marvell? Cisco? HP? and Nestlé?

I bet you a hundred bucks you are using something from these companies.
 
Virus said:
Are you using an Intel processor? Intel has R&D facilities in Israel.

Do you use Google? They use search algorithms invented in Israel.

Do you use Microsoft products? They have R&D facilities in Israel.

Do you use Motorola products? They have labs in Israel.

Do you use anything by IBM? Labs in Israel.

Applied Materials? BMC? Creo? Marvell? Cisco? HP? and Nestlé?

I bet you a hundred bucks you are using something from these companies.
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so?
 
You don't really think you're going to bankrupt the Jewish state by not buying Sabra hummus do you?

That's like going on a hunger strike for ten minutes. Boycott like you mean it. Put a little self-sacrifice into it.
 
Virus said:
You don't really think you're going to bankrupt the Jewish state by not buying Sabra hummus do you?

That's like going on a hunger strike for ten minutes. Boycott like you mean it. Put a little self-sacrifice into it.
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i am not planing to boycot products from Israel , but your "reasoning" here seems not logical. just because some things are hard to boycot doesnt mean a boycot will not still hit targets of boycots.
a company like Intel will not be hit hard anyway because the intel processor was not invented in Israel like your dumb video claims, its invented in many labs around the world, a processor has many different parts that are worked on around the world. parts of the energy saving modi is worked on in Saudi Arabian laboratories for example.
but smaller farms will be hit because some people will not buy fruits grown in Israel. those are the victims the smaller israeli companies, not the global players.
 
Sorry for a very stupid question, but how exactly does one get punished for boycotting?

Is anyone actually legally obligated to buy anything?
What's the difference between "I choose not to buy" and "I boycott"?

How the heck can you be trialed beyond reasonable doubt?
 
SezMe said:
Not much interested in evidence, then, eh?
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I think he wants a compelling reason to follow the links. After all you could click links all day and not find anything illuminating. I am adopting a similar policy, as my mouse clicking wrist seems to be suffering CTS...
 
WildCat said:
So which other countries are you boycotting? Iran? Saudi Arabia? Syria? Pakistan? Lebanon?
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I haven't been thoughtful about where my money goes until now, but I have gotten angry at quite a few regimes. Israel's most recent action is simply the final straw. I'm starting to learn what I can and review what my money has been supporting. I'll use some triage to divest, starting with the most egregious offenders. I'll be a lot more careful about what I buy.

I've been against all foreign aid by the US for decades.

I'm opposed to all theocracies and religion-dominated government (including the US) as well to dictatorships and countries rules by the insane or thugs. In other words, most of the countries on the planet. Some aren't as offensive as others.
 
Virus said:
Are you using an Intel processor? Intel has R&D facilities in Israel.

Do you use Google? They use search algorithms invented in Israel.

Do you use Microsoft products? They have R&D facilities in Israel.

Do you use Motorola products? They have labs in Israel.

Do you use anything by IBM? Labs in Israel.

Applied Materials? BMC? Creo? Marvell? Cisco? HP? and Nestlé?

I bet you a hundred bucks you are using something from these companies.
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Which is exactly what I said above make no sense.

When you speak of boycotting you usually boycott product DIRECTLY produced there, not secondary product used in primary product or even product used by invention done decades ago.

This was the rhetorics of the video and is pretty stupid on all level. You boycott to inflict a financial harm and that means stopping buying primary product.

Your snippet is pretty stupid because that would mean if Japan wanted to boycott France, they would have to stop using the metric system (duh...) , or using radium in radiology, or anything related to French : That is NOT boycotting that is being stupid. Boycotting in that case would be stopping buying French wine.
 
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Complexity said:
I haven't been thoughtful about where my money goes until now, but I have gotten angry at quite a few regimes. Israel's most recent action is simply the final straw. I'm starting to learn what I can and review what my money has been supporting. I'll use some triage to divest, starting with the most egregious offenders. I'll be a lot more careful about what I buy.

I've been against all foreign aid by the US for decades.

I'm opposed to all theocracies and religion-dominated government (including the US) as well to dictatorships and countries rules by the insane or thugs. In other words, most of the countries on the planet. Some aren't as offensive as others.
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And Israel was the low-hanging fruit?

You're not boycotting Iran? Pakistan? Myanmar? China?

Or is Israel worse than all those?
 
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All laptops in the 20th century were made with Intel processors? That's news to me..
 
Virus said:
Are you using an Intel processor? Intel has R&D facilities in Israel.

Do you use Google? They use search algorithms invented in Israel.

Do you use Microsoft products? They have R&D facilities in Israel.

Do you use Motorola products? They have labs in Israel.

Do you use anything by IBM? Labs in Israel.

Applied Materials? BMC? Creo? Marvell? Cisco? HP? and Nestlé?

I bet you a hundred bucks you are using something from these companies.
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My father has a bleed in his intestinal tract that has thus far evaded doctors efforts to find. He has gone through almost 20 units of blood since last December. He is due for a procedure where a camera-in-a-pill that was invented in Israel will be placed in his intestines with an endoscope.

You will have to forgive my family and I if none of us feel like joining this asinine boycott and literally dying in the service of radical Islam.
 
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If a cure for cancer was invented in Israel, would the Israel-boycotters refuse to use it if they got cancer?
 
Kopji said:
Oddly enough, it is already illegal for companies in the US to boycott Israel or assist countries that boycott Israel:


I'm not really sure how this is all that different from what Israel just passed, except the US law seems more geared toward companies rather than individuals. I don't see anything in the US law that prevents its use from an individual if they wanted to though.
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I'm quite selective about which laws I pay attention to.
 
Virus said:
Are you using an Intel processor? Intel has R&D facilities in Israel.

Do you use Google? They use search algorithms invented in Israel.

Do you use Microsoft products? They have R&D facilities in Israel.

Do you use Motorola products? They have labs in Israel.

Do you use anything by IBM? Labs in Israel.

Applied Materials? BMC? Creo? Marvell? Cisco? HP? and Nestlé?

I bet you a hundred bucks you are using something from these companies.
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I've no question that there are some very good minds in Israel, and I'm quite sure that I am using products from companies that are in Israel. I want to become more aware of who I am supporting with my dollars and make some changes. Israel continues to behave badly and I'll change my ways with respect to Israel, as I will with other governments that behave evilly (including my own).
 
WildCat said:
And Israel was the low-hanging fruit?

You're not boycotting Iran? Pakistan? Myanmar? China?

Or is Israel worse than all those?
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Answered in part in #28.

I despise those governments as well.

Israel's government isn't worse than those governments, but it isn't better, either.
 
Belz... said:
I'm angry at the US regime, sometimes, but I don't boycott American movies because there's no relation.
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I think it will come down to the extent to which companies enable governments, support their policies, and benefit from their support.

As far as the Israeli state is concerned, I would like to see it pay for the damage it has inflicted on others.
 
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