[Livia]

We need a boycott of all the companies pulling out.

[user104658]

Originally Posted by Livia

We need a boycott of all the companies pulling out.

The UK's boy racer community, boycott the Civic Type-R? That's one of the most far-fetched things I've ever heard!

[Livia]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

The UK's boy racer community, boycott the Civic Type-R? That's one of the most far-fetched things I've ever heard!

Or... we could go on supporting countries that, after promising to stay, taking the incentives... then leave, plunging lots of our countrymen and women into unemployment. Who wants to use their hard earned cash to buy stuff from people who are screwing us?

[user104658]

Originally Posted by Livia

Who wants to use their hard earned cash to buy stuff from people who are screwing us?

Not enough people care enough for it to make an impact, is my suspicion. I mean, look at Amazon, or Google, or Apple, or any of the other huge companies that dodge various taxes and screw us all more than literally ANYTHING else (e.g. all the benefit fraud in the country x100 doesn't hold a candle to tax evasion) but are people out supporting local businesses, or even UK based chains? Increasingly year on year we're still using our iPhones to "get things £5 cheaper off Amazon".

My point I guess is that if people like the look of a Civic they're going to buy a Civic. Politics just isn't a consideration for enough people for boycotts to be effective.

Nestle has been boycotted for decades because of their shameful tactics in Africa but they don't give a ****... it hasn't changed anything... and never will so long as the profits they make from those tactics are greater than the loss they incur from the boycott.

[Livia]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

Not enough people care enough for it to make an impact, is my suspicion. I mean, look at Amazon, or Google, or Apple, or any of the other huge companies that dodge various taxes and screw us all more than literally ANYTHING else (e.g. all the benefit fraud in the country x100 doesn't hold a candle to tax evasion) but are people out supporting local businesses, or even UK based chains? Increasingly year on year we're still using our iPhones to "get things £5 cheaper off Amazon".

My point I guess is that if people like the look of a Civic they're going to buy a Civic. Politics just isn't a consideration for enough people for boycotts to be effective.

Nestle has been boycotted for decades because of their shameful tactics in Africa but they don't give a ****... it hasn't changed anything... and never will so long as the profits they make from those tactics are greater than the loss they incur from the boycott.

If some people are apathetic, well, that's their problem.

Me? I vote with my wallet and try never to buy stuff from wankers. It's not easy as you can imagine.