Friday, January 9, 2009

Boycott or not to Boycott. . . ? ?

What now ? boycotting goods ? There are some pros and cons regarding this matter.
Please read the article below ( taken from www.nst.com.my )

The Coca-Cola Company and its bottling partners yesterday issued a statement saying they did not support or oppose any country, government, political or religious causes.

Coca-Cola Malaysia public affairs and communications director Kadri Taib said the organisation was deeply moved by the situation in the Middle East.

The Malaysian Muslim Consumer Association had called for a boycott of popular US products, which include Coca-Cola, McDonalds, Starbucks and Colgate, saying it will teach the US a lesson for supporting Israel.

Kadri said the company was a diverse organisation and employed over one million people in over 200 countries.
He said in Malaysia 60 per cent of its 1,700 employees were Muslims.

So, what do you guys think about boycotting goods from US knowing that it may also end thousands of job opportunities to many ? To my opinion , this is not the way to threaten US, as you all know , not all of people living in the US actually agrees to support Israel. Not all of them were as cold blooded as you might think they were. If we do this, at the same we are blaming on the people of the US as well.

That is all I can say for now. Like I mentioned in my previous post how I dislike Politics? well go figure.

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