Sqwertz > writes:
>Obtaining payment from another by threat of harm is certainly
>extortion.

Obtaining payment from another for a service rendered is not extortion.
Companies that do not wish to have their products certified kosher do
not need to avail themselves of the service offered by the
certification agencies and thus do not need to pay for it. Ther eis no
"threat."

Products that are not certified kosher are not purchased by Jews who
care about such things. This is not a "boycott," it is capitalism in
action.

It is patently ludicrous to assert that people are somehow obligated to
buy products that they don't want, and that their failure to do so
causes "harm" to the manufacturer for which the non-buyer is
responsible.

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