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"Gregory Morrow" > wrote in
ups.com:

> Michel Boucher wrote:
>
>> Dave Smith > wrote in
>> :
>>
>> > However, that is a personal boycott. I am not burning down
>> > embassies or pushing for an organized boycott.

>>
>> To paraphrase Louis B. Mayer, a personal boycott, like a verbal
>> agreement, isn't worth the paper it's printed on.

>
> But get a few of those "personal" boycotts together and they can work
> wonders. I've done it with businesses right here in my own
> neighborhood...


The effect on a local merchant if a dozen clients decide to boycott is
VERY different from the effect on an entire nation if the same dozen
decide to boycott.

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"When I give food to the poor, they call me a saint. When I ask why
the poor have no food, they call me a communist."

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