Whom do you boycott - and why? - Page 6

[AdinaL]

Please don't boycott the Susan G. Komen foundation.

What they contribute to Planned Parenthood is money to assist low income women in getting breast exams from the doctors there. I know because I qualified for the money. Planned Parenthood was the only cost effective option for my gyn exams when I didn't have insurance, which is a good thing. And having the Komen fund there to assist further, made a huge difference. So while I understand feeling the need to boycott PP, the Komen foundation has done nothing but good for the fight against breast cancer.

Just my $.02 cents.

Now, back on topic about what people do boycott....

[dado]

[i]Originally posted by jess7396
Interestingly, many Catholic hospitals will give the morning after pill if they can tell that the woman has yet to ovulate...

are you sure about that? the morning after pill is just...The Pill. exact same stuff the Vatican has said No to for regular use for several decades already. i would be extremely surprised to learn that was happening in a catholic hospital - but stranger things have certainly happened!

re: snapple - for years they used rush limbaugh as a spokesman, which is were the "owned by KKK" rumors - which have become "owned by Saudi terrorist" rumors - began.

(though there is at least a germ of truth to the Osama link as it is Osama's family who distributed Snapple in saudi. since they also funded osama, who can say which dollar of profit went exactly where? and it is all completely ironic given the company was founded by gentleman name Leonard Marsh, Hyman Golden, and Arnold Greenberg(!))

[guestmama9924]

Oh, so many so many...
-everyone on the PETA sh*t list
-March of Dimes ( for animal testing and cruelty)
-ALL fast foods
-Nestle of course
-anything tested on animals
-STONEYFIELD FARMS ORGANIC PRODUCTS for having ties with Enfamil Lipil formula and sleezy Dr Greene
-JADE and Pearl Sea Sponge Menstrual products and everyone that promotes those things and destroys the reef I live on including MOTHERING and I hope they quit taking those ads ( get that dead animal out of your yoni!! and put it back on the dying choking reef!!)
-Any publications that advertises or affiliates with FORMULA ( which my newest publication to make the list is WORKING MOTHER magazine who swore they would NOT take those ads and now it is the first ad you see)

-BROOKE SHIELDS

-Anything tied to right-wing conservatives, Abbott labs, pharmasuticals, tobacco and
yes all of this is downright exhausting but after a while you just stick to your own little world of services and products and its all good

[Mona]

Originally posted by KeysMama

yes all of this is downright exhausting but after a while you just stick to your own little world of services and products and its all good

:LOL

[JessicaS]

oh, people boycott them because of the pro-life thing? I didn't know.

Ya, the KKK rumors (weird)...that is on snopes.com the people who founded that company are Jewish. The K on the label stands for Kosher.

Thanks for clearing up the boycott question for me.

[kerikadi]

Adina,
It saddens me greatly that SGK donates to PP resulting in my boycott. I had run in the anual Race For The Cure for 3 years, I lost a friend (mom of 3) to breast cancer and my best friend was diagnosed the week she turned 31.
I know the thought behind them donating is to educate women but by PP's own admission the don't relegate donations to only be spent on specific things. All money goes into one pot and spent from there. PP can't even prove that the money SGK donated went directly to breast cancer education. They are the number one abortion supplier in the US and that is how they pay their bills, I can't give money to a company that pays for PP's practices.

I also agree that RU486 and Plan B are not the same thing but I don't agree with either of them. I am one of those 'Life begins at insemination, not implantation' people

Keri

NAK so pleaee don't mind typos


Thanks for posting Jess

[Paxetbonum]

How funny that PP are all such wonderful activist for Breast Cancer awarness. One would think they would stop being so gung ho about the pill then. . . . (tee-hee)

[AdinaL]

kerikadi - while that might be true of most of the $$ the PP gets from donations, they actually call it the SGK scholarship - or something like that. So I am pretty sure that the SGK Foundation has specified what it is for. I could be wrong, I will try and find the info. Since I didn't get a break on anything else, just on the price of my breast exam, I am guessing that it is endowment specifically for the purpose. Endowments can ONLY be used for the purpose specified. But I will see what I can find. From what I found, it sounds like it was a grant. And they are specific grants for the encouragment of breast health. I have an email out to both PP and SGK...I will let you know what I hear. Anyway...back on topic y'all!

[Megs Mom]

Whether it's PP or anyone else (I boycott PP and people who give them money), something to consider is this. If money is donated for a specific purpose, like SGK, it frees up other money to go towards the use that you want to avoid. i.e., the more money SGK gives to PP for breast health, the less money PP has to spend of its own on breast health, which can then be used for, say, buying more free condoms to give away in high schools. Or whatever. It's never simple to spend according to our morals, is it?

[plum]

so who does give money to planned parenthood? i might have to frequent them more.

[AdinaL]

Okay, let's get off this one before it gets ugly. I am sorry for having opened a can of worms.

Onward!

[Megs Mom]

good call, adina

[Ms.Doula]

And I stilll do want to know where else I can buy fairtrade coffee Only online??? Ill have to check out the links... when im not n2ak!

[MelMel]

i am glad for planned parenthood. being low-income non-insured and newly pregnant (and VERY pleased about it, as we were trying for over a year) they have the only 'official' test i can afford, and the awesome ladies helped me get insured/medicaid so i could afford to have my beautiful dd
they help people like me...when docs and other 'clinics' turn us away or make it SO difficult to get help....i've left a supposed 'free clinic' in tears from being condescended and treated so poorly.

you wouldnt think so, but poverty level/low income married people who own a home and are self employed, yet do not receive any government assistance must be some odd group, because I had to fight to get insurance for dd...when we actually qualify for ALL the stuff they got, WIC, food stamps, family insurance....but we didnt want that, just birth coverage....anyway, back on topic:::

also BP, which is another one I have been boycotting so long, I dont even know if it is valid anymore (largest supplier of oil to south africa back in the day) but its a habit

majors.

major labels, major resturaunt chains, major bad guys...etc.

and most of the above already mentioned.

Richard E Jacobs Group here in cleveland. evil.

[Periwinkle]

Back OT...

Re: Blockbuster. My reasons are fairly simple, as I don't know much about their corporate policies, etc., though I've heard that they're like the WalMart of the video industry.

First, I think they help push sleazy movies and videogames. If it's not (or was not) a "blockbuster" movie, they pretty much don't rent it. Second, the environmental impact of cranking out all those videotapes to be New Releases ("guaranteed it's in or your money back" - you know, with like 30 copies of one movie on the shelves) just to throw them away a few weeks later when that movie is no longer the hot, in-demand tape. Third, their service SUCKS and they drive away small local video stores -- staffed by people who know and love movies, and have diverse and artistic selections.

I'll try to find the corporate/management stuff, because I've heard various accounts that it's a nightmare. But I don't have any more than that.

** Edited to add: I just did a quick Google search and there's some good stuff out there. Apparently Blockbuster video is owned by Viacom (and is now merging with CBS). For those of us PO'd at the media-monolopies, that's a good reason to boycott. Probably more. Anyone?

[maria423]

KeysMama: can you elaborate on the ties between Stonyfield and Enfamil? I've never heard that and buy Stonyfield yogurt all the time.

[calgal007]

Blockbuster is the video-rental equivalent of a Walmart, or Costco. The small-time video store owner has a tough time competing with the heavy hammer of corporate dollars.

[guestmama9924]

Originally posted by maria423
KeysMama: can you elaborate on the ties between Stonyfield and Enfamil? I've never heard that and buy Stonyfield yogurt all the time.

Stoneyfield features Dr Greene as their Pediatric consultant
Dr Greene for Stoneyfield and Dr Greene is also a paid spokesman for Enfamil Lipil

Dr. Greene has been writing on this issue since 1996 when he became a national spokesperson for Enfamil LIPIL, the first formula with DHA and ARA to be introduced in the US – in February 2002.

Exciting developments in infant formula
Stoneyfield has been more than informed of their indirect partnership with Enfamil- one of the largest corporations of bioengineered cow milk and proponent of factory farming. Doesn't really mesh with the Stoneyfield image does it? or DOES it?

So I guess I ALSO boycott anyone affiliated with the creepy Dr Greene!

[dado]

that is astounding

i had no idea about Stonyfield and Dr. Greene. i've done a little checking - what you say seems to be accurate - if a little more checking continues to confirm the situation i will let Stonyfield know my feelings and i will also inform the markets i shop at.

i'm quite sure they'll be as surprised as i am.

[guestmama9924]

Re: that is astounding

Originally posted by dado
i had no idea about Stonyfield and Dr. Greene

previous thread on Stoneyfield check here to see the canned reply from Stoneyfield about their less than wholesome pediatric consultant Dr Greene...