Boycotting The French? Here Ya' Go!

[The Blowhard]

Air France. Air Liquide. Airbus. Alcatel. Allegra (allergy medication). Aqualung (including: Spirotechnique, Technisub, US Divers, and SeaQuest). AXA Advisors

Bank of the West (owned by BNP Paribas). Beneteau (boats). BF Goodrich (owned by Michelin). BIC (razors, pens and lighters). Biotherm (cosmetics). Black Bush. Bollinger (champagne).


Car & Driver Magazine. Cartier. Chanel. Chivas Regal (scotch). Christian Dior. Club Med (vacations). Culligan (owned by Vivendi).


Dannon (yogurt and dairy foods). DKNY. Dom Perignon. Durand Crystal


Elle Magazine. Essilor Optical Products. Evian.

Fina gas stations and Fina Oil (billions invested in Iraqi oil fields). First Hawaiian Bank.


George Magazine. Givenchy. Glenlivet (scotch).


Hennessy. Houghton Mifflin (books).

Jacobs Creek (owned by Pernod Ricard since 1989). Jameson (whiskey). Jerry Springer (talk show)

Krups (coffee and cappuccino makers).

Lancome. Le Creuset (cookware). L'Oreal (health and beauty products). Louis Vuitton.

Marie Claire. Martel Cognac. Maybelline. M‚phisto (shoes and clothes). Michelin (tires and auto parts). Mikasa (crystal and glass). Moet (champagne). Motel 6. Motown Records. MP3.com. Mumms (champagne).


Nissan (cars; majority owned by Renault). Nivea. Normany Butter.


Parents Magazine. Peugeot (automobiles). Pierre Cardin. Playstation Magazine. ProScan (owned by Thomson Electronics, France). Publicis Group (including Saatchi & Saatchi Advertising).


RCA (televisions and electronics; owned by Thomson Electronics). Red Magazine. Red Roof Inns (owned by Accor group in France). Renault (automobiles). Road & Track Magazine. Roquefort cheese (all Roquefort cheese is made in France). Rowenta (toasters, irons, coffee makers, etc.). Royal Canadian.

Salomon (skis). Seagram's Gin. Sierra Software and Computer Games. Smart & Final. Sofitel (hotels, owned by Accor). Sparkletts (water, owned by Danone). Spencer Gifts. Sundance Channel.

Taylor Made (golf). Technicolor. T-Fal (kitchenware). Total gas stations.

UbiSoft (computer games). Uniroyal. Universal Studios (music, movies and amusement parks; owned by Vivendi-Universal). USFilter.

Veritas Group. Veuve Clicquot Champagne. Vittel. Vivendi.

Wild Turkey (bourbon). Woman's Day Magazine.

Yoplait (The French company Sodiaal owns a 50 percent stake). Yves Saint Laurent.

Zodiac Inflatable Boats.


P.S.: Thanks to GOP lawmakers, cafeterias in the U.S. House of Representatives will today start offering "freedom fries" instead of you know what.

[erole]

Aqualung?...Jethro Tull was a French band? Bastards!
Boycott Black Bush?...Annie DiFranco wouldn't.
I can't see Ferrall boycotting Jameson. Sorry.
Motel 6? Let them leave the light on for me, so I can sack the French loving bastard that gets a room there.

Fina Oil (billions invested in Iraqi oil fields)

...and that's why the French are not budging...that and the weapons selling.

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[fluffernutter]

When did the Peugeot and more commonly seen Renault le Car stoop getting sold here in the States? I remember Le Cars all over the place when I was a kid.

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[Green Lantern]

I hope this doesn't mean French Bread Pizza isn't going to be banned from the board, becuase she's great.

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[Tall_James]

I hope this doesn't mean French Bread Pizza isn't going to be banned from the board, becuase she's great.
I am only going to refer to her in the future as "Freedom Bread Pizza".

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[silera]

There's a brand of adult diapers as well as feminine pads called Freedom.



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This message was edited by silera on 3-17-03 @ 10:23 AM

[schmega]

it'll be tough staying away from anything Vivendi.

heckler, you sure nissan's majority owned by renault? i'm stunned.

and i cant believe how much hard liquor those bastards make.

[DarkHippie]

You know the world is going to hell when MOTOWN RECORDS is owned by the french. "What's goin on" indeed!

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[A.J.]

Jerry Springer (talk show)


They'll buy Springer but they hate Euro Disney?

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[HBox]

Why the hell are we so pissed at the French? It's not the job of our allies to be yes men. If they disagree with what we are doing, that doesn't mean we need to go ape shit. Besides, they are hardly the only country against this war.

[Se7en]

Why the hell are we so pissed at the French? It's not the job of our allies to be yes men. If they disagree with what we are doing, that doesn't mean we need to go ape shit.

I've seen this argument used a lot lately from anti-war activisits and - dare I say it - somewhat left-leaning people. I dislike this argument because for so many people, it's entirely hypocritical. They're more than happy to boycott right-wing causes, religious causes, etc. And they have their own, usually valid reasons for doing so. But God forbid some of us turn around and do the same thing.

Boycotts are used by everyone as a wonderfully peaceful, non-violent means of voicing one's protest.

I choose to express my displeasure with the French by boycotting their goods. Which is better - me refusing to buy their products, or going out and doing wrong shit like the people who are heckling that French golfer?

Besides, they are hardly the only country against this war.

No, they aren't - but they're the country doing the most to oppose us, and their reasons for doing so are incredibly selfish and self-serving, and entirely more sinister than anyone else.

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[ADF]

I don't boycott anything.. too much effort. In the modern political climate, today's enemy turns out to be tomorrow's friend more often than you'd think.

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[Death Metal Moe]

I didn't see Oscar Meyer so I'm still a real American!


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[fluffernutter]

I didn't see Oscar Meyer so I'm still a real American!


Meyer? Is that as in Oscar Meyer? Beth you were standing with Meyer, is he your main weiner-man?

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[LiquidCourage]

It's not the job of our allies to be yes men

The French haven't been allies in years.