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Old 05-09-2007, 12:23 AM   #181
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I agree with whatcolor. In a capitalist country, people protest with their dollars. It's why some people don't shop at Walmart. If you don't agree with the politics or actions of any band, actor, entity, corporation, the most effective way to put them down is to not buy their shit.

I don't shop at Walmart, but that doesn't mean I have to patronize every business that isn't offensive to me.

 
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Old 05-09-2007, 12:24 AM   #182
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and it's probably useful to point out that not shopping at walmart doesn't mean that walmart doesn't stock items that you might otherwise enjoy. it's just that one's tastes sometimes have to take a backseat to one's principles.

this "the band's actions makes you change your tastes" argument is just silly

 
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Old 05-09-2007, 12:25 AM   #183
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Old 05-09-2007, 12:27 AM   #184
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and it's probably useful to point out that not shopping at walmart doesn't mean that walmart doesn't stock items that you might otherwise enjoy. it's just that one's tastes sometimes have to take a backseat to one's principles.

this "the band's actions makes you change your tastes" argument is just silly
Totally. Sometimes I see flyers for stuff on sale that is dirt cheap, and I bite the bullet and pay more somewhere else.

 
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Old 05-09-2007, 12:28 AM   #185
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beligerent ghouls runs manchester schools, spineless swine, demented minds.

 
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Old 05-09-2007, 01:21 AM   #186
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I don't know, guys. I kind of still think that you're saying that you're going to do something based on an idea and then rejecting the basic premise of that idea, itself. And tastes should take a backseat to principles, but over things that are actually important and related to the quality or effects of the product that you're boycotting.

Otherwise, you're just undermining something potentially good to make the point that you have control and can damage anybody who creates anything and who you happen to dislike. In that kind of situation, boycotts stop being effective tools because they're used indiscriminately, or over something that isn't even fully substantiated. All you wind up with is a business driven by obsessive marketing and deceitful spin instead of good products (sound familiar?), because you've sent the message that you're willing to act capriciously. If you don't like the person's choices, condemn their choices. Character-assassinate them, if you want. But don't set the precedent of screwing up the creation of something that is in itself good unless it's absolutely necessary.

 
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Old 05-09-2007, 01:22 AM   #187
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i'm going to have to go put on some Fugazi...

 
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Old 05-09-2007, 01:22 AM   #188
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bro if this is an elaborate scheme to enable you to buy jessica simpson's cd and still save face, just buy the cd, no one's going to think any less of you

 
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Old 05-09-2007, 01:24 AM   #189
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Crass, baby...

 
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Old 05-09-2007, 01:26 AM   #190
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bro if this is an elaborate scheme to enable you to buy jessica simpson's cd and still save face, just buy the cd, no one's going to think any less of you
You got me, sis.

 
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Old 05-09-2007, 01:26 AM   #191
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oh, and at the end of the day...nobody gives two shits about what you do or don't do...except for you and your god (if yr N2 that...)...

do what you gotta do...say what you gotta say...just start today...

 
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Old 05-09-2007, 01:32 AM   #192
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except for you and your god (if yr N2 that...)...
Is that you, Prince Rogers Nelson?

 
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Old 05-09-2007, 01:33 AM   #193
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with a grey hoodie and a big ass zeitgeist medallion...

 
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Old 05-09-2007, 01:35 AM   #194
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I would die 4 a Zeitgeist medallion...

 
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Old 05-09-2007, 01:36 AM   #195
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the zeitgeist is all around you, make your own medallion

 
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Old 05-09-2007, 01:37 AM   #196
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you know i'm not dead...

 
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Old 05-09-2007, 09:06 AM   #197
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it's like strangerdanger doesn't understand the very concept of a boycott

 
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