Thread: Boycott Scotch
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Old 08-20-2009, 10:42 PM   #9
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Default Re: Boycott Scotch

Know what? Screw that idea. I'll drink my scotch and enjoy it thank you.

As one person said already, it's not like these distilleries have the say on this matter, why hurt the people who depend on the sales of the scotch to make a living? Many boycotts end up being nothing more than a fanatical statement that hurts someone unintended rather than the source of the problem. Here, I point that by attempting a boycott, you are doing nothing more than attempting (indirectly) to instill terror in the lives of the distillery workers and liquor distributor employees by threatening their sources of income. There is no justification in taking out anger on innocent people.


I also fail to see why the nation of Scotland should bear the cost of keeping a convicted terrorist alive and reasonably pain-free for the last year of his life and then bear the cost of a funeral. I also fail to see why our "boycotting" scotch will have any beneficial effect towards this cause. The guy will die anyway (given), and the citizens of Scotland don't have to pay for his death now. Win-Win.


So thank you, no. I'll continue to drink and enjoy my scotch, knowing that I'm helping assure the well-being and way of life of some family in Scotland who may have lost a loved one on that flight, or who may not be as fortunate to stand on a soapbox and preach about right or wrong as I am here in the US.
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