Sunday, January 11, 2009

Boycotting of American/Israeli Goods?



I would love to boycott American made goods. This is to support the call from our Government to show my disgust towards the atrocities done by Israel to the Palestinians. However, looking at the above, it is only a very small part that I can play.

If the Malaysian government would like the people to boycott all these and play our very small part, it should also look into playing the BIG parts like below..........

Why did MAS buy Boeing when they could have bought Airbus?

Why did we buy the F18 Hornet when we could have bought all MIGs

Whe did we buy the Boeing Business Jet (BBJ) for our VIPs when we could have bought the Airbus 319?
The Government should lead by example if the want this to succeed. How many cans of coca cola does it take for us to boycott to be equivalent to one F18 Hornet?
We must also remember that things like KFC, McDonalds, Coke and many more so called 'American Enterprise in Malaysia are owned by Malaysians and not by Americans. Therefore boycotting these 'American Products' as the government is encouraging us to do will only be creating hardship to the people that are workign in these company.... In Malaysia.
On the contrary, Boeing Business Jets are not made or assembled in Malaysia but in Seattle in the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
The fighter planes are also not made in Malaysia. This is the way to to it. Not just rousing up the population by saying boycott.
Do not say that buying all those planes and expensive assets from USA are business decisions because for me, buying a can of cose from the convenient store is also a business decision.

As for boycotting of Israel goods, Dont we know that we do not have any relations with Israel... Economic or otherwise. How can their products get into Malaysia? Unless we have a BIG loophole somewhere in our system that produce from that country can come in here maybe through a third country............... (Food for thought?)

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