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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-06-07 08:29 PM Original message |
Why boycotting Exxon alone won't do it either |
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rurallib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-06-07 08:33 PM Response to Original message |
1. let me add that the stations are often run by franchisees |
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Captain Angry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-06-07 08:34 PM Response to Original message |
2. So, what you're saying, is... |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-07-07 12:19 PM Response to Reply #2 |
16. Yeah, that's one thing you need to do |
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KharmaTrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-06-07 08:35 PM Response to Original message |
3. Boycotts Are So "20th Century" |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-06-07 08:36 PM Response to Original message |
4. defeatist much? |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-06-07 08:39 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Drive less. If you to organize a protest, have it be a "no drive" thing or some such. |
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BleedingHeartPatriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-06-07 08:38 PM Response to Original message |
5. 5/15 sounds more intriguing all the time. |
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gravity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-06-07 08:45 PM Response to Original message |
7. Boycotting Exxon is like a crackhead boycotting their dealer |
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demosincebirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-06-07 10:15 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Its worth a try, anyway. A one day boycott is bound to affect some thing. |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-06-07 10:17 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Why is it bound to affect some thing? |
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demosincebirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-06-07 10:28 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Any action, there is alway a reaction. |
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gravity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-06-07 10:30 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Like Exxon raising the price of gas on the 16th |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-06-07 10:45 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. I think we should all eat pickles outside our local gas stations. |
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demosincebirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-07-07 06:59 PM Response to Reply #13 |
19. We'll see. |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-07-07 12:23 PM Response to Reply #10 |
17. It's bound to affect the gas station making sales plan that day |
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Catch22Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-06-07 08:46 PM Response to Original message |
8. These come up every 6 months or so |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-06-07 08:48 PM Response to Original message |
9. Screw Exxon - buy a Prius |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-06-07 10:47 PM Response to Original message |
15. Why not simply nationalize Exxon-Mobil and remove the profit margin altogether? |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-07-07 12:45 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. Well...there's one minor sticking point there... |
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IanBean (40 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-07-07 08:56 PM Response to Reply #15 |
20. Because someone owns them |
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