You don’t support Democrats. Why should your ketchup?

[The Mad Monk]

Originally posted by Spiffor
Mars is a holding. It makes pet food, it makes weapons, it makes dozens of other things, even though chocolate is their most famous product.

Now, I've never understood the point of this, or of the RJ Reynolds boycott. By reducing the profitability of that company's non-weapon (or non-tobacco) sectors, aren't you forcing it to depend on and develop the weapon (or tobacco) sector more?

[Spiffor]

Originally posted by General Ludd
I didn't know this, either. Do you have any links or resources with more information about that?

Well, I couldn't find any links. I saw it in my books back in highschool, as they used Mars Company as an example of diversified holding.

I would expect Mars not to trumpet it, but if the weapon sectors is completely absent from their website, even while searching, I guess they are done with weapons.

[Spiffor]

Originally posted by Patroklos
To include every major French food distributor, who are prime vendors to the US Navy

To the best of my knowledge, Dannon doesn't make weapons. And they have considerably re-centred their activity on food recently.

But for example, Thomson is a French electronic company, which makes consumer products, and weapons. I have never been confronted to buying a Thomson TV or radio, but I think I'll prefer some competitor that doesn't produce weapons.

[Spiffor]

Originally posted by The Mad Monk
Now, I've never understood the point of this, or of the RJ Reynolds boycott. By reducing the profitability of that company's non-weapon (or non-tobacco) sectors, aren't you forcing it to depend on and develop the weapon (or tobacco) sector more?

It is not an economic rationale, but an ideological one: I try not to support those who make the tools of death.

[Drake Tungsten]

2. Last time I checked America was a whole continent

You should check again.

[Natalinasmpf]

PARIS COMMUNE KETCHUP

REMEMBER 1871

[Patroklos]

Because they sell food to a military entity, which uses your weapons of death, for a profit.

Which offends your ideology more? Making weapons or using them?

[Kropotkin]

I always buy Heinz. It's the only ketchup around that works well with an adults taste buds.

[Patroklos]

I eat my French Fries with mustard, which in another time would have had me black listed as a communist (imagine!).

[Kropotkin]

Why so? I mean, ketschup is red, mustard is not.

[Patroklos]

All red blooded Americans eat their french fries with ketchup. It is treason to do otherwise.

[Colonâ„¢]

Originally posted by Spiffor
Mars is a holding. It makes pet food, it makes weapons, it makes dozens of other things, even though chocolate is their most famous product.

I take you boycott anything published by Lagardère or Dassault as well then?

[Colonâ„¢]

Originally posted by Patroklos
All red blooded Americans eat their french fries with ketchup. It is treason to do otherwise.

I'd recommend French fries with mayonaise.

[Drake Tungsten]

Freedom fries with mayo is good.

[Agathon]

Boycotting ketchup?