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Any brands you don't buy on principle?

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    #122
    sam34
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,073 ✭✭✭sam34


    laugh wrote: »
    So what's the end game for someone like him? You would only be happy if his wife divorced him and his entire family disowned him? He should be completely ostracised from society? Would it not be better if he got some form of treatment with the support of his family, if he had nothing left to live for he might be more likely to act on his deviant desires?

    Maybe he should just kill himself?

    i simply dont want to support him, which i would be doing by buying ballymaloe products.


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    #123
    Donny5
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,827 ✭✭✭Donny5


    CreepingDeath wrote: »
    I avoid all "Fairtrade" brands.

    Why's that? I'd understand if you didn't look for Fairtrade stuff - I don't - but is there some reason to avoid them on principle?
    Yahew wrote: »
    I do have to laugh at the kind of muppets who hate Apple's "closed" system and have an xBox or Wp7, or love Google's "open source" but use MS not Linux, or think Apple users are sheep while using the majority monopolistic OS.

    You are the sheep. Nothing worse that a group-thinker who thinks he is radical.

    Well, that's not true at all. I'm a software dev, and I hate the Apple closed system on iOS. I don't like being forced to use a specific toolchain or release Apps through a controlled, licensed, approval-pending single route to end user.

    You can say what you want about the MS OSes, but they aren't closed platforms. They are closed source, sure, but anyone can write Windows code in any toolchain you want using any libraries you like and distribute in any way you want. MS don't vet the code you can run on your computer, which Apple do with iOS. WP7 is definitely more tightly locked down, more or less like iOS. Android is open source, but most users prefer the fact it's an open platform that can run any app you want without Google's authorisation than the fact that the source is available.

    I do prefer *nix and FOSS, but the userbase for most software is running MS OSes and I much prefer writing software for Windows or OSX than iOS.


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    #124
    Grass between the tracks
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 122 ✭✭Grass between the tracks


    Dolphin friendly tuna.


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    #125
    Johro
    Registered Users Posts: 4,705 ✭✭✭Johro


    The-Rigger wrote: »
    Any with a non branded alternative that is as good or better.
    Or another branded that's as good or better. Kenco instant is much nicer than Nescafe.:p


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    #126
    Johro
    Registered Users Posts: 4,705 ✭✭✭Johro


    CreepingDeath wrote: »
    I avoid all "Fairtrade" brands.
    :confused:What the hell for?


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    #127
    sheesh
    Registered Users Posts: 4,080 ✭✭✭sheesh


    El Horseboxo wrote: »
    No specific brands but i won't buy or contribute towards anything Israeli.

    you don't have a mobile phone??


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    #128
    SadieSue
    Registered Users Posts: 1,054 ✭✭✭SadieSue


    fontanalis wrote: »
    You a skinny, soy, hemp frapaccino gal?

    Mmmm hemp coffee sounds delish :pac::pac:(not!)

    Nope I just don't want to spend close to $6-7 for a lukewarm coffee.


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    #129
    stevejr
    Registered Users Posts: 1,040 ✭✭✭stevejr


    Hugo Boss because they were heavily involved in the Nazi war effort, they made the uniforms that the SS wore.

    [URL="http:///en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugo_Boss"]http:///en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugo_Boss[/URL]

    What's the reason for being reasonable?

    Is that an unreasonable question?



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    #130
    Johro
    Registered Users Posts: 4,705 ✭✭✭Johro


    St.Spodo wrote: »
    The Sun for propagating horrible lies about Liverpool supporters in the wake of the Hillsborough Disaster of '89, in which 96 supporters were killed.
    The Sun, I would agree, but just for it being sh!te or made up sh!te.
    Add to that the News of the World, the Mirror, the Herald, the Daily Mail aw the list is too long.


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    #131
    Kold
    Registered Users Posts: 12,778 ✭✭✭✭Kold


    MCD as much as I can. I think they ruin the live music industry in Ireland.


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    #132
    Biggins
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 34,567 ✭✭✭✭Biggins


    Coke.
    (The mineral)


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    #133
    westendgirlie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,125 ✭✭✭westendgirlie


    McDonalds Hamburgers. I have a phobia of them.


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    #134
    tampopo
    Registered Users Posts: 2,333 ✭✭✭tampopo


    coca cola
    the Sun newspaper


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    #135
    strobe
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,872 ✭✭✭strobe


    stevejr wrote: »
    Hugo Boss because they were heavily involved in the Nazi war effort, they made the uniforms that the SS wore.

    [URL="http:///en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugo_Boss"]http:///en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugo_Boss[/URL]

    That's why the Nazis always looked so cool.


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    #136
    KnifeWRENCH
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,148 ✭✭✭✭KnifeWRENCH


    Evian, ever since that terrifying "creepy babies on rollerskates" ad.
    THEY MUST DIE.


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    #137
    tommyhaas
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,100 ✭✭✭tommyhaas


    stovelid wrote: »
    Do you also boycott other Murdoch companies like Sky Sports?

    It was the S*n that published the lies and the S*n that subsequently refused to apologise for the disgusting and offensive headlines

    The point about the Murdoch empire can be argued, but diluting the boycott, like it or not, makes it far more difficult to enforce

    There are hundreds of Murdoch controlled publications and broadcasters. To boycott them all would be near impossible. By maintaining the boycott of the S*n, it maintains a stronger message

    Campaigns for justice for the 96 who died are still on going. Hillsborough is a highly emotive topic for many. I don't know are you attempting to belittle the boycott or what your agenda is, however I personally feel the extent to which the boycott has been maintained demonstrates the level of the feeling behind it.

    There's others on here, notably Kess73 and Dub13 who are far more knowledgeable on the topic, and in touch with the campaigns then myself, and who could probably explain this better having more personal connections to the City


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    #138
    kelle
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,243 ✭✭✭kelle


    Coca-cola

    Rimmel, because I would only be supporting Kate Moss.

    Can I ask why so many boycott Aer Lingus?


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    #139
    recyclebin
    Registered Users Posts: 3,504 ✭✭✭recyclebin


    Nokia - cause everyone else had one and they seemed to break easily.
    Dell laptops - they just look so cheaply made. Not value for money.
    Sky TV - I prefer to watch the same stuff on other satellites for a quarter of the price.
    Apple Iphone - they look good but apple are sneaky and also theydont support flash.
    Carlsberg - Liverpool associations and cause I prefer Bulmers.
    Lynx - stupid advertisements and used mainly by spotty teenagers.


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    #140
    Sonnenblumen
    Registered Users Posts: 5,834 ✭✭✭Sonnenblumen


    Ryanair
    KFC
    Sky
    American Beers (Coors, Millar etc)


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    #141
    Our man in Havana
    Closed Accounts Posts: 29,476 ✭✭✭✭Our man in Havana


    Can I ask why so many boycott Aer Lingus?
    Cause it is Ryanair Lite.


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    #142
    fontanalis
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,619 ✭✭✭fontanalis


    recyclebin wrote: »
    Nokia - cause everyone else had one and they seemed to break easily.
    Dell laptops - they just look so cheaply made. Not value for money.
    Sky TV - I prefer to watch the same stuff on other satellites for a quarter of the price.
    Apple Iphone - they look good but apple are sneaky and also theydont support flash.
    Carlsberg - Liverpool associations and cause I prefer Bulmers.
    Lynx - stupid advertisements and used mainly by spotty teenagers.

    Hillsborough aswell?


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    #143
    Ardennes1944
    Registered Users Posts: 9,238 ✭✭✭Ardennes1944


    i boycott anything from israel


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    #144
    recyclebin
    Registered Users Posts: 3,504 ✭✭✭recyclebin


    Add the fontanalis brand to my list cause I never mentioned anything about hillsborough and he is trolling


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    #145
    Oranage2
    Registered Users Posts: 11,128 ✭✭✭✭Oranage2


    Not really a brand but i dont eat Cod because its an endangered species


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    #146
    lcrcboy
    Registered Users Posts: 562 ✭✭✭lcrcboy


    When in the states I tend to boycott Wall-mart because of their treatment to foreign workers in factories outside the US, but to be honest there are a lot of brands and makes these days that outsource in 3rd world countries where the factories treat their workers like ****, but what can you do really it seems their nearly all doing it.


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    #147
    fontanalis
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,619 ✭✭✭fontanalis


    recyclebin wrote: »
    Add the fontanalis brand to my list cause I never mentioned anything about hillsborough and he is trolling

    Why do you boycott carlsberg, because they sponsor Liverpool?


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    #148
    K-9
    Registered Users Posts: 43,311 ✭✭✭✭K-9


    stovelid wrote: »
    Do you also boycott other Murdoch companies like Sky Sports?

    Yeah, that's taking it to extremes for me, or the Sunday Times or News of the World.

    The difference I think is the Star eg, published something similar but quickly retracted the statements and apologised. The Sun wouldn't, took about 7/8 years IIRC and it was very mealy mouthed.

    We had this debate recently on the Liverpool thread on the Soccer forum about the Irish Sun. It's still the Sun and I wouldn't bring it to Anfield as it's disrespectful to a huge section section of support and victims of the disaster and family members.

    Sky is hard to avoid unfortunately, in every fecking pub it seems so people should really boycott pubs showing it!

    Mad Men's Don Draper : What you call love was invented by guys like me, to sell nylons.



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    #149
    gerryo777
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,216 ✭✭✭gerryo777


    Dell, because their products are sh1te.


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    #150
    jumpymunky
    Registered Users Posts: 52 ✭✭jumpymunky


    Sky.

    I find I throw out at least two paper sky tv ads per week, this from a company that runs a campaign about saving an endangered species and its natural habitat i.e the rainforest.

    Also, they charge ROI subs more than UK even though the UK customers get free broadband....of all the companies that should know we get to see UK ads....


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    #151
    stovelid
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,252 ✭✭✭✭stovelid


    K-9 wrote: »
    Yeah, that's taking it to extremes for me, or the Sunday Times or News of the World.

    The difference I think is the Star eg, published something similar but quickly retracted the statements and apologised. The Sun wouldn't, took about 7/8 years IIRC and it was very mealy mouthed.

    We had this debate recently on the Liverpool thread on the Soccer forum about the Irish Sun. It's still the Sun and I wouldn't bring it to Anfield as it's disrespectful to a huge section section of support and victims of the disaster and family members.

    Sky is hard to avoid unfortunately, in every fecking pub it seems so people should really boycott pubs showing it!

    Murdoch actually refused to sack McKenzie after the incident and gave him full support IIRC.

    Not that I don't hate the Sun and their part in Hillsborough of course.


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