I’ll post what I did on another recent thread ... here on Free Republic ... quoting it below ...
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AND ... to go into it further, like I did on the other thread and fine tune it for you, since you don’t seem to remember it, I’ll go over it again, and put more detail in there for you ... :-) ...
As I said before, I’m not quitting Apple products, because they’re too good. I buy my products for how good of a job they do for me, not because of the company politics, or who they donate to, or employees at the company, no matter what level they’re at.
In fact most of the time I have no idea what their political persuasions are ... when I buy gas, if I get a coffeemaker from a manufacturer, or the pharmacy I go to, the bakery, grocery store, the shopping mall ... and you name it ... I don’t know and I don’t care ... because I’m buying a product for myself, in order to meet my requirements, and no one else’s requirements!
I’m not going to get all twisted up with the products and services I buy, with politics. You can but I’m not doing it!
And when I work at a company, I don’t expect to have an entire subgroup of the population complaining against me “in that job” because of my political and religious and sexual persuasions, and I don’t expect them to gripe at me for whatever the company says. I expect to be judged in my job environment strictly on the ability to do my job properly, and perhaps better than anyone else.
If I get involved in my own time ... which I do ... then we can all argue about it on my own time, but not on the basis of my job or my work or the goods that I am making or selling on the market! If I run the company and there is policy that you don’t like, well, then complain away through company channels, if you want ... I PERSONALLY DON’T CARE!
I figure that I can get involved personally (with whatever my own personal political or religious or sexual preferences are) on my own time. And the company can handle its own policies, too. My work remains separate, the company remains separate, and the products (and/or services) are the only thing I care about, PERIOD!
OH ... BY THE WAY ... I’m typing this on an iPad ... LOL ...
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AND ... I’ll “fine tune it further” for you!
I heard about the Chick-Fil-A hulla-ballo a few months back. Before that time, I had never in my life stepped foot into their place. But, I thought, okay ... I’ve never been there, I’ll step in and see what their stuff is like. I thought I would add a few dollars to their till, for good measure, and see if their stuff was worth buying.
WELL ... let me tell you ... after trying them out a few times ... I WILL NOT BE GOING BACK TO CHICK-FIL-A! Their stuff is mediocre at the best. I won’t bother with them again! I don’t care what they promote or think ... if it’s CRAP PRODUCT, you won’t find me in there ... PERIOD.
Let’s go on down the line ... I heard about some company that won a supreme court case in regards to Obamacare. That’s great. I’m glad to hear it. Is that going to get me to go in there, just because they won a Supreme Court case?! NO WAY! I didn’t go in there before and I don’t intend on going in there later on. If someone I’m with wants to go in there, I’ll go with them, because I don’t have anything against them, but I don’t have “anything for them” in regards to their products either. I’ve never wanted to go in there, at ANY TIME IN MY LIFE! So, why am I going to go in there now?!
I’ll tell you what I do ... however ... in order to SUPPORT ORGANIZATIONS if I see some that are worthy of it, I’ll GIVE THEM MONEY as a donation!
When I buy products, I’ll buy it for what I consider a FAIR EXCHANGE — my money for their product, and I don’t care WHO THEY ARE. I’ll buy from the devil, if he’s selling something for a fair price. I get what I want, and he gets the money ... and that’s it.
NOW ... for organizations that GET MONEY FROM ME ... because I want to support them ... I’m going to suggest a few that YOU SUPPORT with your money, as a DONATION.
You should support ...
Olive Tree Ministries - Jan Markell
http://www.olivetreeviews.org
Hope for Today - David Hocking
http://www.davidhocking.org
World of the Bible Ministries - Dr. Randall Price
http://www.worldofthebible.com
Pre-Trib Research Center - Dr. Tommy Ice
http://www.pre-trib.org
Institute of Creation Research
http://www.icr.org
Answers in Genesis - Ken Ham
https://answersingenesis.org
Edmond Faith Bible Church - Dr. Mark Hitchcock
http://edmondfaithbible.com
First Baptist Dallas - Dr. Robert Jeffress
http://www.firstdallas.org
You donate to them, and then you can talk to me about other companies. Until then I don’t want to hear it, until you put your “money where your mouth is” in terms of SUPPORTING organizations with donated money and NOT products (which is merely exchange of goods and services for money and nothing more!).
If you don’t want to donate money to those organizations that I listed, then YOU ARE NOT WORTH TALKING TO ... as far as I’m concerned. I don’t want anything to do with you; you’re worthless!
Android had most all of the “new” I phone advances of the new apple products long before they came out, and chick fillet sandwitches beat any of the other fast food chicken sandwitches hands down and do a real shake to boot.
But I do agree with you on buying utilitarian products. the problem I have however with your philosophy is that I see certain rich groups of leftist using their money and position in business to enforce their Marxist ideology on America. so for that reason I do not buy their products to try to slow down the advance of evil in our country. to me that is more important been having the latest greatest toy out there.
Do you work for Apple?