"Buying their product puts your money into hanoi john's pocket."
Yes, and I've been thinking about this, and I'm not so ready to drop my boycott against this company, nor am I likely to send an email thanking them for doing the right thing and getting rid of Whoopi.
Unilever makes nothing that I can't live without; there are lots of good products out there that are comparable, if not superior (thank God for competition!)
If anything, I'm more likely to send them another email asking them why the president of Slim Fast is silent on this whole affair, and tell them that I'm going to continue the boycott until he makes some public apology to all Unilever customers. As long as the knife is in, why not give it a twist...or is that too mean? *evil grin*
And why stop there? Unilever needs to feel more heat, too. Why not ask them if the corporation shares the political views of one of their company presidents? If so, then they won't be seeing any of my money if I can help it ( if there's an answer from them at all, I really can't imagine getting anything other than a dodge, though).
Now, I know that some will say that what F. Daniel Abraham does with his money is his business, and since money=speech, we shouldn't interfere with someone's right to free speech. That's fine. Mr. Abraham can vote with his pocket book and I'll vote with mine. Words mean things and carry consequences.
Whoopi was a DIRTBAG before they picked her....don't buy Slim-Fast.....it just encourages them.
Wow, now I'm so confused, your post was so logical and yet I think I should reward SlimFast for their firing of Whoopi. I guess I better think about this one a little more.
Thanks for your thoughtful post.
and you have every right to do as you see fit--I will join you in personnaly boycotting any company whose top execs give funds to Kerry and the lib cause to unseat our President. As a WW2 combat veteran, I am sure Kerry was an opportunist who put his crewmen in danger to get his "Purple Hearts" (3 with only a day off??)which he used to get out of the war---he would never receive my vote if a lizard was his opponent-
And Unilever is a multinational. Chances are you will use one of their products without knowing it. Paint, wrapping paper, spring water, audiotape, plant food, computer circuits, metal alloys, dishwashing soap ... it's hard to keep track of multinationals.