“..poured a half-bottle down the drain in symbolic protest of these foreign morons and will encourage all I know to boycott them henceforth.”
- Way to go!
In one way, I sympathize with ordinary employees of V&S who are NOT involved in the making of this ad, but still might lose due to a widespread US boycott.
It might inflict a lot of harm on a small Swedish town like Åhus.
On the other hand, the very economical backbone of my home city, Gothenburg (second largest city of Sweden), was broken in two around 1980 when we lost our world renowned shipbuilding industry. All the same, Gothenburg is today one of the richest cities in the world in per capita terms, despite the fact that we don’t attract that much of already rich billionaires like Inner City London and Monaco do.
Some might say I boast too much about Swedish/Scandinavian standard of living on this forum, but the reason I do so is a good one; speaking the truth about circumstances of economy draws attention to highly important matters here in life.
Anyhow, the whole thing about this boycott is, basically, about something that exceeds the topic of Economics, it’s about distinguishing between what’s right and wrong here in life.
National integrity is something important and precious. Like we all know, people have often died for it throughout history and many heroic individuals have even sacrificed their own life for OTHER nations. Perhaps the managers of V&S Group ought to have a talk with certain American families who’ve paid the ultimate price for freedom regarding this subject?
My impression is that most individuals over the age of 20 are actually aware of the fact that in ANY context where people of different nationalities are confronted with each another (like we are in the field of international trade), much is often gained by refraining from unnecessary mud throwing (but okay, You Tube sometimes make me wonder..)
Personally, I don’t support companies who fail to master this process, regardless of their national origin.
Absolut boycott - on both sides of the Atlantic.
Sorry, Åhus.
Correction:
I wrote
“..who are NOT involved in the making of this ad, but still might lose due to a widespread US boycott.”
I meant “..might lose THEIR JOBS due to a widespread US boucott.”
Sorry.