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I am not into this boycott France rubbish. Who cares? If it were my company and I thought Airbus was the best airplane for the lowest price for a discount flyer, I would buy airbus.

Al-Qaeda members selling cigarettes in North Carolina, they were a lot cheaper since no taxes were paid. Would you buy them?

Shoes made by slave labor in China. They use the money to buy missiles, planes, etc. from Russia to build up the capability to take out our aircraft carriers. The shoes are are cheaper. Would you buy them?

Cuban cigars are the best and are reasonable. But you support a bloody dictator. Buy those?

Henry Ford did a lot of good business in Germany around World War II. Right thing to do?

France attempts to stymie our foreign policy, block us at the UN, accuse us of imperialism while their troops are in Ivory Coast unilaterally. They leaked intel to the Serbs during Bosnia and provided intel to Saddam in the run up to the current war. They provided Iraq with WMD material and nuclear expertise. They have used EU anti-trust bodies to attempt to interfer in mergers that have been approved by our own government in the attempt to reduce our world competitiveness. They take us to the WTO but continue to subsidize their armaments industry to be able to compete against ours. They promised certain things to our diplomats prior to this war and then did the exact opposite in an ambush style. They attempted to interfere in our electoral processes by putting WTO approved tarrifs almost exclusively on Republican congressional districts in order to increase joblessness there and get Democrats elected.

But you are free to save a buck while you can.

I do not participate in any boycotts. Yes I do try to save money because I have to, and want to. I shop at Walmart and Macy's (which is like Burdines in the South I think). Made in America doesn't necessarily mean it's not made in a sweat shop. There is a special union stamp on clothing made by union workers in the US. Sure I will buy that, and I will buy "MIA" items when it's cheap. However, most boycotts end up hurting people who have nothing to do with their government leaders' politics. Suppose everyone had decided to boycott the US because of segregation in the South? Suppose people started boycotting US because of US involvement in Iraq?