Ammietwist said:
My family and friends boycott French products because of the way the people vote, and because of what the government does to THIS country. I'm not creating sites encouraging anyone else to do the same thing, it's just what my family and friends do. The French government has NOT been a friend to this country, and the recent scandals involving their connection to the former Iraqi government doesn't endear them to many of us. If you dig around into what's been happening, you'd see why the boycott is in effect.
Ammietwist, I am not attacking you, trying to review the arguments logically (not French, just live here and not by choice, so please, no bashing).
I respect your choice not to select made in France LV and French goods.
However, you're boycotting French products and services because of the way people vote (ie, the way the French express their legal right to democracy)? Isn't that a little contrary to the spirit of the USA, where freedom of expression is defended in the constitution?
I'm no great supporter of the French and they can be a terrible people to live among but this is really too much for me not to comment on. That's as if French people boycotted US products because of the election that saw Bush re-elected. Can't say Bush has been a friend of world peace or this country or any other interests than himself. He's done a terrible disservice to the USA, which used to be a country I loved.
He's not even been a friend to my country (Scotland, Great Britain), which
has supported him in the war, and to whom he has brought nothing but shame and death (remember the London bombings). Same for Spain.
Also, as it has been noted in another post, the made elsewhere LV is not paid directly to those workers. It goes to LVMH, in France. So all i French pockets anyways.
Quite right about British aristocrats. And let's not forget the Kennedies (Joe Kennedy to be precise, IIRC).
To
Nini, of course you're not going to be racist because you have the heritage to know better. But there are people here in France, be they "real French", of foreign origin, whatever, who are pretty racist against parts of the French population.
But this isn't a French thing, it's a dumb ignorant racist thing.
The question of WWII used to be a valid question, but now, that time is so far back (in business terms) that the people working now have probably no ties and/or guilt to have in regards with that time.
But to each their own and a
big hug to everyone. Especially
Ammietwist, for having the courage to express her opinion.
