Petrol Boycott

[KIPAX]

I am puzzled... Why are you apologising ?

[Madhatter]

I don't think it will either, but as a matter of course you should be sourcing fuel at the cheapest convenient place. that helps to keep price down and competative as has been said. We buy ours either on a bunker card for those that go to aberdeen, or here from the brobot fuel depot. As I only go as far as kent or carlisle I can fill up here.

[jambutty]

For being negative on the issue KIPAX.

[andrewb]

Originally Posted by KIPAX

sending somehting to your friends isnt spam... thats pretty obvious.. I think your getting mixed up.. godfreys idea isnt spam and no one said it was....

oh dear.. you did read the thread yes ?: )

Then stop arguing about spam!
His idea is not great because it needs too much support and people won't inconvinience themselves, but it's not illegal

And erm, anyone saying boycotting a product is illegal, well, I hope to god you're wrong. It's everyones choice what the heck they do with their money, and if I said to someone, hey lets not buy from X shop because it's prices are too dear, and we'll let them know about it in the form of a letter so that they might decrease prices..

I can't see how thats illegal unless you live somewhere like N Korea

Signing up to this: http://www.pipelinecard.org/
Will help you get cheaper petrol though.

[KIPAX]

Does this mean you actually read the thread you where replying to now?

Maybe we like arguing about spam.. so who are you to tell us to stop?

Signing up to this: http://www.pipelinecard.org/
Will help you get cheaper petrol though.

hahaha you poor deluded soul... show me where it helps you get cheaper petrol... all i can see are if but and maybe...

[andrewb]

Okay lets be pedantic.

Signing up to this: http://www.pipelinecard.org/
Aims to help you to get cheaper petrol.

Better?

[KIPAX]

Its not pedantic.. its the difference between information and crap... you post telling people that site will help people get cheaper petrol.... thats absoloute and utter bollox..

then you come back with pedantic ? I think you meant bollox

[semihere]

something to do with them encouraging mothers in third world to not breast feed by giving free samples of powdered milk, to get them dependant on the stuff.

just thought I'd add - as an aside - that the boycott of Nestle was actually in protest against their campaign in the third world to convince women that powdered milk was better for their child than breastfeeding. The problem with their claims is that they failed to point out that there are specific guidelines to follow in preparing bottled milk, the instructions on their products were often printed in English, which the mothers quite often couldn't read (if they could even read at all), the water used to prepare the milk was very rarely clean enough for a newborn baby's immune system to cope with if the new mother could get a ready supply of water in the first place, and finally, due to the sheer cost of powdered milk in relation to income, many women in the third world tended to put less powder in the mixture than was required (to make it go further), thus causing huge rises in infant mortality due to malnutrition. It was an evil affair, Nestle knew what was happening, but they just stepped up their advertising campaign and even had representatives who'd travel around advising young mothers to bottle-feed.

Anyway, back on topic - Petrochemical companies - another bunch of corporate crooks. Just boycotting petrol forecourts won't hurt them in the slightest as they're instrumental in so many industries that it'll merely be like a fly buzzing around an elephant - a mild annoyance at best. Their biggest market is probably in the production of plastics - used for pretty much everything these days. Has anyone else noticed how much useless plastic packaging everything we buy comes in nowadays? I don't see the point - when you buy something you generally take it out of the packaging and throw that packaging away, and the Council say they can't recycle half of the plastic used!!! What an utter waste of energy and resources.. tsk tsk!

[semihere]

You know you want one - buy it now!!!

[andrewb]

Originally Posted by KIPAX

Its not pedantic.. its the difference between information and crap... you post telling people that site will help people get cheaper petrol.... thats absoloute and utter bollox..

then you come back with pedantic ? I think you meant bollox

It's not that at all. If you read the website it explains how they want to get people cheaper petrol, it explains how they're going to do it, it explains that they're in talks with major producers. I posted a link to the website to help people get cheaper petrol, because thats what it will do once the aim of the website is achieved and they have enough members.

Lets not argue about something so trivial please

[KIPAX]

Trivial? theres a massive difference between something that can save you money and something that cant... you said it can.. but it cant...its missinformtion..

as for arguing.. if you want to argue then find soemone else. I thought I was having a debate with an adult.. if your more interested in arguing then I wont waste my time with you... theres got to be adults who can hold a debate around here

[Madhatter]

Theres nothing left to debate though is there?
It's not spam, although I think that was the most interesting debate in this thread. It's not illegal because it's not selling anything.
I still think the best is to watch the local prices and go to the cheapest.

[Madhatter]

Originally Posted by semihere

just thought I'd add - as an aside - that the boycott of Nestle was actually in protest against their campaign in the third world to convince women that powdered milk was better for their child than breastfeeding. The problem with their claims is that they failed to point out that there are specific guidelines to follow in preparing bottled milk, the instructions on their products were often printed in English, which the mothers quite often couldn't read (if they could even read at all), the water used to prepare the milk was very rarely clean enough for a newborn baby's immune system to cope with if the new mother could get a ready supply of water in the first place, and finally, due to the sheer cost of powdered milk in relation to income, many women in the third world tended to put less powder in the mixture than was required (to make it go further), thus causing huge rises in infant mortality due to malnutrition. It was an evil affair, Nestle knew what was happening, but they just stepped up their advertising campaign and even had representatives who'd travel around advising young mothers to bottle-feed.

Thanks very much for that semihere, that was very informative, I'd forgotten the exact points of it and reasonswhy, it's been so long.
Any idea if it was resolved or is it still going on ?

[cashman]

Originally Posted by Madhatter

Theres nothing left to debate though is there?
It's not spam, although I think that was the most interesting debate in this thread. It's not illegal because it's not selling anything.
I still think the best is to watch the local prices and go to the cheapest.

agree with hatter - nothing left to debate! but while you mean well godfrey just remember the introduction of the Poll Tax - half of the country nearly was swept up on we aint gonna pay it movement, if i remember correctly virtually everybody Paid up, and a dozen or so pensioners went to jail for non-payment! the British do buggar all unless theres a war,then watch em unite.

[SPUGGIE J]

Originally Posted by cashman

agree with hatter - nothing left to debate! but while you mean well godfrey just remember the introduction of the Poll Tax - half of the country nearly was swept up on we aint gonna pay it movement, if i remember correctly virtually everybody Paid up, and a dozen or so pensioners went to jail for non-payment! the British do buggar all unless theres a war,then watch em unite.

Depends on what the war is in the aid of and what can be gained.