Date:    Mon, 3 Jan 2005 13:16:48 -0500

From:    Meir Weiss <[log in to unmask]>

Subject: Re: if you're against the iraqi war...

 

Do you realize what a <<proper>> boycott of oil is

 

All plastics.

 

Think about THAT one!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

M

 

Meir, 

 

For me, and most of us, going a day without using plastics would be impossible, but we might be able to handle going a day without buying plastics by going a day without buying anything.  While a longer boycott would be more effective, I think a 3 day boycott could be felt by a lot of manufacturers, especially if a number equal to ½ the people who voted for Kerry/Edwards participated.  According to CNN, the Kerry/Edwards ticket received 57,288,974 votes.  If half that number of  people participated in a 3 day boycott, and only spent an average of $10 per day, that would be a total of $859,334,610.  That number might not be really significant in its impact on GDP, but it should be noticeable on a statistical basis. 

 

Kendall Corbett

 

An unreasonable man (but my wife says that's redundant!)

 

The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man.

-George Bernard Shaw 1856-1950