Pasta firm Barilla boycotted by homosexuals over 'classic family' remarks

[sanspeur]

Support Barilla Pasta!
I never support bigotry.

[weltschmerz]

I don't buy mass-produced chocolate because it uses the slave labour of kidnapped children. Children who will never taste chocolate in their lives. How is that tantamount to blackmail?
I know in the long run, it probably won't make a difference, but I have to do what's right for me. I have to make choices I can live with.

[baxendale]

I'm confused. I thought a boycott was the bed of a catholic priest.

[rbohm]

Originally Posted by hammertime33

No it's not. There's no element of force.

Originally Posted by urbanlife78

Boycotting isn't blackmailing, and Americans are free to boycott, it is a part of their freedom of speech.

organized boycotts have an element of coercion to force the company to do something the organizers what them to do, thus the element of force.

Originally Posted by weltschmerz

I boycott lots of companies, for many reasons, from unsustainable practices to environmental concerns to how they treat their animals. I have every right to do that. It's not blackmail.

again that is fine AS LONG AS it is only you doing the boycotting. when you organized a group of people to boycott a company, THEN you are adding an element of coercion to the equation, and THAT makes it blackmail.

Originally Posted by baxendale

I'm confused. I thought a boycott was the bed of a catholic priest.

no thats the cot the priest puts in his room for appearances sake.