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Here are the major corporate sponsors of the Chinese Olympics:

1. Samsung- maker of cell phones and other electronic items.
2. Coca Cola -says Olympics has no connections to the evils of politics, which include the evil act of campaigning for human rights.
3. Lenovo financial group- owned by the people's Republic of China.
4. General Electric- their spokeswoman said people should not be allowed to protest Tibet or Chinese policies during the Olympics.

These are the 4 main sponsors of the Beijing Games.

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fi-sponsor10apr10,1,2772384.story

Here are the major corporate sponsors of the Chinese Olympics:

1. Samsung- maker of cell phones and other electronic items.
2. Coca Cola -says Olympics has no connections to the evils of politics, which include the evil act of campaigning for human rights.
3. Lenovo financial group- owned by the people's Republic of China.
4. General Electric- their spokeswoman said people should not be allowed to protest Tibet or Chinese policies during the Olympics.

These are the 4 main sponsors of the Beijing Games.

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fi-sponsor10apr10,1,2772384.story

Boycott them and their subsidiaries?

So basically we can sit in the corner and stare at the wall. *nod*

*sighs*

Why?

"Their human rights in Tibet are bad :("?

Should we boycott the US, UK, Georgia, Australia and other countries' goods for their involvement in Iraq? No. This would be ridiculous, see also boycotting anyone who shoots up Afghanistan's products.

If we took anyone who shot people up in foreign countries' goods off the market, then we'd be left with a bunch of lame-arse states in Africa's goods, which probably wouldn't conform to our industrial standards, and Switzerland, whose largest party currently runs on a racist platform, which is not something to be endorsed, now, is it?

Boycott. How original. And what will it prove, exactly? That we can be led around by the nose by folks who can paint the whole Lama class as some kind of benevolent rulers, when they were nothing of the sort? The Lamas lived in luxury while the average Tibetan was impoverished, and that was NOT China's doing. China's methods are ham-fisted, but they're no worse than the complete class division in Lama-ruled Tibet.

1. Samsung- maker of cell phones and other electronic items.
2. Coca Cola -says Olympics has no connections to the evils of politics, which include the evil act of campaigning for human rights.
3. Lenovo financial group- owned by the people's Republic of China.
4. General Electric- their spokeswoman said people should not be allowed to protest Tibet or Chinese policies during the Olympics.

1. Okay, but I won't retroactively boycott them. We just bought one of their TVs.
2. I'm already boycotting them for their anti-unionism. Also I do not like their product.
3. Never heard of it.
4. Who will supply us with gatling guns?
I would boycott Raquel Welch… and I've a feeling she'd boycott me.

no thank you.

Id agree with your sentiment, i mean, honestly We'll liberate Kuwait from Iraq, or Cuba from Spain, but liberate Tibet...meh, fuck that, lol...wth is up with noone even giving a consequence for China's conquest...

But, you'll never get enough support to actually hurt any of those companies, not to mention the fact that avoiding products that would in some way or another provide them with income would be damn impossible, its just not a practical option...

2. I'm already boycotting them for their anti-unionism. Also I do not like their product.



yeah if you aren't already boycotting coke you probably aren't all that into boycotting things

Boycott them and their subsidiaries?

So basically we can sit in the corner and stare at the wall. *nod*

We'll have to get naked, too.

A lot of the clothes we buy are made in China.

**gets naked with LG**

Why not just not watch the olympics? What would the sponsers be doing then other then wasting money? Also, there are many more sponsers, are you going to single these out because their richer?

If I boycott coke what will I drink my rum with?

If I boycott coke what will I drink my rum with?

Mecca Cola (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mecca_Cola).

I'll just not watch the Olympics. I never liked them anyway.

Why? Neither the Olympics nor the companies involved in it are responsible for the actions of the Chinese government. Truth is, the Chinese government will not change its ways unless it is constantly in the public eye as a major member of the global economy and society. We've seen the failure of boycotts both public and privately driven in the past, and it's certainly not going to change anything now other than to put some innocent people out of a job.

No, just No. The Olympics is should never have political ties, anyone who uses it for such should be taken out behind the shed and beaten. When the ancient Greeks held their Olympics, EVERYTHING stopped, even wars. And now it's been cancled twice and boycotted twice because of wars and political tension. Please, keep the Olympics the way it was meant to be, just fun and games, along with good natured competition.

Rolling squid;13598549']No, just No. The Olympics is should never have political ties, anyone who uses it for such should be taken out behind the shed and beaten. When the ancient Greeks held their Olympics, EVERYTHING stopped, even wars. And now it's been cancled twice and boycotted twice because of wars and political tension. Please, keep the Olympics the way it was meant to be, just fun and games, along with good natured competition.

Tell that to the Chinese propagandists.

Aye, people cricising western activists for politicizing the olympics when the fact is that the Beijing Games were already heavily politicized by the government in Beijing.
The fact is that Beijing is actually using the Olympic Games for political propaganda to support their repressive practices and to support the the repressive regimes in Sudan and Myanmar.
The modern Olympics have always been political. It is uneducated to claim they were never political.

The ancient Greek olympics were not the same as today's Olympics no matter how much you try to connect the two.

One example is the wars and politics. Another is that in ancient greece you competed in the nude. If you try to do that today, you'd be arrested.

Here are the major corporate sponsors of the Chinese Olympics:

1. Samsung- maker of cell phones and other electronic items.
2. Coca Cola -says Olympics has no connections to the evils of politics, which include the evil act of campaigning for human rights.
3. Lenovo financial group- owned by the people's Republic of China.
4. General Electric- their spokeswoman said people should not be allowed to protest Tibet or Chinese policies during the Olympics.

These are the 4 main sponsors of the Beijing Games.

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fi-sponsor10apr10,1,2772384.story

I don't use any Samsung stuff, Coke can go fuck itself for its use of HFCS, I've never heard of Lenovo financial, but I can tell you right now that it's probably impossible to boycot GE.

<SNIP> I can tell you right now that it's probably impossible to boycot GE.

Why?

Why?

They own EVERYTHING!

They own EVERYTHING!

Hardly, you can buy clothes and food without patronizing a G.E. subsidiary.

Hardly, you can buy clothes and food without patronizing a G.E. subsidiary.

You know what I mean.

You know what I mean.

I went for 10 years without buying G.E. products (or products of their subsidiaries) so it is definitely doable.

Aye, people cricising western activists for politicizing the olympics when the fact is that the Beijing Games were already heavily politicized by the government in Beijing.
The fact is that Beijing is actually using the Olympic Games for political propaganda to support their repressive practices and to support the the repressive regimes in Sudan and Myanmar.
The modern Olympics have always been political. It is uneducated to claim they were never political.

The ancient Greek olympics were not the same as today's Olympics no matter how much you try to connect the two.

One example is the wars and politics. Another is that in ancient greece you competed in the nude. If you try to do that today, you'd be arrested.

I know that the Olympics are heavily politicized, and have always been, excluding ancient greece. That doesn't stop me from hating it, and trying to get people to stop.
Ps: they should bring back nude competing, especially the winter olympics. ;)

Hardly, you can buy clothes and food without patronizing a G.E. subsidiary.

I went for 10 years without buying G.E. products (or products of their subsidiaries) so it is definitely doable.

No you didn't. Was it advertised on NBC? There's GE.

Did it fly on a jet made by EADS or Boeing? GE makes many of their engines.

You may not have bought anything, but you didn't avoid GE. It is practically impossible.

almost impossible yet still possible. Remember that GE has a lot of competitors out there in a lot of markets. They are not the only people making TV's or washing machines. Sony makes TV's and washers too.

How about you make a real statement by boycotting Chinese products.

Naked riots ftw.

How about you make a real statement by boycotting Chinese products.

Naked riots ftw.

I endorse this intriguing plan.

2. I'm already boycotting them for their anti-unionism. Also I do not like their product.
Their "product", you do know Coca Cola has a lot of products (http://www.thecoca-colacompany.com/brands/brandlist.html) right?
almost impossible yet still possible. Remember that GE has a lot of competitors out there in a lot of markets. They are not the only people making TV's or washing machines. Sony makes TV's and washers too.
It's not that easy, I'm already boycotting Sony because their products might come infected with malware.

How about you make a real statement by boycotting Chinese products.

Naked riots ftw.

The problem with naked riots is that tear gas can affect other sensitive areas of the body. :(

Coca Cola; well most of their products and products of companies carrying other mastheads ownd by them are crap and as far as i know i haven't purchased any for several decades at least and don't believe myself likely to.

Lenovo financial group; never heard of it, not surprised, unlike to have any bearing on my life.

General Electric; their stuff is mostly crap too, and i refuse to activate any credit line owned by their banking subsidies. damd sure not at a userous 23.5%.

now samsung do make a decent monitor. i don't happen to own any of theirs and i'm not planing to. the're sort of what i'd expect considering the political pressures and circumstances in korea.

cell phones i have no use in hell for anyway.

(and i don't really give a rat about summer olympics anyway. i can't think of one sumer olympic compitition that i'm remotely interested in to begin with)

i AM all for tibet's independence, and that of a lot of other places too,
but this whole thing about the olympics is rather moot,
as their not something i give a rat about anyway.

creating and exploring are what gratify me.
the kind of world we all have to live in is interesting and important.
excitement and accumulation i have not found to be either.

=^^=
.../\...

Their "product", you do know Coca Cola has a lot of products (http://www.thecoca-colacompany.com/brands/brandlist.html) right?

It's not that easy, I'm already boycotting Sony because their products might come infected with malware.

WOW. The states of Georgia and Nevada are trademarked and owned by Coca Cola corporation.

Note that Coca Cola has also trademarked and therefor, also owns the cities of Alhambra and Miami.

Other corporations sponsoring China's war against human rights:

McDonalds
Johnson and Johnson
Kodak
Panasonic
Visa
Omega
Manulife
Atos Origin
adidas
UPS
Budweiser
Staples
and Pricewaterhouse

Sorry guys but I'm not boycotting McDonalds. They have hot girls working there. I've already been on dates with several of them. lol

Other corporations sponsoring China's war against human rights:

McDonalds
Johnson and Johnson
Kodak
Panasonic
Visa
Omega
Manulife
Atos Origin
adidas
UPS
Budweiser
Staples
and Pricewaterhouse

Sorry guys but I'm not boycotting McDonalds. They have hot girls working there. I've already been on dates with several of them. lol mcdonalds trains more people each year than the us military, its inevitable some of their staff will be attractive, but it hardly seems like a reason to frequent the burger joint... i doubt most people working there really want to be hit on by the customers anyway.

How about you make a real statement by boycotting Chinese products.

Naked riots ftw.

...Did...Did I just lol at Andaras?
...
I think I did.
This...
...This is a very strange sensation.

mcdonalds trains more people each year than the us military, its inevitable some of their staff will be attractive, but it hardly seems like a reason to frequent the burger joint... i doubt most people working there really want to be hit on by the customers anyway.

That's why you don't hit on the dudes, the fat chicks or oldies.
LOL.

I will do the opposite of boycotting the Olympics! This might actually be the first one I'm going to watch some us. Its a shame the tickets were so hard to come by, but I'm sure protesters are just going to ruin it anyways.

No you didn't. Was it advertised on NBC? There's GE.
Since I do not watch TV, or at least not broadcast TV, I have no idea.
Did it fly on a jet made by EADS or Boeing? GE makes many of their engines.
You may not have bought anything, but you didn't avoid GE. It is practically impossible.
I didn't say I avoided G.E. I said I didn't buy their products, or the products of their subsidiaries

Rolling squid;13599019']Ps: they should bring back nude competing, especially the winter olympics. ;)
... that would make the Olympics worth watching again...

The problem with naked riots is that tear gas can affect other sensitive areas of the body. :(
Quite. CS Gas can stand for "Crotch Stinging Gas" if in the buff. Trust me.

Hardly, you can buy clothes and food without patronizing a G.E. subsidiary.
Um, not quite. Take a guess who makes the giant generators that power the factories that make the clothes, and process the food. GE. And who made the trains that carried everything around. GE. The lights in the store? Might be someone else, might be GE.

Long story short, to avoid GE, cut the power to your house, and stare at your hands until you die of starvation.

I certainly agree that we should try to cut down on foreign goods where possible, but how? There is nothing that you can get that isn't made, at least partially, in China, or that isn't from a company that in some way supports abuses of human rights. It's just not possible. The only exception is local produce, which I make a point of buying. But even that uses foreign oil to run the farming equipment.

Um, not quite. Take a guess who makes the giant generators that power the factories that make the clothes, and process the food. GE. And who made the trains that carried everything around. GE. The lights in the store? Might be someone else, might be GE.

Long story short, to avoid GE, cut the power to your house, and stare at your hands until you die of starvation.

I certainly agree that we should try to cut down on foreign goods where possible, but how? There is nothing that you can get that isn't made, at least partially, in China, or that isn't from a company that in some way supports abuses of human rights. It's just not possible. The only exception is local produce, which I make a point of buying. But even that uses foreign oil to run the farming equipment.

That's fine as long as its not Chinese oil.

those protests, are just stupid.