ditching Apple products due to boycotts?

[Kurt Granroth]

Exactly.  That's why I'm boycotting all GM products.  GM is in the same
state as Ford and Ford assembles quite a few of their cars in Mexico. 
Mexico, as we all know, objects to the new AZ immigration law.

On 05/17/2010 12:55 PM, Joshua Zeidner wrote:
>   Clearly they are doing it for symbolic purposes... which is why we
> should do it right back to them.  Apple products are overpriced and
> overpromoted anyway.  They are a California based company but they
> certainly do most of their work overseas.  The way things are
> currently going the outsourcing equation will change, and possibly
> become invalid. 
>
>   -jmz
>
>
> On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 12:46 PM, Steve Phariss <sphariss at gmail.com
> <mailto:sphariss at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     And this is why boycotts are stupid... if you take it to the
>     logical conclusion no one can buy anything.
>
>
>     On Sun, May 16, 2010 at 1:54 PM, Nadim Hoque <nadimhoque at gmail.com
>     <mailto:nadimhoque at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>         The thing is that Apple is based in california and that's
>         where the design their products. Then again if we were to
>         boycott all of california products wouldn't we have to ban our
>         networking infrastructure because we the hardware is mostly
>         based in california?
>         Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile
>
>         -----Original Message-----
>         From: Kurt Granroth <kurt+plug-discuss at granroth.com
>         <mailto:kurt%2Bplug-discuss at granroth.com>>
>         Date: Sun, 16 May 2010 13:23:48
>         To: <plug-discuss at lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
>         <mailto:plug-discuss at lists.plug.phoenix.az.us>>
>         Subject: Re: ditching Apple products due to boycotts?
>
>         On 5/16/10 12:54 PM, Joshua Zeidner wrote:
>         > Hello PLUG,
>         >
>         >    I am wondering if anyone is switching off Apple products
>         due to the
>         > recent Los Angeles boycott of Arizona:
>         >
>         >
>         http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2010/05/12/20100512los-angeles-boycott-vote-over-arizona-immigration-law12-ON.html
>         >
>         >
>         <http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2010/05/12/20100512los-angeles-boycott-vote-over-arizona-immigration-law12-ON.html>
>          Hopefully
>         > they will choose Linux.
>
>         What does any of this have to do with Apple?
>
>
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