I remember in a previous life, I was sitting with a bunch of pro-Palestinian political activists. They were all calling for the boycott of coca-cola, levis, stuff like that. The anti-globo crowd, you know. I was like, no way, if you want me to boycott those, create some better substitute at a competitive price, and I'll take it. Most of them wouldn't even understand two words of such a sentence.

One of them liked the idea though, and did it. Well, his substitute product isn't better, but he played on the nationalist streak and he made a huge load of money. You probably have seen him on TV. He usually says his then 4 years old daughter told him the above...

My favorite boycott slogan is still "No 4 Denmark" - the boycotters wanted to be so hip & "with it" ... yet suck at even simple English.

Of course, the whole "xyz for blabla business" (like "Yasir for Construction") irks me every time I see it - which is, sadly, often. Ya'nii ... it's not like there'd be a "Yasir AGAINST construction" company somewhere else ...

Ah ... the fun that can be had when looking at Arablish signs.

--MSK*

Hey MSK - and I realize I'm being utterly hypocritical in making this request - how about some Lebanon stuff?

T,

Let me survive next week & THEN I should have breathing space to write something, I also have a long-ish comment on Damascus/Syria.

--MSK*