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JaneEyrez Donating Member (168 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-20-04 10:23 PM
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Let's destroy DIEBOLD first... just as a test case.
Might be more methodical to concentrate on destroying Diebold first, just to see if we can do it. If we really get a concerted effort going and destroy Diebold, the mere fact that it's possible would scare the beejesus out of the other companies and cause them to rethink their priorities a bit.

The only thing I hate is the idea of the good Democrats who will inevitably suffer as a result of our boycotting their company, but they should have time to relocate before it goes too far.
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foreigncorrespondent Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-20-04 10:32 PM
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1. Boycotting...
...just one company isn't going to achieve a single thing. When Diebold is gone how many more electronic voting companies do the repukes have in the wings?

What you want to do is shop at as many Democratic friendly companies as you can, all the while ignoring repuke owned business. The end result will be (if enough people do take part in this) the Democratic owned business will get a higher turn over, while the repuke owned businesses will begin to feel the losses.

And that, is what this Boycott is all about. Showing support for those in the Blue Community.
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JaneEyrez Donating Member (168 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-20-04 10:55 PM
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2. My thought was...
in addition to boycotting other Resmug businesses, we should really focus on Diebold because of their role in this stolen election. Also, as happened with the Sinclair Group, when a bunch of us get riled up enough to target one entity, it tends to make everybody else sit up and notice that we actually do have the economic power to shut them down. For instance, if you've been using Diebold ATMs, cease immediately. Find some other way to get your cash. I personally always cash my check and take cash out for my pocket money. What I'm trying to hammer home is the psyops idea of not only conducting this vendetta against Diebold, but coupling it with the statement that we are doing it and why we are doing it. This would bring the whole issue of black box voting to the attention of more people, while at the same time making some of the businesses rethink their support of one party over another.

Hope that clarifies my thinking.
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foreigncorrespondent Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-20-04 11:08 PM
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3. I understand what you are saying...
...but I am also looking at the bigger picture. Diebold is too big for us to take down through our boycott. Diebold will be brought down through BBV investigations.

As for ATM's. I'm in Australia. From what I understand the ATM's here are Diebold machines. The trouble for us is, we get hit with high bank fees if we enter the bank to do weekly banking. All my banking is either done online or through an ATM. I cannot afford the higher bank fees.
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