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Author:  FILMO [ Sat Aug 03, 2013 7:41 am ]
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Maybe somebody should tell the people that when you empty a bottle on the street you still have bought the bottle and the producer in Russia gets ist money?

When you boycott a product you dont buy it right?

It would be smarter to drink non russian vodka in public with a t-shirt saying "This is not Putin-Vodka".

Right?
Author:  Algren [ Sat Aug 03, 2013 9:43 am ]
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The LGBT community exercising their inability to accept other cultures, I see.

Kinda ironic really. How times change.
Author:  David [ Sat Aug 03, 2013 10:05 am ]
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I tend to agree with Magnus, unfortunately. The situation for gays and lesbians in Russia is troubling, without a doubt, and I understand the impulse to react to it with a Boycott and Online Petitions and such, but this is a cultural and national problem on their part, and a P.C. college student in Brooklyn not buying Russian vodka and burning his copy of War and Peace is not going to force a shift in their cultural paradigm.
Author:  Algren [ Sat Aug 03, 2013 10:09 am ]
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Nothing needs to change.

I know a few Russian guys, and they couldn't be nicer.
Author:  David [ Sat Aug 03, 2013 10:13 am ]
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I would enjoy following the media coverage and seeing the public reaction if we did boycott the Olympics, though.
Author:  Price [ Sat Aug 03, 2013 10:24 am ]
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Algren wrote:

I know a few Russian guys, and they couldn't be nicer.


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Author:  Dr. Lecter [ Sat Aug 03, 2013 10:44 am ]
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David wrote:
I tend to agree with Magnus, unfortunately. The situation for gays and lesbians in Russia is troubling, without a doubt, and I understand the impulse to react to it with a Boycott and Online Petitions and such, but this is a cultural and national problem on their part, and a P.C. college student in Brooklyn not buying Russian vodka and burning his copy of War and Peace is not going to force a shift in their cultural paradigm.


Of course not. International pressure, however, can lead to change.
Author:  Algren [ Sat Aug 03, 2013 11:43 am ]
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Dr. Lecter wrote:
David wrote:
I tend to agree with Magnus, unfortunately. The situation for gays and lesbians in Russia is troubling, without a doubt, and I understand the impulse to react to it with a Boycott and Online Petitions and such, but this is a cultural and national problem on their part, and a P.C. college student in Brooklyn not buying Russian vodka and burning his copy of War and Peace is not going to force a shift in their cultural paradigm.


Of course not. International pressure, however, can lead to change.

Not with a country like Russia. They tend to do this to "International pressure"...

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Author:  nghtvsn [ Sat Aug 03, 2013 12:00 pm ]
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Magnus wrote:
and people pushing America to boycott the Olympics are fucking idiotic as well.


+1

I agree. For this and for the Snowden issue. It makes no sense. Just some random stupid rhetoric from attention seeking politicians.
Author:  i.hope [ Sat Aug 03, 2013 12:51 pm ]
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FILMO wrote:
Maybe somebody should tell the people that when you empty a bottle on the street you still have bought the bottle and the producer in Russia gets ist money?


Huh? Who said that? That'd be stupid.
Author:  i.hope [ Sat Aug 03, 2013 1:03 pm ]
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Magnus wrote:
Boycotting Russia is the stupid shit ever. It has ZERO chance of having any impact. Russia is going to have to change from within. Outside forces aren't going to change it.


I beg to disagree. In the case of boycotting Russian brands, it's consumer activism. People are not sheep. They respond to change. That's what's interesting about capitalism.

It might not get Russia to change the law. But it will force Stolichnaya to take side on the issue. If the boycott is successful, it will have to spend some money revitalizing the brand's image, by partnering with LGBT-friendly companies. US companies would very well welcome that change (more $$$). And if Stolichnaya is a powerful lobby in Russia, it might actually effect some change.
Author:  FILMO [ Sat Aug 03, 2013 3:09 pm ]
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Magnus wrote:
also, every country has its fucking issues and does things you likely disagree with. Live with it. If you stuck to principles, you literally could not buy anything except for maybe things made in Canada.



Canada destroys huge areas of nature for their oil projects.
There are also rumours that the "sex with animals trend" from Sweden is swapping over to Canada.
Author:  i.hope [ Sat Aug 03, 2013 3:13 pm ]
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I'm also being realistic here. The goal of boycotting is not to influence the Russian government, but rather to force Stolichnaya to take a stand and strengthen the LGBT-friendly allies. Side effect is it'll benefit American companies.
Author:  FILMO [ Sat Aug 03, 2013 3:15 pm ]
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i.hope wrote:
I'm also being realistic here. The goal of boycotting is not to influence the Russian government, but rather to force Stolichnaya to take a stand and strengthen the LGBT-friendly allies. Side effect is it'll benefit American companies.



Is there US-Vodka you can drink.......I mean is it good?
Author:  i.hope [ Sat Aug 03, 2013 3:37 pm ]
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FILMO wrote:
i.hope wrote:
I'm also being realistic here. The goal of boycotting is not to influence the Russian government, but rather to force Stolichnaya to take a stand and strengthen the LGBT-friendly allies. Side effect is it'll benefit American companies.



Is there US-Vodka you can drink.......I mean is it good?


I don't drink vodka. But now American beers taste better than a few years ago.
Author:  Dr. Lecter [ Sat Aug 03, 2013 4:05 pm ]
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Grey Goose is by far the best vodka out there.
Author:  Dr. Lecter [ Sat Aug 03, 2013 4:34 pm ]
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They use bananas!!! They use cucumbas!!! They use carrots!!! And all the metalised ones!!!
Author:  i.hope [ Sat Aug 03, 2013 4:50 pm ]
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Magnus wrote:
i.hope wrote:
force Stolichnaya to take a stand and strengthen the LGBT-friendly allies. Side effect is it'll benefit American companies.


http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-202_162-575 ... -gay-laws/

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Though Stolichnaya is an historic Russian brand and some of its ingredients come from Russia, virtually all of the Stoli sold in the west is made in Latvia, a former Soviet republic that is now part of NATO and the European Union.


again, its fucking stupid. It's almost as bad as people protesting Chinese labor laws and taking pictures of themselves at boycotts with their iPhones.


Yeah, you're right. Stoli sold outside of Russia is not Russian-owned. Even if the boycott is wrongheaded, it has forced the Luxembourg-based Stoli owner to take a stand and gets the publicity it needed:

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Val Mendeleev tells Bloomberg Businessweek that his company supports LGBT causes and the Stoli boycott is “totally unfair.” He has not spoken to Savage. Since the controversy, Stoli’s home page and Facebook page have gone full-on rainbow.

SPI, founded in 1997, has been at odds with the Russian government for years over rights to the Stolichnaya trademark. With such a contentious relationship, the company does not want to be “unfairly associated with the Russian government” generally, or “the shameful laws of the Russian government and the resulting violence” related to its stance on gays, (SPI Chief Executive Officer) Mendeleev says.
http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-07-31/the-gay-boycott-against-russian-vodka-stolis-ceo-speaks-out


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It's almost as bad as people protesting Chinese labor laws and taking pictures of themselves at boycotts with their iPhones.


Again, this publicity helps Chinese labor watch groups get more media attention. For example, "Apple faces new China worker abuse claims". Especially so when the Chinese government seems to like this kind of publicity in support of its anti-imperialist view, as evidenced in the latest GSK scandal. If Apple doesn't want the Chinese government to take advantage of this publicity, it will have to do something about the labor conditions there.
Author:  Algren [ Sun Aug 04, 2013 12:27 am ]
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Everybody knows that if you want a good vodka, you go Russian.
Author:  Algren [ Sun Aug 04, 2013 12:29 am ]
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Bruce Willis is the face of Sobieski vodka. I hope his brand won't be damaged too much from this.

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