The act of boycotting a product line, a person or anything else that goes against your own convictions is not new and in essence can be a very positive and rewarding decision. The principle is very simple: “I don’t like what you say, do or represent, therefore I will not support it and stop financing it”. It has a lot of merit, especially in a day and age where most people do not take any position for fear of being politically incorrect. Additionally, the ability to boycott is one of the advantages to living in a free country. I am all for it.
This being said, one must be absolutely sure of the reason why they do such a thing, and more often than not, we find boycotters caught up in the bias agenda of a political whirlwind that blinds them to the real issue at stake, if an issue at all.
Currently, some of the members of the Park Slope Co-op of Brooklyn, New York are considering a boycott of all Israeli products. This is not the first time that the Co-op takes a stand, and this won’t be the last, but of course, I must ask the question: “Why stop at Israel?”
Israel isn’t the only country that might make decisions that would go against one’s convictions. What about China’s undermining their own people’s human rights?
Israel, the only democracy in the Middle East, continues to receive the very damaging stigma of “human rights violator”. Accused of occupying territories that actually are part of her geo-political AND most importantly biblical boundaries, accused of treating Palestinians like Nazis treated the Jews during the Holocaust and accused of putting racist policies into effect, Israel MUST BE STOPPED at any cost! says the media, says the liberal left, say the Co-op (at least in their desire to boycott).
The liberal agenda, driven by political correctness and multiculturalism is simply blinding the masses from the reality of the Middle East conflict, or is it?
Is it possible that liberals are covering their own eyes to the truth while listening to the lies of others about the “evil actions of the Zionists”.
Is it possible that this attempted boycott of Israeli products is a result or at the very least related to antisemitism? I think it is, but before I am accused of painting myself in a corner as victim of hatred, let us reason for a moment about the meaning of “boycott”
As a matter of fact, if we must keep antisemitism out of the equation, and I am not sure we can, then we must be consistent in our boycott of Israel and stop using EVERYTHING that comes from or was invented by “the Evil State”!
TO BE CONSISTENT WITH YOUR CONVICTION, or in other words to HAVE INTEGRITY, consider refraining from the usage of the following items (or their by products) either invented or produced in Israel:
• The Cell Phone
• The USB Flash drive
Boycott Israel if You Must, But Please be CONSISTENT!!!
• Instant Messaging
• Solar Water Heating
• Super Iron Battery
• Windows Software
• The DNA Computer
I am not bragging here, although as a Jewish man I could. I am simply trying to make a point and that is: “If you must boycott Israel, get your facts from reliable sources first, and then if you must, go ahead and boycott Israel, but please BE CONSISTENT!!!!”
Good luck finding a public phone in service, next time you need to make a call.
Integrity is rarely convenient but it certainly helps us sleep at night!
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