The Success of AFA’s Ford Boycott Is a Disney-esque Fairy Tale
As a Christian, I am very sure that very few boycotts are effective and actually do the intended damage. And the few that actually do, are actually historic. Look at the Montgomery Bus boycott from of the time of the Civil Rights Movement. It was probably the one that was absolutely effective in its purpose.
I am very conscious of the fact that, since this is an imperfect world, no product offered in the marketplace is “free of sin”. So, I’m not in the mood to cast stones, so to speak.
How many will get rid of their iPods and Macs the moment they find out that Al Gore is in the Board of Directors of Apple? How many will give up their Starbucks addiction for x or y reason coming out of Seattle? How many people will get rid of their Toshiba, HP, etc. for the same reasons?
The fact of the matter is that Ford is selling a crappy product and people aren’t buying. Period.
Or do we Christians have to end up living in caves and doing everything a la twenty-first century… B.C.E.? I don’t see us doing so any time soon.
