Boycott Swiss products

[Khalil]

In view of the Swiss governments decisions to ban Minarets om mosques let us start boycotting Swiss products.

Please add on the list below of any Swiss products that you feel that we should boycott

I will start

Nestlé

Coffee - Nescafé including:
Alta Rica
Black Gold
Blend 37
Cap Colombie
Cappuccino
Caro
Decaff
Expresso
Fine Blend
Gold Blend
Kenjara
Nescafé Ice
Organic
Partners Blend

Dairy products
Carnation
Coffee-Mate
Extreme Viennois
Fussells
Ideal
LC1
Munch Bunch yoghurts
Rowntree yoghurts and ice creams
Simply Double
Ski yogurts
Sveltesse yogurts
Tip-Top

Confectionery & snacks
Aero
After Eights
Animal Bar
Baci Chocolate
Black Magic
Blue Riband
Breakaway
Caramac
Chocolate Cuisine
*Colgate Dental Gum
Dairy Box
Dairy Crunch
Double Cream
Drifter
Fab
Fruit Pastilles
Heaven
Henri Nestlé Collection
Jellytots
Kit Kat
Kit Kat Chunky
Lion Bar
*Lyons Maid Ice Cream
Matchmakers
Maxibon
Milky Bar
Munchies
*Nestlé Ice Cream
Polo
Quality Street
Rolo
Rowntrees Fruit Gums
Smarties
Toffee Crisp
Toffo
Tooty Frooties
Walnut Whip
Willy Wonka
Yorkie

Contact lens care
Alcon




Mineral/bottled water
Aqua Panna
Aquarel
Buxton
Contrex
Perrier
Pow-wow
San Pellegrino
Santa Maria
Valvert
Vittel

Other drinks
Build-up
Milo
Nesquik
Nestea

Processed meals
Buitoni pasta & canned foods
Herta
Maggi
*Osem/Tivall
*Rowntrees Jellies


*Cereals
Cheerios & Honey Nut Cheerios
Cinnamon and Golden Grahams
Clusters
Cookie Crisp
Shreddies
Fibre 1
Fitnesse
Force Flakes
Fruitful
Golden Nuggets
Nesquik cereal
Shredded Wheat including: Bitesize, Fruitful, Honey Nut
Shreddies: Coco and frosted


*Cosmetics
Biotherm
Body Shop
Cosmence
Garnier
Helena Rubenstein
Innéov
La Roche-Posay
Lancome
L'Oreal
Matrix
Maybelline
Metamorphosis
Plénitude
Redken

Pet Foods
Arthur's
Bakers
BETA
Bonio
Felix
Friskies
Go-Cat
Go-dog
Gourmet
One
Pro Plan
Purina
Spiller's
Vital Balance
Winalot

[Oxy]

Ive been boycotting Nestle products for years - just read up on their dubious practices in the 3rd World.

[hasanb]

No thanks, i just had a load of swiss chocolate with a glass of perrier

[saj001]

Swiss product's Zindabad

[Lethal]

I've been boycotting Nestle for a while too.

[Gabbar Singh]

The Swiss government have banned minarets so you want to boycott Swiss products.

The British and American governments launched an illegal war in Iraq killing hundreds and thousands of Muslims - will you also boycott American and British products?

[saj001]

Originally Posted by Gabbar Singh The Swiss government have banned minarets so you want to boycott Swiss products. The British and American governments launched an illegal war in Iraq killing hundreds and thousands of Muslims - will you also boycott American and British products?

pakistan launched a operation on waziristan and swat , maybe he would also want to boycott pakistan product

[dblock]

They are not banning mosques but minarets on mosques. Something along the lines of because they mark a distinctive change to the landscape.

The far right have hijacked this issue and started campaigning along the lines that minarets = Islamic extremism.

For the latter reason I'm quite disappointed went through and Switzerland marks a rather dangerous precedence in mindset.

Had they said no religious building is allowed to impose large distinctive shapes on the landscape in Switzerland then it might have made some sense as after all there is nothing too much wrong in preserving architectural landscape if the majority oppose.

[Oxy]

Originally Posted by Gabbar Singh The Swiss government have banned minarets so you want to boycott Swiss products. The British and American governments launched an illegal war in Iraq killing hundreds and thousands of Muslims - will you also boycott American and British products?

Consumers have engaged in such 'boycotts' for decades.

Its all the rage in the West to boycott companies or products. Only worth poking fun at if its Muslims though....

The exception being Americans who stopped eating French Fries because they were stupid enough to think it would harm France!!! But what do you expect of 'Bush's children'!

[hasanb]

Originally Posted by Oxy The exception being Americans stopped eating French Fries because they were stupid enough to think it would harm France!!!

The good ol freedom fries were born

[RexRex]

Originally Posted by Oxy Ive been boycotting Nestle products for years - just read up on their dubious practices in the 3rd World.

any links ?

[Yaser]

and swiss roll. oh, and rolex - no more for butt saab.

[RexRex]

Originally Posted by hasanb The good ol freedom fries were born

Apparently , during World War I , US renamed German measles to 'liberty measles'

[TAK]

Originally Posted by Yaser and swiss roll. oh, and rolex - no more for butt saab.

the army knife too...

[Oxy]

Originally Posted by RexRex any links ?

My boycott started long before internet.

[RexRex]

No more Federer as well

[kingusama92]

Originally Posted by RexRex No more Federer as well

[Yaser]

Originally Posted by RexRex No more Federer as well

[Hail-Akram]

I decided to close down all my accounts from Swiss bank !

[hussain_0216]

This is actually quite reasonable.

The Swiss made an idiotic decision.

The Muslims in Switzerland are moderate and well adjusted many come from the Balkans or Turkey.

There are about 400,000 Muslims in Switzerland (second religion after Xtinaity)

160 Mosques

4 Mosques with Minarets.



The crux of the swiss argument is that a minaret is a sign of radicalism, islamism and the domination of Islam???????


The reality is a minaret serves a similar purpose to a Church Spiral, it is used (or was used) as a platform of the muezzin to call the faithful to prayer and it is used as a landmark for the muslims to find a mosque in any particular area (This is the same as a Church spiral)


The swiss took a democratic decision, however idiotic and stupid it was and I think many muslims will not look fondly on the chocolate eating neutral nazi sympathizers


The wrong way of doing things would be to react, act violently etc as this is uncalled for and unnecessary

But I think refusing to buying swiss products as a protest is a reasonable response as opposed to a unreasonable response in the form of anger, terrorism etc.



In short, as a protest even if it is only for a short while muslims should block swiss products and make there feelings known.

[Mohsin]

Maybe we should boycott EVERYTHING?

UK and US products because of Iraq and Afghanistan.
Swiss because of the minarets
indian because of Kashmir and Balochistan amongst other things
Iranian because of its support of Shia terrorists keeping up the de-stabilization in Iraq as well as Balochistan
Saudi Arabia because they are 'allies' of US
Pakistan because we are 'allies' of US
Ireland because they beat us in 2007 World Cup
France because they have banned headscarves
Germany because they have the biggest alcohol festival in the world as well as they most beer halls in the world (in Munich)
Germany again because they always bloody beat us on penalties n major tournaments!
Carrots because they are orange and orange is the colour of Hinduism and Hindu's worship idols which is against Islam hence we should boycott carrots.
Kiwi-fruit as they are from NZ and we all know about Vettori as well as they fact they've just beaten as AND beat us in CT.
Afghanistan as thy are supporting india in Balochistan/Swat/Waziristan......so for anyone who does heroin or LOVES poppies thats a no im afraid.

[tahaqureshi]

We ourselves as a people (Muslims and Pakistanis alike) have committed enough wrongs that if we boycott all goods we produce then we would pretty much starve to death.

[Kamranz]

Originally Posted by Khalil In view of the Swiss governments decisions to ban Minarets om mosques let us start boycotting Swiss products. Please add on the list below of any Swiss products that you feel that we should boycott I will start Nestlé Coffee - Nescafé including: Alta Rica Black Gold Blend 37 Cap Colombie Cappuccino Caro Decaff Expresso Fine Blend Gold Blend Kenjara Nescafé Ice Organic Partners Blend Dairy products Carnation Coffee-Mate Extreme Viennois Fussells Ideal LC1 Munch Bunch yoghurts Rowntree yoghurts and ice creams Simply Double Ski yogurts Sveltesse yogurts Tip-Top Confectionery & snacks Aero After Eights Animal Bar Baci Chocolate Black Magic Blue Riband Breakaway Caramac Chocolate Cuisine *Colgate Dental Gum Dairy Box Dairy Crunch Double Cream Drifter Fab Fruit Pastilles Heaven Henri Nestlé Collection Jellytots Kit Kat Kit Kat Chunky Lion Bar *Lyons Maid Ice Cream Matchmakers Maxibon Milky Bar Munchies *Nestlé Ice Cream Polo Quality Street Rolo Rowntrees Fruit Gums Smarties Toffee Crisp Toffo Tooty Frooties Walnut Whip Willy Wonka Yorkie Contact lens care Alcon Mineral/bottled water Aqua Panna Aquarel Buxton Contrex Perrier Pow-wow San Pellegrino Santa Maria Valvert Vittel Other drinks Build-up Milo Nesquik Nestea Processed meals Buitoni pasta & canned foods Herta Maggi *Osem/Tivall *Rowntrees Jellies *Cereals Cheerios & Honey Nut Cheerios Cinnamon and Golden Grahams Clusters Cookie Crisp Shreddies Fibre 1 Fitnesse Force Flakes Fruitful Golden Nuggets Nesquik cereal Shredded Wheat including: Bitesize, Fruitful, Honey Nut Shreddies: Coco and frosted *Cosmetics Biotherm Body Shop Cosmence Garnier Helena Rubenstein Innéov La Roche-Posay Lancome L'Oreal Matrix Maybelline Metamorphosis Plénitude Redken Pet Foods Arthur's Bakers BETA Bonio Felix Friskies Go-Cat Go-dog Gourmet One Pro Plan Purina Spiller's Vital Balance Winalot

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[161]

Originally Posted by Mohsin Maybe we should boycott EVERYTHING? UK and US products because of Iraq and Afghanistan. Swiss because of the minarets indian because of Kashmir and Balochistan amongst other things Iranian because of its support of Shia terrorists keeping up the de-stabilization in Iraq as well as Balochistan Saudi Arabia because they are 'allies' of US Pakistan because we are 'allies' of US Ireland because they beat us in 2007 World Cup France because they have banned headscarves Germany because they have the biggest alcohol festival in the world as well as they most beer halls in the world (in Munich) Germany again because they always bloody beat us on penalties n major tournaments! Carrots because they are orange and orange is the colour of Hinduism and Hindu's worship idols which is against Islam hence we should boycott carrots. Kiwi-fruit as they are from NZ and we all know about Vettori as well as they fact they've just beaten as AND beat us in CT. Afghanistan as thy are supporting india in Balochistan/Swat/Waziristan......so for anyone who does heroin or LOVES poppies thats a no im afraid.

lol

[Poison]

People boycotting goods from Switzerland are just being self righteous idiots. Boycotts on such a small scale change nothing at all.

[Yaser]

tbf, denmark boycotts made an impact.

is this list not the zionist companies though, not necessarily swiss.

this is a dangerous precedent being set here. a country like switzerland, the tranquil tax haven, is ppushing such legislation through, there's no stopping the bigger powers forcing more draconian measures.

i'd be very vary of france, specifically snakeozy.

[RumiNYC]

Oh cmon...smarties and Kit-kat too ? But...i love 'em =(

[ali110]

Hell no, why would I stopped eating Nestle products because some right wing nut party are banning building of Minartes.....Well we have our own right wingers here in our Pakistan, does that mean, People abroad stop eating Pakistan Mangoes ......

[Zechariah]

I don't have the heart to boycott my beloved swiss wife.

[Oxy]

Originally Posted by Zechariah I don't have the heart to boycott my beloved swiss wife.

Boycott her 5 days a week - granting her an amnesty on the weekends.

Thats politics

[pak4life]

I wonder what % of money in swiss banks comes from muslims in the midddle east and asia.

I am sure Zardari has a few accounts

That would be the biggest boycott but its not going to happen.

[Joseph K.]

There, I just cancelled my order for a few dozen Rolex watches!

[Amoeba]

The Apologists on here are amazing. The Swiss have been condemed by every fair thinking person in the World. They are banning minarets because they are a political statement of Islam. Come again - does that mean Steeple bell towers are a sign of Christian agression? Yet here on PP we get the usual internet idiot bullies who somehow find a way of turning it around as a critique of Islam.

Boycotting goods is part of democracy and capitalism that the blessed "good 'ol" US Of A (rses) is so fond of preaching / imposing on the rest of the world..................

Grow up !

[Amoeba]

Originally Posted by tahaqureshi We ourselves as a people (Muslims and Pakistanis alike) have committed enough wrongs that if we boycott all goods we produce then we would pretty much starve to death.

Grow up - this isn't another opportunity to bash Pakistan or muslims. It's about using your democratic and capitalistic right to buy whatever you like and for whatever reqason you like. It doesn't have to be equal or even vaguely logical by your standards.

If enough Muislims boycott Swiss products then you can imagine this idiotic fascist law will be overturned quicker than you can say Swiss Family Robinson.

[Javelin]

Do you honestly think many of those products are actually made in Switzerland?

Switzerland is not exactly an industrial giant, with whole swathes of land devoted to large factories, along with the associated infrastructure, such as housing for factory workers, railroad and/or industrial transport hubs to bring in the raw materials and take away the finished goods.

Get real!

If anything, Swiss money is actually used to purchase shares in many household companies/brands that you would not even think about.

As an example, Nestle is the major shareholder in L'Oreal (- French?).

Which, in turn, owns amongst others, Brands such as Garnier, Lancome, plus Geogio Armani perfumes (-Italian ?) , Ralph Lauren pefumes (- American ?), Body Shop, (-British ?)...... to name just a few.

Just because something has the word 'Swiss' in it's branding info does not mean it's made in Switzerland. While, at the same time, many products you would not even associate with the Swiss are actually owned by Swiss companies!

[Oxy]

I couldnt boycott this dude...

[Amoeba]

Originally Posted by Oxy I couldnt boycott this dude...

You know Paul, denying citizens of your country the right to practise their religion openly, free from discrimination and hatred is a bit like making love to a beautiful woman.......................

[Big Harvey]

I will never buy another Toblerone. Or a cuckoo clock.

Seriously though, I sympathise with everyone affected by this. There's a very unpleasant wave of bigotry sweeping through Europe at the moment. I recently read about a town in Italy where The Northern League (a far right party) has taken over the local council. They're closing down kebab shops, and are using their powers to harrass immigrant families, calling on them at all hours demanding to see their papers.

The really upsetting and scary thing is that so many ordinary and normally decent people are getting sucked along by this current of intolerance and hatred. I must admit I never thought I'd see racist views become respectable like they used to be up until the 1970's, but it's happening now in Britain, and has already happened in far too much of Europe.

[mindless slogging]

The chocolate lovers can't resist. this may well be a good idea, but I probably would still buy chocolate.

The Denmark boycott did have some effect. And there was controversy there aswell; some people for and others against the boycotts.

[Big Harvey]

Originally Posted by mindless slogging The chocolate lovers can't resist. this may well be a good idea, but I probably would still buy chocolate.

Belgian chocolate is better than Swiss IMO.

[lakha84]

Originally Posted by Gabbar Singh The Swiss government have banned minarets so you want to boycott Swiss products. The British and American governments launched an illegal war in Iraq killing hundreds and thousands of Muslims - will you also boycott American and British products?

YES