I boycott places that serve their customers food off the floor, even if they are giving it away as free samples. I got two so far that I never went back to.

I have a long list of restaurants that I boycott because they serve terrible food and have poor service. I don't know if you can call that a true "boycott", but its basically the same thing.

We don't have Chik-fil-a in Canada

@Randomizer: fortunately for me I've never witnessed that happened, if I did my boycott list would be longer.

Draug, carbonated doesn't necessarily mean unhealthy. My sodastream is usually used to make sparkling water, and on occasion drinks with homemade syrups that aren't nearly as bad for you as normal soda.

The issue with sodastream is that they're an Israeli company with questionable practices regarding Palestinians. I know someone who elected to make his own home carbonation device rather than buying theirs. It's awesome.

Just pour crystal light in Perrier.

Except that costs more, is less convenient, and looks disgusting.

@Fasces...I boycot Chick-Fil-A for two reasons. First, they donate to anti-gay orgs, which I just can't get down with. Second, they apparently hate the Muppets which is a cardinal sin in my book.

Hate the muppets? Now that's something worthwhile to boycott.

Eat more Subway. They love the Muppets and Disney both.

Also, Subway has some fairly healthy options.

I would, but there's a small family-owned sub joint around the way, run by a very nice Korean couple, that makes a killer Bulgogi sandwich. Can't pass that up. So I guess I boycott Subway, but unintentionally.

I do boycott Wal-Mart. And I avoid places that serve poor food, or ship by Loomis or DHL.

Southern Iced Tea. I miss that. Used to make it, too. Maybe I'll start up again this summer.

And the Trustworthy Computing initiative...man, that was seriously evil, even for MS. Of course, what Apple is doing now has more than a sideways similarity to it.

Not going somewhere cause you don't like the service or product isn't a boycott. It's common sense. If that were the case, I'd be boycotting McDs cause of how much sugar and fat is in everything they sell. I just don't frequent them because their products aren't good for diabetics.

No, a boycott is on principle.or it isn't a boycott. But be careful to male certain your reason is valid. Some years back, people were boycotting Target because they were French owned. Problem was that they weren't and never had been. It was an internet rumor with no basis in fact started, most likely, by the China buying Walmart.

Why would you boycott something because it's French owned anyway?

Back during the start of the war in Iraq, France denounced American action there so the American public (duped into believing the WMD bullshit) was all about boycotting anything French.

Ah...

So the French did do something right :)

Bush went through, what, seven discredited reasons for invading Iraq before he found one that stuck, WMD, before finally admitted he invaded Iraq because he didn't like the leader?

That's one expensive dislike, with both sides still paying.

Sorry, sidelining the discussion.

Yeah, we even turned fries into "freedom fries" instead of French fries...

Yeah, the fact is they are "frenched" fries. It's a means of cutting vegetables (frenched being oversized julliened.

There is pretty much nothing French about French fries.

Very true. French fries are generally edible whereas the vast majority of French cuisine really isn't.

Someone should tell the French if it is cold, it is a beverage. Could soup needs to be nuked.