Picket Marks and Spencers - every Thursday

[aisha83]

1. Picket Marks and Spencer: Every Thursday 6pm 8pm.

Victory to the Intifada Group invites all friends of Palestine to boycott Marks and Spencer, Britains biggest corporate sponsor of Israeli Apartheid.

Weekly picket demonstration outside M&S flagship store - Oxford Street, Marble Arch end. All welcome. Further info email victoryintifada@hotmail.com or Tel 020 78371688.

:hidban:

[Pershing]

So erm, how are them pickets going then ? :D :D

[staruser]

Picket Intel Processors and Microsoft!

[.: Rashid :.]

Picket Intel Processors and Microsoft!

:hidban:

Use AMD and Linux :D :D

-Rashid

[MG]

i hear nestle have lost alot of profits this year........ :D

[Pershing]

i hear nestle have lost alot of profits this year........ :D


Wrong.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/1185502.stm

[MG]

Wrong.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/1185502.stm



errrrrrr if u notice we are in the year 2006 not 2001 :rolleyes:

[Pershing]

I stand corrected, however

http://www.mad.co.uk/Main/News/Articlex/6b2941f31d8a4ec08826022f69b1c84d/Nestle-profits-up-11.html

[LearnABout]

muslims think they own everything..

intimidate the pope, bomb us, stab us in the back.

and then ask ask to help free palestine.

[aisha83]

muslims think they own everything..

intimidate the pope, bomb us, stab us in the back.

and then ask ask to help free palestine.

Unfortunately the West 'think they own everything..'
(see the old British Empire and today)

intimidate Muslims, bomb them (see Iraq), stab us in the back (see the Balfour Declaration)

and then ask Muslims to support their regimes

:rolleyes:

[aisha83]

So erm, how are them pickets going then ? :D :D

Apparantly going quite well alhamdulillah. :up:

[bippy]

Apparantly going quite well alhamdulillah. :up:Evidently - they are going to cave in to your demands any day now :rolleyes: I can see it now... they close down, fire all top brass, change their name to Thobes R Us, reopen with fanfares and details of their new autumn line (black for the women, white for the men), winter line (black for the women, white for the men) and a tantalising glimpse of what the discerning religious lunatic will be wearing in his cave next summer: black for the women, white for the men.

[aisha83]

Evidently - they are going to cave in to your demands any day now :rolleyes: I can see it now... they close down, fire all top brass, change their name to Thobes R Us, reopen with fanfares and details of their new autumn line (black for the women, white for the men), winter line (black for the women, white for the men) and a tantalising glimpse of what the discerning religious lunatic will be wearing in his cave next summer: black for the women, white for the men.


y thank you for your orientalist views imposed here :rolleyes:
People don't want them to fund the Racist zionist regime, hence the picket

Marks and Sparks are already messing up and with this being the national Boycott weekend, to stand up against an organisation so blatantly funding Israeli terrorists is well worth it.

Isn't M&S really really really messing up at the moment? :D :D

[Jam]

Evidently - they are going to cave in to your demands any day now :rolleyes: I can see it now... they close down, fire all top brass, change their name to Thobes R Us, reopen with fanfares and details of their new autumn line (black for the women, white for the men), winter line (black for the women, white for the men) and a tantalising glimpse of what the discerning religious lunatic will be wearing in his cave next summer: black for the women, white for the men.
Your such a fool, I laugh out loud at you.

Regarding the subject of this thread :masha: I think its good to hold peaceful pickets and let the corporations know your concerns. Bad publicity eventually gets investors shaky - look what MacDonalds went through a few years back. :insha: I wish you all the best of luck. :)

[single_voice]

... and you think a few people dressed in black waiving a few shabby placards around is going to make a difference to the thousands of people walking down Oxfor Street

Umm, lunch time... Right oh, M&S cheese sarny. What's this? protest? what they on about? Israel protest? Right oh. Now, where's my sandwich? It would take you longer to read this than the time taken by the average shop-goer to even contemplate not going into M&S.

Can't see it working can you? Hope id does not rain on you those days you plan to protest, there's nothing quite so depressing as standing in the cold whilst thousands walk past ignoring you.

( Difference between McDonalds and M&S is actually many people in the UK like M&S stuff whereas, many find the slurry served by McCrud rather grim ).

[.: Rashid :.]

I really don't know what to say in this reply, or whether I should reply at all.

I just kinda feel sorry for single voice...

-Rashid

[Arsalan]

I feel standing up for your beliefs in a peaceful manner is not offensive at all. The women and men who go to the trouble of doing this base their protest on factual information. If the crowd dont feel any moral guilt or concience on the fact they are indirectly supporting a store which supports an oppressive, murderious zionists regieme. Then thats their LOSS. The protestors only inform them that their choice is not correct. The shoppers make their own minds up.

And there has been success.

The protestors are on the moral high ground.

And good for them.

... and you think a few people dressed in black waiving a few shabby placards around is going to make a difference to the thousands of people walking down Oxfor Street

Umm, lunch time... Right oh, M&S cheese sarny. What's this? protest? what they on about? Israel protest? Right oh. Now, where's my sandwich? It would take you longer to read this than the time taken by the average shop-goer to even contemplate not going into M&S.

Can't see it working can you? Hope id does not rain on you those days you plan to protest, there's nothing quite so depressing as standing in the cold whilst thousands walk past ignoring you.

( Difference between McDonalds and M&S is actually many people in the UK like M&S stuff whereas, many find the slurry served by McCrud rather grim ).

[single_voice]

... why thankyou, nice to show a little comapssion for me. Now, my words to you are this. Campaign about something that people will actually listen to;

- religious oppression,
- religious corruption by officials so rotten as to wear your religions name is a disgrace
- campaign against the failings of countless states, governments and regimes.

Great ideas lad, but please, something more pragmatic than shouting at some poor person whose got an hour to grab a sarnie in a rush, because your message about how bad Israel is will be lost on the hungry!

I understand your point, just not the intended 'target'.

Good luck in your thursday campaign though, though I suspect that not even your flavour God can change the attitude of a hungry man!

[single_voice]

I feel standing up for your beliefs in a peaceful manner is not offensive at all. The women and men who go to the trouble of doing this base their protest on factual information. If the crowd dont feel any moral guilt or concience on the fact they are indirectly supporting a store which supports an oppressive, murderious zionists regieme. Then thats their LOSS. The protestors only inform them that their choice is not correct. The shoppers make their own minds up.

And there has been success.

The protestors are on the moral high ground.

And good for them.

.. err. excuse me, you tell me that my choice is not correct. Thankyou very much, but that is your opinion and I have the neuronal capacity to make up my own mind on this subject. Present me with the facts and I will decide for myself if a store, or a country is rotten. But thanks any way for telling me right from wrong. Much appreciated.

Gees, what is it with mythology that it has to tell me that is right and wrong? I can make my own mind up. :rolleyes:

If there were some Palestinian products around to buy, I would consider buying them. But as it is there are not (mores the pity), but i'll now go find a nice bottle of Lebannese Chateau Musar to go with my meal this evening. Jolly pleasant to, a full rounded and delicious wine that is exceptionally good) It will ease my aching soul and offer me one step on my way to spiritual nirvana.


Peace to you and actually I wish your campaign well, I really do. A tad optimistic maybe, but 10 out of 10 for trying.

[Arsalan]

You may or not may not realise that much of the human race learn though 1-1 interaction or 1- to many interactions, or they like to learn together. A protest is not only an opportunity to let an important opinion be made known, but also an opportunity to perhaps think twice abour your actions and learn something new.

Since you dont believe in an organised and transcendental system of values and morals, rather you depend on the toffers to give em to you and make em up for you as they go along, i see no harm in experiencing what others feel and think. ( no Pun intended )

A bit harsh.. but thats how it is. :up@

.. err. excuse me, you tell me that my choice is not correct. Thankyou very much, but that is your opinion and I have the neuronal capacity to make up my own mind on this subject. Present me with the facts and I will decide for myself if a store, or a country is rotten. But thanks any way for telling me right from wrong. Much appreciated.

Gees, what is it with mythology that it has to tell me that is right and wrong? I can make my own mind up. :rolleyes:

If there were some Palestinian products around to buy, I would consider buying them. But as it is there are not (mores the pity), but i'll now go find a nice bottle of Lebannese Chateau Musar to go with my meal this evening. Jolly pleasant to, a full rounded and delicious wine that is exceptionally good) It will ease my aching soul and offer me one step on my way to spiritual nirvana.


Peace to you and actually I wish your campaign well, I really do. A tad optimistic maybe, but 10 out of 10 for trying.

[UnoDosTres]

In what way does Marks and Spencers support Israel? Is there a direct link?

Thx

[Umar`]

In what way does Marks and Spencers support Israel? Is there a direct link?

Thx

dont know exactly, financially at least no doubt,
Marks (markiwitz) was a jew.

[single_voice]

You may or not may not realise that much of the human race learn though 1-1 interaction or 1- to many interactions, or they like to learn together. A protest is not only an opportunity to let an important opinion be made known, but also an opportunity to perhaps think twice abour your actions and learn something new.

Since you dont believe in an organised and transcendental system of values and morals, rather you depend on the toffers to give em to you and make em up for you as they go along, i see no harm in experiencing what others feel and think. ( no Pun intended )

A bit harsh.. but thats how it is. :up@


'... He's making it up as he goes along...' Line from one of my favourite movies actually. The Life of Brian, highly recommended to put religion in its rightful context.

toffers(?), don't understand this word, was it a mistype?


protests can be a worthwhile activity - but in so far as there must be some kind of actual context. People standing around at Greenham common in the early 80s outside a nuclear base made sense - easy connection.

Standing around a supermarket called Marks&Spencer. Well to the 'man on the Clapham Omnibus' what exactly does that say? Object to Israelie goods? Probably not - more akin to a few nut jobs and fruit loops shouting the odds at a Jewish company. Aaah... racism. Nice one, from the people who bleat on about being 'oppressed' and 'unable to express themselves'. See my point?

Perhaps I should protest, perhaps I should stand outside a Mosque, with some of my 'followers' of the 'Campaign for the freedom to think rationally' banners saying 'this religion opresses its weak followers and causes its people to loose all freeedom of choice and behave like lobotimised sheep' That's my right to. Is anyone going to care? Probably not really. Some may laugh and think it actually an amusing slogan, some may call me mad, and indifel, a fool. Perhaps the police will turn up and tell me to move on. Perhaps some of the more wooly thinking people at the Mosque may object to it.

But in the end what do either 'protests' achieve?. Mine would make me look like a fool, theirs make them look like racists. Or is the 'R' world spoken by Moslems on this forum an inconcievable concept.

Perhaps before standing outside a place shouting the odds people need to consider how their actions will actually be perceived. Or is that too much to ask? After all, freedom of speech and the rights to protest go hand in hand with freedom to think of you what I dammed well please.

Anyway, happy protesting, like I said, hope it does not rain on your parade.

[dragonsden]

Use AMD and Linux
where is AMD from?:rolleyes:

[UnoDosTres]

dont know exactly, financially at least no doubt,
Marks (markiwitz) was a jew.

That's all the evidence you have? No doubt? The fact that someone was Jewish?

If someone was to ask you (assuming you as a picketer as an example) this question, would you want this to be the only answer you could provide?

[Umar`]

That's all the evidence you have? No doubt? The fact that someone was Jewish?

If someone was to ask you (assuming you as a picketer as an example) this question, would you want this to be the only answer you could provide?

im not picketing them, but i fully support those who do because they are reputed to be a zionist company,
no, i would want to be able to give someone a better answer than that, they might think im just anti jewish
someone involved may be able to answer your query inshaAllah

[UnoDosTres]

im not picketing them, but i fully support those who do because they are reputed to be a zionist company,
no, i would want to be able to give someone a better answer than that, they might think im just anti jewish
someone involved may be able to answer your query inshaAllah


That's cool. I'm just saying is that just because person X says that Y is pro-Zionism isn't enough for me. I need a little more than that.

:o

[CheifJunior]

You guys picket outside M&S right for boycotting. When majority of you pay taxes, and 50% of that tax goes towards killing muslims in iraq and to pump the israeli army with arms to kill palestinian kids.

M&S only donate 1-2% of their earnings. With the time you waste picketing cant you do something more constructive like create an equivalent business as M&S which secretly will support palestine? Do it professionaly? So many talented muslims in this country are really wasting their time with their small minds picketing when they can bloody do something more effective.

Get out of this small thinking.

[insomniac]

You guys picket outside M&S right for boycotting. When majority of you pay taxes, and 50% of that tax goes towards killing muslims in iraq and to pump the israeli army with arms to kill palestinian kids.

M&S only donate 1-2% of their earnings. With the time you waste picketing cant you do something more constructive like create an equivalent business as M&S which secretly will support palestine? Do it professionaly? So many talented muslims in this country are really wasting their time with their small minds picketing when they can bloody do something more effective.

Get out of this small thinking.

I absolutely agree with you, there should be more Muslim businesses who should do this.

though I don't agree with ignoring the picket, it's certainly not a waste of time. Effective boycotts in the past have closed down Mcdonalds

Insha'Allah please check out this link for more relevant info including point 5 below http://inminds.co.uk/boycott-faq.html

5. Surely wherever we spend our money, even our taxes support Israel, so why pick on these companies?

Whilst it is true that the cancerous zionist entity has got its tentacles hooked into numerous markets and economies - sucking each one to nourish itself, but this is no excuse for us not to do anything. The companies on our list are chosen for being the major supporters of Israel - those that Israel itself has honoured and bestowed awards upon in recognition of being its key supporters in the world. If we can successfully campaign against these then the support of the others will, inshallah, evaporate.