Give Peace a Chance...

I had a 'Vanilla Coke' during lunch. I felt like drinking it. So I bought it. But yet when I was drinking it, I felt guilty. Why?

Well, people all around the world have called for the boycott of products and services from American companies. The reason behind is, no matter where in the world these companies are, they will send some of their profits back to the States, and the parent company will be taxed on this income. The money is then used to fund/aid Israel, and Israel is killing women and children in Gaza.

Now I don't agree with Israel's way of 'protecting itself'... I believe that collateral damage is unacceptable. So don't missunderstand me...

But what about American products and services. You see, I've got a bigger dilemma... I work for an American company!! If the boycott goes on to include services provided by the company I work for, all of us who are against this war in the middle east, will be out of a job!!

There are so many companies worldwide which have ties to the US, either directly or indirectly. Here's a simple example. Everybody in a particular country stops buying, let's say a radio which is made by an American company. The dealer then has to slash jobs because sales have dropped. The country office for that company has to close because there are no more sales. The factory, let's say in Thailand has to close because there is no demand. The suppliers then have no customer, so they have to close their Thailand office. Then, their factories, which are probably in China, Taiwan, etc, have to close because there is no demand. Then their supppliers have to close... this just goes on and on until you get to the raw material suppliers.

How many people have to lose their jobs in order for the world leaders to finally get the point and just stop fighting?

It's a never ending story... for as long as man has existed, they have waged wars. The reason has always been they want more! They want more land... they want more oil... they want more water... they want more power.

Why? Because more and more people are born into the world every day! We require more resources.

You have to wonder why once a while a civilisation gets wiped out. Floods, famine, plague... I think it's nature's way of keeping us humans in check...

This has got to be one of my most depressing posts...