UAE, which bans same-sex relations, ordered Amazon to block products and searches.
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Exactly. You don't have to comply in places you don't work. Amazon pulling out of there would have sent a big and powerful message... but they didn't. They took the greedy approach.What you must do is quit doing business there. Money speaks louder than words.
Let's all stop supporting the petroleum industry so we aren't hypocrites either!What you must do is quit doing business there. Money speaks louder than words.
What you must do is quit doing business there. Money speaks louder than words.
What you must do is quit doing business there. Money speaks louder than words.
Let's all stop supporting the petroleum industry so we aren't hypocrites either!What you must do is quit doing business there. Money speaks louder than words.
i.e. good luck with that.
So anyone insisting Amazon stop doing business with the UAE willing to stop using Amazon if they don't? Put your money where your mouth is!
Similar reasons why we often do business with companies that we criticize/disagree with? Wide selection, easy ordering, quick delivery, good prices?I'm pretty certain there are a lot of LGBT folks both living in Seattle and working at Amazon. Why are UAE citizens buying from such a company? Shouldn't the UAE be looking inward to figure out why there's not only a demand for products from such an apostate company, but for such specific products among its own populace?
Let's all stop supporting the petroleum industry so we aren't hypocrites either!What you must do is quit doing business there. Money speaks louder than words.
i.e. good luck with that.
They should also stop doing business with states where abortion is illegal, right?
This is such a dumb position and it's been made fun of so many times I really don't get how grown adults still use it as an argument.Let's all stop supporting the petroleum industry so we aren't hypocrites either!What you must do is quit doing business there. Money speaks louder than words.
i.e. good luck with that.
Serious question - when Amazon say they 'must comply with local laws', what happens if they don't?
100% of the companies that march during Pride would do the same thing. Every single one.
They should also stop doing business with states where abortion is illegal, right?
Serious question - when Amazon say they 'must comply with local laws', what happens if they don't?
As an American company, do they intend to abide by the American Taliban's soon to be enacted laws? No need to answer.
I use Amazon in multiple ways that do not profit Amazon.So anyone insisting Amazon stop doing business with the UAE willing to stop using Amazon if they don't? Put your money where your mouth is!
What you must do is quit doing business there. Money speaks louder than words.
It actually doesn't say what the penalties would be, but I'd assume they'd have to have some physical presence in either property or labor there that could be targeted. I also wouldn't be surprised if pressure was made to turn over user data over such product purchases so Amazon might spin it in internal appeasement as "protecting lgbt+ customers" by making it so there's no search results/purchases for them to give.This is such a dumb position and it's been made fun of so many times I really don't get how grown adults still use it as an argument.Let's all stop supporting the petroleum industry so we aren't hypocrites either!What you must do is quit doing business there. Money speaks louder than words.
i.e. good luck with that.
Serious question - when Amazon say they 'must comply with local laws', what happens if they don't?
DEATH penalty for homosexuality? What a backwards-ass country. And an embarrassment (for us) that they're not on the OFAC list.
As an American company, do they intend to abide by the American Taliban's soon to be enacted laws? No need to answer.
So anyone insisting Amazon stop doing business with the UAE willing to stop using Amazon if they don't? Put your money where your mouth is!
I'm fucking trying! My expenditures there have dropped dramatically over the last year or so.
As for the UAE, I won't even stop in Dubai for a layover, for a variety of reasons. I don't want any of my ticket to support them via airport fees, I don't want to have to buy food there, and I don't want to get arrested for stepping on something and accidentally tracking poppy seeds into their dystopian hellscape.
I'm curious if you have travelled to any other country outside the U.S
And plenty of countries hold their noses and tolerate our barbaric death penalty laws because of our giant market. Goes both ways.DEATH penalty for homosexuality? What a backwards-ass country. And an embarrassment (for us) that they're not on the OFAC list.
You can do *absolutely anything you want to any group of people* as long as you sell us oil.
And plenty of countries hold their noses and tolerate our barbaric death penalty laws because of our giant market. Goes both ways.DEATH penalty for homosexuality? What a backwards-ass country. And an embarrassment (for us) that they're not on the OFAC list.
You can do *absolutely anything you want to any group of people* as long as you sell us oil.