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Not taking either side here, but a boycott doesn't have to be 100%. I can choose to ride my bike to work when its convenient. Oil companies will lose a little

Not taking either side here, but a boycott doesn't have to be 100%. I can choose to ride my bike to work when its convenient. Oil companies will lose a little bit of money. I can choose not to eat meat 3 days per week. A few more animals will live (or not be born), and slightly fewer greenhouse gasses will be emitted. Likewise, I can choose not to purchase something made in China when a meaningful alternative exists, and I will be ever so slightly hurting China's export industry, and thus the tax receipts and influence of the Chinese government. Most things like this work on a sliding scale.

platinumrad 9y ago
Of course a boycott doesn't have to be 100%. I think the only person in this entire thread that has suggested as such is the poster that I originally responded to. I'm definitely not part of the China Internet Defense Force that seems to troll many parts of the web but I find it interesting that whenever China comes up on HN some green username usually shows up to chastise everyone for not participating in a boycott that is 100%.