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maxrandb

(15,320 posts)
Mon Feb 18, 2019, 03:34 PM Feb 2019

I was going to buy a car from a Japanese car company

but now I think I'll go for that pre-owned BMW partial electric vehicle I was looking at.

I doubt Angela Merkel would nominate Donnie Shit for Brains for the Nobel Peace prize, even if he tried extortion.

Then again, she isn't a fucking coward.

It's time to punish some of these fucking countries that pretend Donnie Short Fingers is a real fucking president.

They need to be boycotted every time they lend legitimacy to this asspickle.

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marylandblue

(12,344 posts)
1. I wouldn't blame Japan for kissing Trump butt.
Mon Feb 18, 2019, 03:37 PM
Feb 2019

We are the only thing protecting them from Russia and China. A stupid Nobel nomination is meaningless, but if it means something to Trump, it's worth a lot to Japan.

Submariner

(12,503 posts)
2. If you're going to boycott Japan do it because of their love of bloody whale and dolphin slaughters
Mon Feb 18, 2019, 03:44 PM
Feb 2019

This Nobel Prize stuff was just Abe's covering the ass of his country due to its proximity to North Korea while the U.S is governed by a moron.

I'm much more offended by Japan's disrespect for animal life than it's playing head games with our dummy in chief.

mahina

(17,642 posts)
3. I was going to make eggs for breakfast
Mon Feb 18, 2019, 04:33 PM
Feb 2019

Then I remembered the omelette bar scene yesterday.

“So what?” Said the egg company

Not diminishing the power of the purse but it was at trumps insistence. We can’t boycott ourselves.

Anyway
What’s important to you about the car?

How do you find maintenance costs?

Does your mechanic work on hybrids, or do you have to take it to the dealer?

panader0

(25,816 posts)
4. I was nominated for a noble piece prize once. About '82 or 3 I think.
Mon Feb 18, 2019, 04:34 PM
Feb 2019

Of course it was only county wide, and the population was lower then.

madville

(7,408 posts)
6. Honda and Toyota are publicly traded companies
Mon Feb 18, 2019, 04:40 PM
Feb 2019

It's not like the Japanese government owns them outright. Most of us own shares in these companies already through mutual funds, pensions, 401ks, etc. That would be like Europe boycotting Apple products because Trump is President.

hunter

(38,310 posts)
9. Since I don't buy new or even low mileage cars, my brand choices are of little consequence.
Mon Feb 18, 2019, 06:00 PM
Feb 2019

The car manufacturers don't care what a guy who bought his car for $900 thinks.

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