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F4J to boycott M&S tomorrow because it advertises on MN?

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STIDW · 16/03/2012 18:12

twitter.com/#!/NadineOC

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STIDW · 17/03/2012 19:40

Apparently Matt O'Connor was arrested for being naked. Not a pretty a sight I would imagine. Shock

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messyisthenewtidy · 17/03/2012 15:35

I don't get it. The picture that they are using in their campaign, of the little boy with all the insults written on his body, are they seriously implying that this is what Mumsnetters say about their exes TO their sons?

InmaculadaConcepcion · 17/03/2012 10:28

Ha ha ha!
Well, I was boycotting M&S because of their role in Hooters getting premises in Bristol, but thanks to F4J, they just got my custom back (on a temporary basis, anyway).

EdlessAllenPoe · 17/03/2012 09:47

fecking cheapskates..they just want an excuse to get their flowers for their Mum from Asda....

Merrylegs · 17/03/2012 09:14

I am truly baffled by this.

MN is the infrastructure which enables people to voice their opinions:

'All men are bastards, based on my experience' says one.
'No they're not, based on my experience,' says another.

They are protesting against a polemic?
Actually, they aren't really protesting.
They are promoting their organisation by piggybacking onto well known brands.

(TBH, I've never noticed M+S on here. But now I really fancy a nice ready meal and some comfy pants. Shall be out to purchase same forthwith. Thanks F4J - Job done!)

StewieGriffinsMom · 17/03/2012 08:43

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ButterPecanMuffin · 16/03/2012 21:34

*though

ButterPecanMuffin · 16/03/2012 21:34

It was good to see a father challenging that O'Connor woman (who I now realize is Matt O'Connor's second wife, gosh I'm learning) on Twitter thought.

badmammy · 16/03/2012 21:29

"they do know that sunday is mothers day"

Bet that is why they chose this weekend.

I think they think they have more support than they really do...

DoUntoOtters · 16/03/2012 21:16

DD wanted to buy the M&S Mothers' Day meal. I may let her now.

ButterPecanMuffin · 16/03/2012 21:12

Crap - that Nadine O'Connor woman has it in for MN.

I "love" the final line in Matt O'Connor's letter to M&S...

Ours is not a campaign that will occupy. Ours is a campaign that will electrify.

Who on earth came up with that bullshit?!

JaneMare · 16/03/2012 21:01

aw, bless them

M&S must be laughing their heads off quaking in their boots Grin

EdlessAllenPoe · 16/03/2012 20:58

and knickers/bra sets?

EdlessAllenPoe · 16/03/2012 20:58

they do know that sunday is mothers day, so lots of people will be going for choccies, flowers, pink fizz, and a ready meal?

ButterPecanMuffin · 16/03/2012 20:54

Oh diddums, I'm sure M&S are really worried about the huge drop in profits they will suffer.

I wonder what they'll do when they realize M&S don't give a stuff?

A different subject matter, but it reminds me a little bit of the parenting group in the States, that wanted people to boycott JC Penney (US department store) because the store is using Ellen DeGeneres to front a campaign. By doing so, JC Penney is "condoning homosexuality." Anyway, when checking up on news back home, I noticed that the group have ended their campaign, and they claim it's because "they've made their point." What they meant to say was, 'the campaign was completely ineffective, no-one listened, in fact visitor numbers to JC Penney went up slightly.' Oh how I laughed.

I predict a similar outcome here!

SmellsLikeTeenStrop · 16/03/2012 20:22

they take themselves seriously, does that count?

Sweet: Grin

usualsuspect · 16/03/2012 20:17

No one takes them seriously though do they?

They are a laughing stock

SweetTheSting · 16/03/2012 20:16

Ah, TeenStrop, can you get me one too? If you buy something for activist reasons, it's calorie free, right?

SmellsLikeTeenStrop · 16/03/2012 20:14

It's ok, I've got it covered. I'm popping in to M&S tomorrow to buy one of their gorgeous chocolate cakes. That should more then make up for the amount of money lost by the F4J boycott.

Trills · 16/03/2012 20:12

They have fewer Twitter followers than I do. 416 in fact. That is nothing.

I doubt them boycotting anything will make the slightest bit of difference. They are small and insignificant, they are just trying to stir up a fuss that is massively out of proportion to their actual influence.

Tiago · 16/03/2012 20:02

I suspect it would take less than 1%!

LunaticFringe · 16/03/2012 19:57

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SuchProspects · 16/03/2012 19:49

It seems a bit odd that an organization that is supposedly about men being better able to exercise parental responsibility for their children would organize a boycot against a store who advertises on a website where they don't like the comments some posters make on the forum. It makes them look entirely driven by a dislike of mothers, instead of by a belief in the value of fatherhood. A total own goal surely? I know their policy goals have always been vaccuous but they had some attention grabbing stunts and a few snazzy sound bites from time to time, which gave them power in the media This really seems to expose the lack of positive direction. I can't understand why any activist organization would do it.

STIDW · 16/03/2012 18:51

Must proof read before posting - they may be guilty Blush

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