Replying to my own thread, I would just like to say that while I will not control (I can't!) the direction of this thread, I'd like to see it take off in a discussion of the ethics of boycott: when is boycott good, when not. And what is an appropriate "boycott" and when does that become something else, like personal bullying?

If we veer into the tired subject area of gay marriage, I will be bored. Don't bore me.