Buy Nothing Day is November 25, 2005. - Democratic Underground

Karmadillo

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Mon Nov-21-05 11:50 PM
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Buy Nothing Day is November 25, 2005.

http://www.adbusters.org/metas/eco/bnd/

For 24 hours, millions of people around the world do not participate -- in the doomsday economy, the marketing mind-games, and the frantic consumer-binge that's become our culture. We pause. We make a small choice not to shop. We shrink our footprint and gain some calm. Together we say: enough is enough. And we help build this movement to rethink our unsustainable course.

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NYC

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Tue Nov-22-05 12:13 AM
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1. Thanks for the reminder.

:hi:

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begin_within

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Tue Nov-22-05 12:15 AM
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2. I'm going to set up a table on the corner selling Nothing.

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seabeyond

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Tue Nov-22-05 12:16 AM
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3. easy for me. i never go out that day. need no groceries

and we hang our christmas lites, decorate our tree, and have left overs.

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Karmadillo

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Tue Nov-22-05 08:30 AM
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4. Kick

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garybeck

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Tue Nov-22-05 12:11 PM
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5. kick & recommend

Edited on Tue Nov-22-05 12:12 PM by garybeck

http://www.adbusters.org/metas/eco/bnd/tvspot.php

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robcon

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Tue Nov-22-05 12:30 PM
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6. Ridiculous.

Why should anyone care what day I buy stuff?

Friday has some bargains, usually. I'll shop and see if there's some good deals.

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Karmadillo

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Wed Nov-23-05 09:18 AM
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7. My guess is they would care

because the amount and origin of the goods you buy have an impact on the kind of world we all live in.

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Bill McBlueState

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Wed Nov-23-05 09:34 AM
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8. this doesn't work

If you go out on November 26 (or any future day) and still buy the things you would have bought anyway, your action has no impact. The way to make a difference is to radically cut back your consumption over a long period of time. Also, you can do your shopping at locally-owned businesses.

I wasn't going to shop anyway on Friday. Any action in which millions of people will participate accidentally can't be an effective one.

See this Snopes entry about Not One Damn Dime Day for a better explanation than I can offer here.

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Norquist Nemesis

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Wed Nov-23-05 09:35 AM
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9. Darnit! I have to go grocery shopping today

Should have marked my calendar.

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