Whenever I initiate a personal boycott against a mega-corporation, it
occurs to me that no one there will ever know if I do or don't break down
and buy one of their products once in a while.

If I write a letter *saying* I'm boycotting, and why, the organization will
certainly know where I stand.

So if my goal is really to change their behavior, I have more effect
writing the letter and cheating once in a while, than being absolutely
rigid in my boycotting without ever telling them why.

Diane Wiessinger, MS, IBCLC, LLLL  Ithaca, NY
(who nonetheless finds it much easier to boycott than to write the letter)