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Diane Wiessinger <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 12 Mar 1999 07:34:06 -0300
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I'm the world's laziest letterwriter.  It's a lot easier just to stay
away from Nestlé products.  Grudgingly, I have to acknowledge the
wisdom of my husband's comment to me:  "You can buy or not buy Nestlé
products.  Nestlé will never know or care.  I think it makes a lot
more sense, and is a lot more likely to be noticed, if you go ahead
and buy the candy bar *but write them a letter telling them you don't,
and why*.

Same with Disney.  I think we make a lot bigger splash if we attend
the LLLI conference - and I guarantee, LLLI conferences are
*wonderful* experiences - but write individual, non-affiliated letters
to Disney decrying their alliance with Nestlé, or write to Nestlé
telling them we're boycotting their products *and telling our friends
and clients why we are*.  Our actual individual presence or absence at
the conference won't make the slightest blip on anyone's radar screen.
 Letters might.

(As for DisneyWorld - I do love it there.  Even tho the first time we
went - long before any Nestlé dilemma - I started thru the turnstile,
turned to my family and told them, "We're about to enter a world where
everything's perfect"... only to have the turnstile flip back and
whack my 3 year old in the mouth.  There is no perfect world.  Sigh.)

Diane Wiessinger, MS, IBCLC, LLLL  Ithaca, NY

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