Boycotting McDonald's? Please Read
This is an open letter to all Malaysians who aggressively 'boycott' McDonald's. Why do I put the inverted commas? Because many of my fellow Malaysians are not boycotting McDonald's. Many are protesting McDonald's. There is a very big difference. According to Merriam Webster, the definition of boycott is as follows; boy·cott \ ˈ b ȯ i- ˌ kät\ to refuse to buy, use, or participate in (something) as a way of protesting : to stop using the goods or services of (a company, country, etc.) until changes are made Whereas protesting is defined as follows; pro·test \ ˈ prō- ˌ test\ something said or done that shows disagreement or disapproval of something. Don't believe me? Here are the links for the definitions of protest and boycott . I give the definitions to highlight the differences. Boycotting is a passive act. Like refusing to eat when your parents didn't buy you that LEGO set you wanted. Protestin...