[Updated 7 March 2008: added lots more links]
It’s a no-brainer to me that people who design, manufacture or sell weapons are effectively murderers. What do they imagine their products are going to be used for — landscaping? So I did a little digging and put together a short list of companies to avoid. I don’t expect to make a dent in their bottom line. I just want to feel one percent better about my own life.
| Brands to boycott | Why? |
| Autolite | part of Honeywell |
| BAE Systems | because they are murderers |
| Bell Helicopter | part of Textron |
| Boeing | because they are murderers |
| Braun | part of Kaz |
| Bug Off (bug spray) | part of Kaz |
| Carrier | part of United Technologies |
| Cessna Aircraft | part of Textron |
| Chubb | part of United Technologies |
| Colt’s Manufacturing | because they are murderers |
| Computer Sciences Corp. | because they are murderers |
| Dillard’s | credit card unit is part of GE Capital |
| Dunlap (heating pads) | part of Kaz |
| Duracraft (humidifiers) | part of Honeywell |
| E-Z-Go (golf carts) | part of Textron |
| Enviracare (air cleaners) | part of Kaz |
| Fram (auto parts) | part of Honeywell |
| Garrett (auto parts) | part of Honeywell |
| GE Capital | part of General Electric |
| General Dynamics | because they are murderers |
| General Electric | because they are murderers |
| Greenlee (tools) | part of Textron |
| Honeywell | because they are murderers |
| Kaz | Licenses the name Honeywell for home products. Innocent? Not if it involves Kaz paying Honeywell for the privilege – and that’s just what licensing is. |
| Kidde | part of United Technologies |
| Lockheed Martin | because they are murderers |
| Montgomery Ward | part of GE Capital |
| MSNBC | partnership between General Electric and Microsoft |
| NBC | part of General Electric |
| Northrop Grumman | because they are murderers |
| Nosquito (mosquito lures for bug zappers) | part of Kaz |
| Otis | part of United Technologies |
| Penske Truck Leasing | part of GE Capital |
| Prestone (auto supplies) | part of Honeywell |
| Protec (humidifier supplies) | part of Kaz |
| Raytheon | because they are murderers |
| SmartTemp (heating pads) | part of Kaz |
| SoftHeat (heating pads) | part of Kaz |
| Stinger (bug zappers) | part of Kaz |
| Telemundo | part of NBC |
| Textron | because they are murderers |
| United Defense | part of BAE |
| United Technologies | because they are murderers |
| Vicks | part of Kaz |
YASHWATA 