First time? A company suing because people aren't buying its products!!!

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So are they trying to identify those people among the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) group who trying to put it on social media? 
The boycott group successfully made this franchise lose a substantial amount of profit and has led to job loss after inciting the public to boycott fast food through social media because of providing free meals to Israeli soldiers.

How did the group linked this particular Mcdonald's to Israel-Hamas war?

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[btc78]

How will they enforce it in practice?

It sounds impossible because customers are custodying their money and they can use their money to purchase anything or just keep their money in pockets.

McDonald can not steal money from customers and can not force their customers to buy McDonald products. It is like want to KYC cryptocurrency wallets, addresses that are practically impossible.

I really dislike this behavoir from McDonald. They can not blame their business loss on customers and force customers sharing their business loss.

I think they will just be suing the very group who is the one pushing for the boycott because they are the ones sharing information about the brand, McDonald’s, which they claim to be false and derogatory

No one can actually sue someone who does not buy anything from them i mean even without the boycott i do not normally buy fast food let alone McDonald’s can they actually hold me accountable for that? It seems quite silly to think about

[letteredhub]

Imagine if some day you are out and about, suddenly someone wearing a chicken suit puts a gun to your head forcing you to buy their fast food or they'll shoot you

Ref: https://www.moroccoworldnews.com/2023/12/359864/mcdonalds-malaysia-sues-pro-palestine-activists-over-boycott

For the sake of my head I'll just buy, and problem solved... Maybe later we can find out why it has gone to that extend of forcing people to purchase their products which I don't think that will be possible if I argue at the time when the gun was pointed to head. Dead men don't tell tales.

It's the first time am hearing about a company suing customers for not purchasing from them so it has to be funny try to grasp what really gave them the courage to take such action. Strange things are happening and this is one of many I have heard.

[eightdots]

I just read this news and I can't stop laughing.
McDonald's is said to be planning to sue people who have been refusing to buy its products over the past months leading to their $1.3 million loss. This is due to a boycott movement where people in a lot of countries are sanctioning this company because of its support of the Zionist regime that is occupying Palestine and is committing genocide there.

Imagine if some day you are out and about, suddenly someone wearing a chicken suit puts a gun to your head forcing you to buy their fast food or they'll shoot you

Ref: https://www.moroccoworldnews.com/2023/12/359864/mcdonalds-malaysia-sues-pro-palestine-activists-over-boycott

I think that these boycotts made in many places have achieved their purpose. If not, it would not spread to the whole world and would not be spoken by many people. Even the slightest protest can grow over time and have a major impact. The protests on some companies also had an impact on the world and a negative impact on companies has emerged. The protests seem to have achieved their goals.

The news is extremely funny and interesting. I wonder if there is another company that has previously applied such a method. Some do something like this for advertising, but I don't think the companies we're talking about need advertising.

[jrrsparkles]

I just read this news and I can't stop laughing.
McDonald's is said to be planning to sue people who have been refusing to buy its products over the past months leading to their $1.3 million loss.

An act just for a $1.3 Million loss for a company like McDonald's? Either the number should be too huge or they just want to threaten their customers to keep buying it?

BTW, who is actually will be paying the penalty if Mc Donald's wins this? Government.

[Hewlet]

I just read this news and I can't stop laughing.
McDonald's is said to be planning to sue people who have been refusing to buy its products over the past months leading to their $1.3 million loss. This is due to a boycott movement where people in a lot of countries are sanctioning this company because of its support of the Zionist regime that is occupying Palestine and is committing genocide there.

Imagine if some day you are out and about, suddenly someone wearing a chicken suit puts a gun to your head forcing you to buy their fast food or they'll shoot you

Ref: https://www.moroccoworldnews.com/2023/12/359864/mcdonalds-malaysia-sues-pro-palestine-activists-over-boycott

are they going to sue individuals for obeying the sanction placed on them by their authorities or they are suing the government for placing a sanction on them that has affected their business negatively?

Every national has the right to make decisions that they feel will protect her citizens and this might include sanction as this and I doubt that the threat to make any sue is a realistic one since ad most nations won't even give an f to it.

[franky1]

meanwhile in the news
"malaysians boycott mcdonalds against support of gaza"

meanwhile in the news
"indonesians boycott mcdonalds against support of isreal"

solution:
mcdonald franchise licencee's release statement
"we do not support any political motivation. all death and suffering of all humans are bad. we will continue to fund relief efforts of any landscape/location of the citizen victims harmed by actions of their politicians bad decisions"

as long as mcdonalds only fund food supplies to both sides victims of war.. and not supple cattle prods and meat burning materials to militia's of any side. then mcdonalds can escape the problem

[angrybirdy]

I have been told by many Israel supporters that these kind of Boycott is useless and has no effect at all, to the company or to Israel, but turns out it make some impact. Moreover, who will be sued for doing the BDS, it is a decentralized collective movement, no one is paying for those people to stop or boycotting any product, most of them aren't even encouraging/discouraging people to do the BDS, people are just stating that they are boycotting some products. That will be a very tough case to be brought into court.

Indeed, this will be a very tough case. Even if many people in israel thinks that boycotting is useless because they can't see some improvements but for other people, we can see a little differences and impact of doing it. You're right that there's no one paying those people in doing boycotting some products. This is an initiative of the people to fight their grievances with what is happening in the country, they just show that they are not okay with the idea that McDonald's supports the war issue.

[deepblue01]

At first this thing is not look good for McDonald and yet they keep press on supporting zionist regime knowing they will face boycott.
It's funny to see where it goes next although I'm not sure McDonald malaysia will win.

[Die_empty]

are they going to sue individuals for obeying the sanction placed on them by their authorities or they are suing the government for placing a sanction on them that has affected their business negatively?

Every national has the right to make decisions that they feel will protect her citizens and this might include sanction as this and I doubt that the threat to make any sue is a realistic one since ad most nations won't even give an f to it.

This is not a sanction by the government or any of its authorities. Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions is an NGO that spearheaded a campaign against McDonald Malaysia for the firm's support for Israel. This led to the boycott of McDonald's products and caused them to lose some amount of profit. McDonald's is now suing this NGO and is asking for about $1.3 million in damages.

At first this thing is not look good for McDonald and yet they keep press on supporting zionist regime knowing they will face boycott.
It's funny to see where it goes next although I'm not sure McDonald malaysia will win.

I am not a lawyer but I also think the McDonald's has little chance of winning this case. Malaysia has a high population of Muslims and support for Palestine is increasing. Even Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has openly condemned the bombardment of Gaza by Israel and the country also recently donated about $21m to Gaza. Some court judgments are based on public support, so I doubt if McDonald's will get any support from a Muslim-dominated legal system. 

[kryptqnick]

Wow, suing people who protest your company's political stance is a weird thing to do. I don't know how the judicial system of Malaysia is, but I hope McDonald's loses the lawsuit because boycotting a company over their financial decisions is a normal, democratic thing to do. In my country, it's different with McDonald's because it was one of the earliest major brands to leave Russia after the full-scale invasion, so Ukrainians appreciated it. But I understand that to other people who are more focused on other wars and countries, McDonald's can seem worthy of boycotts.

[moneystery]

it is people's right to voice their opinion about the boycott of israeli products, which mcdonalds is said to include, and mcdonalds cannot protest against this because it is people's freedom of opinion which is protected by law.

but in some cases i also don't agree with these activities that are anti to israeli products, because in my country they seem to persecute people who want to eat or work in restaurants such as mcdonalds, kfc, starbucks, etc. they even fenced off the shops and carried out vandalism.

i'm not against this movement, because it's their right to boycott these products and campaign for it, but to the point of persecuting people and vandalizing these shops is already a crime and it's not worth supporting.

[Kelward]

I just read this news and I can't stop laughing.
McDonald's is said to be planning to sue people who have been refusing to buy its products over the past months leading to their $1.3 million loss. This is due to a boycott movement where people in a lot of countries are sanctioning this company because of its support of the Zionist regime that is occupying Palestine and is committing genocide there.

It is ridiculous because they can actually focus and dedicate the funds that they will use to pursue a court case on rebranded marketing, and other things like giving back to the community, so that they can improve their status and have a good score with community members who already frown at them for supporting the zionist movements.

The situation the company has put themselves should be a lesson to other established brands and company to be careful before showing support or taking sides with any movement or cause. Sometimes as a company or brand, keep your opinions to yourself, neutrality will safe you from some loses that can be made by picking sides.

If MacDonald, actually came out openly to take sides in a war, then that is a very bad business decision, inasmuch as their products is not specifically made for the country that they're supporting, then they should accept whatever consequences that their actions bring. A multinational foodchain company that has branches in every parts of the world and expect people of different believes and preferences to patronize them should not involve in politics, not to talk of taking sides in a war. With all due respect to the owner and management of MacDonald, I think that suing anybody or organization because people don't patronize them can be the dumbest decision that they'll make in this case.

[pooya87]

How did the group linked this particular Mcdonald's to Israel-Hamas war?

Not this particular one, but McDonald's in general. After all the entire profit goes up the chain to the owners and they use that profit to fund the genocide of Palestinians both directly and indirectly.
The link of companies such as McDonald's to Israel is well known. I covered it a little in the other boycott topic here: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5474012.msg63179301#msg63179301

mcdonald franchise licencee's release statement
"we do not support any political motivation. all death and suffering of all humans are bad. we will continue to fund relief efforts of any landscape/location of the citizen victims harmed by actions of their politicians bad decisions"

as long as mcdonalds only fund food supplies to both sides victims of war.. and not supple cattle prods and meat burning materials to militia's of any side. then mcdonalds can escape the problem

haha yeah they'll probably send some supply trucks to Egypt claiming they've sent it to Gaza while those trucks get stuck behind the tall walls (the prison walls surrounding the city/prison called Gaza) in Rafah and then go ahead and pay another $1.3 billion to the Zionist murderers to help the genocide directly!

[avikz]

I just read this news and I can't stop laughing.
McDonald's is said to be planning to sue people who have been refusing to buy its products over the past months leading to their $1.3 million loss. This is due to a boycott movement where people in a lot of countries are sanctioning this company because of its support of the Zionist regime that is occupying Palestine and is committing genocide there.

Imagine if some day you are out and about, suddenly someone wearing a chicken suit puts a gun to your head forcing you to buy their fast food or they'll shoot you

Ref: https://www.moroccoworldnews.com/2023/12/359864/mcdonalds-malaysia-sues-pro-palestine-activists-over-boycott

McDonald's is probably trying to sue an organized group of people who are constantly trying to put the brand under wrong light. The conflict between Israel and Palestine is unfortunate as common people are getting murdered every single day. But wha a business has to do about it? Just because a brand is owned by a follower of Judaism, doesn't need to be banned or constantly attacked.

This is very same incident where every Muslim people doesn't need to be blamed just because some Muslims are creating issues internationally. That is called generalizing. I think McDonald's is going a little stringent on this incident because they could have used intelligent marketing to bypass this.

[KingsDen]

I just read this news and I can't stop laughing.
McDonald's is said to be planning to sue people who have been refusing to buy its products over the past months leading to their $1.3 million loss. This is due to a boycott movement where people in a lot of countries are sanctioning this company because of its support of the Zionist regime that is occupying Palestine and is committing genocide there.

It is ridiculous because they can actually focus and dedicate the funds that they will use to pursue a court case on rebranded marketing, and other things like giving back to the community, so that they can improve their status and have a good score with community members who already frown at them for supporting the zionist movements.

Maybe, we have to first ask what food company has to do with political supports and alignment. They have to determine if they will continue with food or they will have to join politics. When you declare a public support on controversial issues, you have to be ready for the consequences.

Imagine if some day you are out and about, suddenly someone wearing a chicken suit puts a gun to your head forcing you to buy their fast food or they'll shoot you

Are you sure this is not happening somewhere in South Korea?

[Yogee]

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BTW, who is actually will be paying the penalty if Mc Donald's wins this? Government.

Whoever is the defendant. Government can just remove their permit to operate in the region if McDonalds will file a case against them. They are probably not going to sue every individual that's protesting and vandalizing their business establishments but it looks like there's an organized body spearheading the boycott so expect those people to be named in the lawsuit.

[MFahad]

I just read this news and I can't stop laughing.
McDonald's is said to be planning to sue people who have been refusing to buy its products over the past months leading to their $1.3 million loss. This is due to a boycott movement where people in a lot of countries are sanctioning this company because of its support of the Zionist regime that is occupying Palestine and is committing genocide there.

Imagine if some day you are out and about, suddenly someone wearing a chicken suit puts a gun to your head forcing you to buy their fast food or they'll shoot you

It's funny, of course, that even a fast food guy can sue people for not buying his stuff.everyone did well by boycotting McDonald's, because he sided with the oppressor rather than the oppressed, and still shows no remorse for what he did.it is everyone's personal choice as to where they buy food.no one can be forced to buy things from McDonald's or any other fast food. Anyway, this is the first time I heard that someone can sue people for not buying their stuff.

However, who will he nominate in this case, because there are many people living and moving around the place where his shop is located, and who can the judge punish in this case? Their loss is very little. i say that such companies should be boycotted in all the countries of the world so that in the future, when supporting the oppressors, they should see this incident as a lesson.

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This is really funny.  How is that possible lol!  It is the consumer's choice whether to buy a product or not.  Is it possible or who will forcefully buy their company's stuff.  Pro-Palestinians will certainly not buy products that help kill Palestinians.  Now I'm afraid to go out on my street in case the McDonald's guys come and hold a gun to my head and ask me to buy their stuff lol.  I didn't expect such funny behavior from such a reputed company. It's really funny.

[Twentyonepaylots]

Had no idea about this. To be fair, McDonald's Malaysia is suing the BDS Malaysia movement due to financial losses and job cuts which is why it makes sense as to why they are doing this.

Suing people over unsold products would inflict so much damage on their business. I had literally no idea on this, it is my first time seeing a company suing people who are boycotting their product which is part of their customer rights lol. It doesn't make sense at all, if their products or services are being left unsold, then they should know now that something is wrong with their company. People united are indeed more powerful than a company.

I do feel this is unnecessary though considering how rich and powerful they truly are overall.

Or they do want a free exposure on television so people would have second thoughts about them?