Indeed and it isn't remotely.
Can you articulate your thoughts without the use of tenuous analogies please mate?
Of course i have a choice mate don't be so naive.
I don't have Gas central heating so i don't use Saudi Gas, I buy my fuel from an automated garage that helpfully tells me every time i fill up that the fuel i'm buying was sourced from a North Sea oil platform (FYI thats not in Saudi Arabia) so i don't buy Saudi Oil. And as previously mentioned the UK only imports 2-3 of its Oil from SA so the majority of people in the UK rarely if ever use Saudi Oil. (Note that 2-3% is just imports which makes up around half of the Oil the UK uses every year, a lot of people it seems don't realize the UK is actually one of the largest producers of Oil in Europe)
For plastic the dumbest of all these arguments see again my earlier conversation with Dave, you really need to read this.
The moral of Dave's story is even if he did use some Saudi products knowingly or not, or things manufactured in other countries with the by products of Saudi Oil. It doesn't invalidate or remove his right to express an opinion and his objection to the brutal Saudi regime buying an English football club. The fact that lots of different products are made of or with Saudi Oil and sold around the world doesn't in any way remove the right for people to express an opinion on the Saudi regime. However much the Saudi regime wishes that were the case, because unlike in SA many people around the world have the right to freedom of speech.
Do you understand now?
It seems you didn't read my post I think. I did say that of course you can have an opinion. And of course I read your Dave story.
What we're discussing is moral stuffs here. To me it's a black and white matter. No gray area.
Despite the talks of how much you pay attention to not use stuffs from them, you also agree that there's no way you can make sure that you don't use anything from them, knowingly or not. So it's safe to say we all have no choice I think?
Now back to my vegan example. You're a strict vegan and very against killing animals, morally. One day in like an apocalyptic world you have no choice but have to eat animals to survive. Can you still be against killing animals ? Isn't it wrong to be against killing them while you're eating them, even when you have no choice?
I'm Vietnamese and we generally really are against the Chinese government, or with some to the extent of all the Chinese and China as well (sorry Chinese readers). Because of some of their actions (someone has mentioned here I think) and our thousands years long quarelling history. Some of my friends say we should stop doing business with them. I find that very funny because we all use a lot stuffs from them or made by them. I mean if we can live with using stuffs from them ourselves, why can't we live with our country doing business with them ? As long as it's fair and win win I have nothing against.
However I'm very against them invested money into my country in some specific cases, but not because I morally have an opinion against them but because it's bad for my country (please google Chinese debt trap). You see the difference?