Noon Saturday, March 31, 2012 - Toronto Canada -
On March 24 RINJ
Campaign announced an international boycott of
Belvedere Vodka following that company's online publication and
global dissemination of content that appears to recommend Belvedere
Vodka's male customers drink to excess or at least to the point they
begin to perform unlawful acts such as forcible confinement; sexual
assault; forced fellatio; rape; aggravated assault; abuse of women; and
violent bullying while drinking.
As the global community discussed Belvedere Vodka's advertisement that supported drunks raping young women, on Thursday March 29, Oksana Makar died from her rape and injuries done to her by three, male, drunken rapists. Vodka drinkers. (See https://www.facebook.com/rape.is.no.joke for more.) Despite the two weak apologies from Belvedere: 1) The damages is done. The apology was the barest minimum and did not undo the damage. 2) We are opposed to the corporate culture that allowed this in the first place and believe that culture still exists. 3) This LVMH subsidiary, Belvedere, may well represent the attitude of a large multinational led by Louis Vuitton et. al. which has as its main customers, women. 4) The acts of this liquor manufacturer are so egregious that the situation can now be compared to rape where saying sorry afterwards doesn't fix anything. This company is a powerful opinion-leader and trend-setter and needs to be opposed in its disgusting attitude toward women. https://www.facebook.com/Remember.Oksana.Makar The 3 drunken rapists who violated Oksana Makar were worried that she would go to police. To avoid this — all were intoxicated — they took further steps. The 3 drunk men tried to strangle Oksana with a cord, leaving her barely conscious. Then they wrapped her in a blanket and dragged her to a nearby construction site, where they set her on fire. She was discovered the next morning, still conscious, by a passing motorist. Oksana had burns to 55% of her body. She endured the amputation of her arm and horrible pain across her entire body. We had prayed Oksana Makar would survive. Doctors and family along with hundreds of thousands of prayers failed to defeat the evil that was done. Oksana died 29 March. Her funeral was hours ago. Rape Is No Joke, Belvedere Vodka. RINJ wants Belvedere Vodka to assist Oksana's parents in the memory of their daughter. Background:![]() Belevedere Vodka's ad promotes a rape culture
which is a complex of beliefs that encourages male sexual
aggression and supports violence against women.
This advertisement of Belvedere encourages a
continuum of threatened violence that ranges from disgusting sexual
remarks to sexual touching, forcible confinement, terrorizing women, to
rape itself.
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