Several non-large-scale protests happened in several cities and activists tried to exort a nationwide boycott campaign against the series.

Yet once exposed to insurgent ambushes and nationwide boycotts, many became willing, anonymous participants in atrocities.

Nationwide boycotted the disastrous rush by building societies to demutualise in the late 1990s, a trend that almost without exception led to loss of independence and often a total collapse.

Consumer advocates encouraged nationwide boycotts of coalition members, and movements were started in several other states to enact similar labeling requirements.