[Vision2020] Thanks
Sunil Ramalingam
sunilramalingam@hotmail.com
Wed, 16 Apr 2003 17:50:30 -0700
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<P>Jim,</P>
<P>Are you saying that people were going to stop going to the Baseball Hall of Fame if they had honored 'Bull Durham?'</P>
<P>Sunil<BR><BR></P></DIV>
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<DIV></DIV>>From: "Jim Baillargeon" <JJBAILLARGEON@MOSCOW.COM>
<DIV></DIV>>To: "Judy B. LaLonde" <JUDYB@UIDAHO.EDU>, <CARLWESTBERG846@HOTMAIL.COM>, <VISION2020@MOSCOW.COM>
<DIV></DIV>>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Thanks
<DIV></DIV>>Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2003 17:49:23 -0700
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<DIV></DIV>>Judy L,
<DIV></DIV>> think on this,Event "X" is cancelled by one person, NOT because she/he
<DIV></DIV>>has the power, But because their job requires them to be aware of the fact
<DIV></DIV>>that millions of "Judy L's" might very well be offended & dump her/ his
<DIV></DIV>>station/program, dropping the ratings. Enough mistakes like that & it's
<DIV></DIV>>time to search the want ads. Like it or not, MONEY TALKS, & people "vote"
<DIV></DIV>>with their purses
<DIV></DIV>>----- Original Message -----
<DIV></DIV>>From: "Judy B. LaLonde" <JUDYB@UIDAHO.EDU>
<DIV></DIV>>To: <CARLWESTBERG846@HOTMAIL.COM>; <VISION2020@MOSCOW.COM>
<DIV></DIV>>Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2003 10:45 AM
<DIV></DIV>>Subject: [Vision2020] Thanks
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<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>> > Carl, et. al.
<DIV></DIV>> >
<DIV></DIV>> > Thanks for your most recent post about the Baseball Hall of Fame.
<DIV></DIV>> > I have to say that although I find many of the postings on vision20/20
<DIV></DIV>>very
<DIV></DIV>> > frustrating, they do make me think. So, Tim's response about "Freedom not
<DIV></DIV>> > being free" has given me pause.
<DIV></DIV>> >
<DIV></DIV>> > I was trying to figure out what the difference is (at least in my mind)
<DIV></DIV>> > between the instances Joe wrote:
<DIV></DIV>> >
<DIV></DIV>> > ("Are you saying some
<DIV></DIV>> > white-supremacist/Klansman/Neo-Nazi who sells bumper stickers that say,
<DIV></DIV>>"The
<DIV></DIV>> > only good nigger is a dead nigger" alongside the motor oil and snack food
<DIV></DIV>> > at his gas station should not have to pay a price (in the form of
<DIV></DIV>>boycotts)
<DIV></DIV>> > for his political views? And if so, how are you going to protect him
<DIV></DIV>> > against my boycott and my protesting in front of his place of business
<DIV></DIV>> > without infringing my right of free speech?")
<DIV></DIV>> >
<DIV></DIV>> > and this Hall of Fame and TV show canceling. It seems to me that the
<DIV></DIV>>major
<DIV></DIV>> > difference is between a single individual doing something that really just
<DIV></DIV>> > reflects her/his viewpoint and stays on that personal level AND a single
<DIV></DIV>> > individual doing something that reflects his/her viewpoint but having that
<DIV></DIV>> > larger impact because the individual REPRESENTS, i.e. the Hall of Fame, a
<DIV></DIV>> > television network.
<DIV></DIV>> >
<DIV></DIV>> > If I chose not to attend or support event "x" because it conflicts with my
<DIV></DIV>> > beliefs, that is much different from event "x" being cancelled by one
<DIV></DIV>>person
<DIV></DIV>> > because he/she has the power/position to IMPOSE their beliefs on all those
<DIV></DIV>> > affected.
<DIV></DIV>> >
<DIV></DIV>> > Respectfully,
<DIV></DIV>> > Judy LaLonde
<DIV></DIV>> > Moscow
<DIV></DIV>> >
<DIV></DIV>> >
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