[Vision2020] Local businessman slandered
Melynda Huskey
Melynda Huskey" <mghuskey@moscow.com
Sat, 8 Nov 2003 23:40:02 -0800
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Local businessman slanderedWouldn't it have been more accurate for the =
Argonaut headline to read "Local Business Vandalized"?
The stickering was vandalism, pure and simple. It's a crime. It's =
cowardly. It was undoubtedly motivated by religious intolerance. It =
wasn't, however, racist, and it's silly to say that it was. =20
A boycott is an organized withholding of patronage from a business in =
order to pressure it to change its policies or practices: in =
Montgomery, Alabama, black patrons didn't ride the buses, for example, =
until the bus company changed their policies about seating. Some =
listmembers may likewise have boycotted California grapes to create =
better working conditions for farm workers, or Nestle products to =
encourage them to stop giving away infant formula in developing nations.
It doesn't make sense to organize a boycott in this situation, because =
there's no policy to change.
On the other hand, you won't see me spending a thin dime to fill the =
pockets of someone who feels comfortable telling a Tribune reporter that =
gay people are immoral, but he can accept us as we are. Gay money fills =
that cash register just like straight money, doesn't it, Mr. Greenfield? =
Thanks a million, but my immoral family and our immoral money won't =
strain your "acceptance." And neither will our friends. And if indeed =
there are steady customers of Bucer's who are gay, as Mr. Greenfield =
claims, I hope they'll think twice about their next visit. =
Self-loathing ought to have its limits.
Still waiting for the Christian bakery which provides its customers with =
moral reflections on gluttony (one of the Seven Deadlies, no less),
Melynda Huskey
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Wouldn't it have been more accurate for =
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Argonaut headline to read "Local Business Vandalized"?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>The stickering was vandalism, pure and=20
simple. It's a crime. It's cowardly. It was =
undoubtedly=20
motivated by religious intolerance. It wasn't, however, racist, =
and it's=20
silly to say that it was. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT><FONT face=3DArial =
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face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>A boycott is an organized withholding =
of=20
patronage from a business in order to pressure it to change =
its=20
policies or practices: in Montgomery, Alabama, black patrons =
didn't=20
ride the buses, for example, until the bus company changed their =
policies=20
about seating. Some listmembers may likewise have=20
boycotted California grapes to create better working =
conditions for=20
farm workers, or Nestle products to encourage them to =
stop giving away=20
infant formula in developing nations.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>It doesn't make sense to organize a =
boycott in this=20
situation, because there's no policy to change.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>On the other hand, you won't see me =
spending a thin=20
dime to fill the pockets of someone who feels comfortable telling a =
Tribune=20
reporter that gay people are immoral, but he can accept us as we=20
are. Gay money fills that cash register just like straight =
money,=20
doesn't it, Mr. Greenfield? Thanks a million, but my immoral =
family and=20
our immoral money won't strain =
your "acceptance." And=20
neither will our friends. And if indeed there are steady customers =
of=20
Bucer's who are gay, as Mr. Greenfield claims, I hope they'll think =
twice about=20
their next visit. Self-loathing ought to have its =
limits.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Still waiting for the Christian bakery =
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provides its customers with moral reflections on gluttony (one of the =
Seven=20
Deadlies, no less),</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Melynda Huskey</FONT></DIV>
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