[Vision2020] Local businessman slandered
Dale Courtney
dmcourtn@moscow.com
Sun, 9 Nov 2003 05:01:27 -0800
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Local businessman slanderedMelynda,
How do you know that it wasn't racist? How do you know it wasn't from =
white supremacists who were targeting minority-held businesses?=20
I have a funny feeling that if those businesses were owned by =
homosexuals, it wouldn't be dismissed as mere vandalism. Rather, it =
would make national news as a northern Idaho hate crime.=20
How funny that minority-owned businesses in Northern Idaho that are =
targeted, stickered, and vandalized are so easily dismissed.
Best,
Dale
----- Original Message -----=20
From: Melynda Huskey=20
To: vision2020@moscow.com=20
Sent: Saturday, November 08, 2003 23:40
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Local businessman slandered
Wouldn'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>Melynda,</DIV>
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<DIV>How do you know that it wasn't racist? How do you know it wasn't =
from white=20
supremacists who were targeting minority-held businesses? </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>I have a funny feeling that if those businesses were owned by =
homosexuals,=20
it wouldn't be dismissed as mere vandalism. Rather, it would make =
national news=20
as a northern Idaho hate crime. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>How funny that minority-owned businesses in Northern Idaho that are =
targeted, stickered, and vandalized are so easily dismissed.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Best,</DIV>
<DIV>Dale</DIV>
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<A title=3Dmghuskey@moscow.com =
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2003=20
23:40</DIV>
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businessman slandered</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Wouldn't it have been more accurate =
for the=20
Argonaut headline to read "Local Business Vandalized"?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<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 =
size=3D2></FONT><FONT=20
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=20
away infant formula in developing nations.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>It doesn't make sense to organize a =
boycott in=20
this situation, because there's no policy to change.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>On the other hand, you won't see me =
spending a=20
thin dime to fill the pockets of someone who feels comfortable =
telling a=20
Tribune 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." =20
And neither will our friends. And if indeed there are steady =
customers=20
of Bucer's who are gay, as Mr. Greenfield claims, I hope they'll think =
twice=20
about their next visit. Self-loathing ought to have its=20
limits.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Still waiting for the Christian =
bakery which=20
provides its customers with moral reflections on gluttony (one of the =
Seven=20
Deadlies, no less),</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Melynda Huskey</FONT></DIV>
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