[Vision2020] Local businessman slandered
Tom Hansen
thansen@moscow.com
Sun, 9 Nov 2003 05:59:30 -0800
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Local businessman slanderedVery well written, Melynda. Vandalism is a crime
and should be punished to the maximum extent that the law will allow.
Boycotting isn't a crime. Just ask the ancestors of Rosa Parks. There are
many reasons to boycot a business.
Take care,
Tom Hansen
Moscow, Idaho
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From: vision2020-admin@moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-admin@moscow.com]On
Behalf Of Melynda Huskey
Sent: Saturday, November 08, 2003 11:40 PM
To: vision2020@moscow.com
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.
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 =
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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 =
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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>
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<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>
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<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>
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<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>
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bakery which=20
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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