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I remember back in the '70's when boycotting really came to light and a way of protesting the war, the soldiers and the government.<br><br>Bet no one thought about the "innocents" working in those factories, businesses or distributors during all that. Why? Simple - like Miss Keely said - THEY CHOOSE TO BE WHERE THEY ARE in life and in beliefs. <br><br>J :]<br><br><br>> Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2007 06:37:43 -0800<br>> From: godshatter@yahoo.com<br>> To: thansen@moscow.com<br>> CC: vision2020@moscow.com<br>> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Prediction/pin drop<br>> <br>> I believe I mentioned that people have the right to do business with <br>> whom they wish. I'm not calling the authorities on these people. I'm <br>> merely explaining how I hate this kind of thing. Of course people are <br>> free to target a religious group with their boycott merely because they <br>> disagree with them. And I'm free to stand up and tell them how bigoted <br>> they are being.<br>> <br>> Yes, freedom is great.<br>> <br>> What's next? Women-owned businesses? Businesses owned by the disabled? <br>> <br>> The ironic thing is that their fight is not with these people. In their <br>> world view, they are some of the masses that have been deluded by those <br>> in power in that church. So why hurt them specifically with this boycot?<br>> <br>> Paul<br>> <br>> Why do people I normally respect cloud their thinking so much on this <br>> one issue?<br>> <br>> Tom Hansen wrote:<br>> > Paul Rumelhart stated:<br>> ><br>> > "Freedom of religion means that even the people you don't like get to<br>> > worship as they wish."<br>> ><br>> > Yes. I agree.<br>> ><br>> > And free enterprise (coupled with capitalism) means that people are free to<br>> > spend their money where they wish and NOT spend money where they do not wish<br>> > to spend it.<br>> ><br>> > Isn't freedom GREAT!<br>> ><br>> > Seeya at the polls, Moscow.<br>> ><br>> > Tom Hansen<br>> > Moscow, Idaho<br>> ><br>> > "We're a town of about 23,000 with 10,000 college students. The college<br>> > students are not very active in local elections (thank goodness!)."<br>> ><br>> > - Dale Courtney (March 28, 2007)<br>> ><br>> ><br>> ><br>> ><br>> > <br>> <br>> =======================================================<br>> List services made available by First Step Internet, <br>> serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994. <br>> http://www.fsr.net <br>> mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com<br>> =======================================================<br><br /><hr />Climb to the top of the charts! Play Star Shuffle: the word scramble challenge with star power. <a href='http://club.live.com/star_shuffle.aspx?icid=starshuffle_wlmailtextlink_oct' target='_new'>Play Now!</a></body>
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