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- From: owen@autodesk.com (D. Owen Rowley)
- Newsgroups: soc.motss,talk.politics.misc,ca.politics
- Subject: Re: Inconsistency re CO boycott
- Message-ID: <17931@autodesk.COM>
- Date: 16 Nov 92 18:56:03 GMT
- References: <BOB.92Nov5190157@dolores.Stanford.EDU> <13088@optilink.UUCP>
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- In article <13088@optilink.UUCP>, cramer@optilink.UUCP (Clayton Cramer) writes:
- > In article <BOB.92Nov5190157@dolores.Stanford.EDU>, bob@dolores.Stanford.EDU (Bob Lodenkamper) writes:
- > # I've noticed that when the subject of a boycott comes up, some
- > # conservatives, free-marketeers and/or libertarians are often vocally
- > # against the boycott. This seems bizarre to me, for how can someone
- >
- > They may be in opposition to a PARTICULAR boycott because:
- > 1. It won't work.
- > 2. The goal is disreputable (e.g., boycotting a business because
- > it hires black people).
- > 3. It hurts the victims more than the oppressors (e.g., South
- > Africa).
-
- Don't forget to add
-
- 4. they just don't agree with the purpose or goal of the boycott.
-
- I seem to recall some conservative led boycotts, I think Bob just
- hasn't noticed them.
-
- > Boycott is definitely the morally correct way to express your
- > upset. The government is not. Boycotts, however, require a
- > very substantial committment to the goal to work. Adam Clayton
- > Powell, Jr., made very effective use of the boycott to end
- > discrimination in hiring in New York City department stores in
- > the 1930s. It's a shame homosexuals can only think in terms
- > of a great big government, coming in to FORCE people to change.
-
- What factors do you believe are behind this Clayton?
-
- I am one Queer who doesn't believe that government can force
- people to change their minds about socially acceptable bigotry.
-
- I look back on the civil rights struggle of racial minoritys and find
- that for all the government regulation regarding non-discrimination
- there is still plenty to go around. legislation does not cure bigotry.
-
- In my opinion bigotry is a function of ignorance, and only balanced
- education has the potential to deal with that.
-
- do you agree?
-
- LUX ./. owen
-
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- D. Owen Rowley {uunet,fernwood,sun}!autodesk!owen
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