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- From: bartlett@rmtc.Central.Sun.COM (Terry Bartlett)
- Subject: Re: Support the boycott (was Re: Don't boycott all of Colorado)
- Message-ID: <1992Nov20.013436.10416@rmtc.Central.Sun.COM>
- Organization: Sun Microsystems Rocky Mountain Technology Center, Colo Spgs
- References: <mattm-181192113943@mcmelmon.apple.com> <1992Nov19.003751.15111@gordian.com> <mattm-191192090714@mcmelmon.apple.com>
- Date: Fri, 20 Nov 92 01:34:36 GMT
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- In article <mattm-191192090714@mcmelmon.apple.com> mattm@apple.com (Matthew Melmon) writes:
-
- >When the Arizona vote took place against MLK b-day, the opposition
- >was ready the *immediately* with a boycott. And it was not
- >just black organizations who went in on it. In the case of Louisianna,
- >the 'opposition' was just about the entire country, and the threats
- >were in place well before the vote even occured. In the case of
- >Colorado, it's very much a one group thing, and that group is divided.
- >And it's been a couple of weeks since the vote. And there is still
- >no coherent 'Word from Above' on the status of this 'boycott.'
-
- The timing of the boycott is irrelevant. And it isn't dead. According
- to the local press, the city of Atlanta has decided to boycott Colorado.
- Apparently a number of groups have cancelled conventions in Denver.
- There's a new story every day about some group or municipality boycotting
- the state.
-
- People are worried about this, which is the first sign of its potential
- effectiveness.
-
- >
- >It's dead, Jim. Or at least metabolically challenged.
- >
-
- Wishing something was true does not make it so.
-
- >*X*
-
-
- Terry Bartlett bartlett@rmtc.Central.Sun.COM
- Sun Microsystems BEAT CAL! BEAT CAL! BEAT CAL!
- Rocky Mountain Technology Center BEAT CAL! BEAT CAL! BEAT CAL!
- Colorado Springs, CO BEAT CAL! BEAT CAL! BEAT CAL!
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