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- From: Minotaur@cup.portal.com (A Frank Swilling)
- Newsgroups: soc.motss
- Subject: Re: Support the boycott (was Re: Don't boycott all of Color
- Message-ID: <69929@cup.portal.com>
- Date: Fri, 20 Nov 92 19:47:56 PST
- Organization: The Portal System (TM)
- References: <Nov15.215505.16307@yuma.ACNS.ColoState.EDU>
- <1992Nov15.235608.22978@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU>
- <1992Nov16.182934.20759@ncar.ucar.edu>
- <1992Nov18.184447.111980@zeus.calpoly.edu>
- <mattm-181192113943@mcmelmon.apple.com>
- <1992Nov19.003751.15111@gordian.com>
- <mattm-191192090714@mcmelmon.apple.com>
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- Matthew (What does the *X* stand for?) Melmon sez:
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- >In article <1992Nov19.003751.15111@gordian.com>, mike@gordian.com
- >(Michael A. Thomas) wrote:
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- >> > This boycott is *already* a flop. Mr. Williams posted something
- >> > which is far more likely to have an impact - and it is the
- >> > exact *opposite* of what the TT's of soc.motss are calling for.
-
- >> I would say that the rumors of its death are greatly exaggerated.
-
- >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.'
-
- >It's dead, Jim. Or at least metabolically challenged.
-
- >*X*
-
- Dammit, Bones, you're a doctor. *Fix* it!
-
- According to today's San Francisco Chronicle, the boycott is just
- now starting to gain real momentum. I don't have the article in
- front of me, but apparently Barbra Streisand just gave a speech
- at an AIDS benefit in L.A., wherein she said to other entertainers,
- "If we're asked to, we must refuse to play where they discriminate."
-
- She said this, and other things, in an attempt to persuade the
- Hollywood crowd to stay away from Colorado, which happens to be
- one of their favorite hangouts these days.
-
- I'll consider the boycott *really* serious if Cher sells her house.
-
- Frank
- Minotaur@cup.portal.com
-