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- From: mpolen@suntory.mti.sgi.com (Mike Polen)
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- Subject: Re: Boycotts, Boycotts, Boycotts....
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- Date: 23 Dec 92 16:53:44 GMT
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- David Veal) writes:
- |> BOB HOOKER) writes:
- |>
- |> >cdpert01@ulkyvx.louisville.edu writes:
- |> >>
- |> >> It's the "really stupid (boycotts)" of which you write that conservatives
- |> >> dislike. I classify the Cramer boycott as being a stupid one. Even
- |> >> though my political bias is conservative, I enjoy reading posts on
- |> >> talk.politics.misc and alt.rush-limbaugh that span the entire political
- |> >> spectrum. Some people actually feel that some opposing viewpoints
- |> >
- |> >As far as determining the stupid ones from the smart ones, I would ask
- |> >conservatives to live by what they are always preaching;
- |> >
- |> >LET THE MARKET DECIDE.
- |> >
- |> >What I think is most illuminating about all of this anti-boycott talk from
- |> >some on the right is that it shows how shallow their commitment to
- |> >Capatalism really is. Sure when it come to cutting taxes and regulation
- |> >they are all pro-bussiness, but when it comes to letting all groups in
- |> >America exercise the power they have via the market, to let the value of a
- |> >boycott be decidedin the same way that the value of Snapple is decided--via
- |> >the market, to allow people to decide what they are going to buy for any
- |> >reason that they like, then it is another story altogether.
- |>
- |> I believe you're not quite understanding the situation. When
- |> you've got one group in our "market" arguing that thus and such should
- |> be boycotted, how is it "anti-capitalistic" to argue that the boycott is
- |> stupid? Is not the person arguing against the boycott *part* of the market
- |> in every way that the boycotting group is?
- |> Supporting capitalism is not the same as supporting every single
- |> crack-pot idea that can be exercised in a capitalisitc environment.
- |>
- There is no such thing as a stupid boycott, nor is there any suggestion
- that you should support every idea that you decide is "crack-pot." After
- all, Edison and Alexander Graham Bell were considered crack-pots. You have
- every right to encourage others to join or not to join a boycott, but
- arguing against the boycott itself demonstrates the lack of faith that
- BOB HOOKER refers to.
-
- One man's crack-pot is the next billion dollar business or the next decades
- religious morality.
- --
- These opinions are usually my own, sometimes my dog's,
- occasionaly my (grown) children's, never my employer's.
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