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Article #75093Re: Boycott
From: Kenneth Arromdee
Date: Wed, 21 Nov 1990 16:23
Date: Wed, 21 Nov 1990 16:23
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In article <PDS.90Nov19164319@lemming.webo.dg.com> pds@lemming.webo.dg.com (Paul D. Smith) writes:
>
>Boycotts are traditionally a uniquely American (as far as I know),
>nonviolent, moral, legally acceptable, etc., etc., way of making your
>voice heard even if you don't have millions to hire big-time lawyers
>with. ...
I recall there's a place in New York where some residents (ironically black)
who are boycotting stores run by Koreans out of racial prejudice. There's
also the Arab boycott of Israel (for merely existing).
Boycotts are only moral if done for moral reasons.
--
"Thinking small-minded is when you see your bus on the other side of the
street and wish you could teleport across to catch it."
Kenneth Arromdee (UUCP: ....!jhunix!arromdee; BITNET: arromdee@jhuvm;
INTERNET: arromdee@cs.jhu.edu)
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1025b4,e64caa6d23393dd2 X-Google-Attributes: gid1025b4,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1990-11-21 08:23:17 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!gmdzi!unido!isaak!escher!nadia!smurf!ira.uka.de!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!samsung!sdd.hp.com!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!ncar!gatech!purdue!haven!umd5!emanon.cs.jhu.edu!arromdee From: arromdee@cs.jhu.edu (Kenneth Arromdee) Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss Subject: Re: Boycott Message-ID: <7109@emanon.cs.jhu.edu> Date: 21 Nov 90 16:23:17 GMT References: <PDS.90Nov19164319@lemming.webo.dg.com> Reply-To: arromdee@cs.jhu.edu (Kenneth Arromdee) Organization: Johns Hopkins University CS Dept. Lines: 18 Posted: Wed Nov 21 17:23:17 1990