whAAATTT.............. sam you have slipped over the edge. As for the anti-gay-donation list, all other things being equal I would prefer to send my money elsewhere, and this is not one of my dealbreaker issues. I just would prefer not to support such ideas.
On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 9:36 AM, Sam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 9:08 AM, David Churvis > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> You and I disagree on whether the epithets at the Palin rally were real, but >> that's immaterial to this. I've already said that anyone who uses racial >> epithets is wrong, and I do care about this issue. I can't fault you for >> thinking that "nobody seems to care", but let me assure you that there has >> been plenty of attention devoted to this problem within the gay media, as >> well as during the rallies on Saturday. > > I didn't see it on the evening news, yahoo or google news and it > wasn't mentioned on this list which seems to have claimed every single > statement made by a McCain/Palin supporter represents all of them. > I'm glad it's getting attention and hope it shames the fools into > re-evaluating there feelings. > >> And there is nothing McCarthy-like about this boycott at all. McCarthy was >> trumping up untrue charges against people based on no evidence whatsoever, >> ruining careers in the process by associating people with what was at that >> time the most evil thing imaginable to most people, namely Communism. > > Actually, everyone on his list was eventually proven to be working > with communists. The threats and dangers were real. I'm not saying I > agree with his tactics, he went about it the wrong way and he went too > far. But it was all real. > >> In this case, someone found an actual, verifiable list of donors, and has >> posted the list so that people can be aware of what individuals and >> businesses supported Prop 8, so that people can make an informed decision >> about where to send their business. There is no persecution, no one is >> being unfairly targeted, no one is having their lives ruined by baseless >> speculation. > > The musical theater guy quit his job to save the theater. That's not > the same as a theater officially donating. If a business gets > boycotted because of a single employee's personal actions, chances are > he's going to be let go to save the company. That's the intention of > the blacklist. I'm all for targeting the business if they have an > official position, but not based on employee actions. Imagine if they > published the opposite list and asked people to boycott the companies > with employees that opposed the measure. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:280612 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
