From:Dan Knight > I'm sure you're all aware of the campaign by Rick Bauer to destroy Low > End Mac by telling our advertisers what a terrible site we are for > allowing our writers to share some opinions Mr. Bauer disagreed with.
and > I recommend that if you value Low End Mac, you take your business to > dealers who support our site -- OWC, Crucial Memory, Small Dog > Electronics, PowerMax, Club Mac, and MacResQ among them -- and not > support businesses such as Mac Mall, Mac Zone, and Verizon DSL that have > pulled their support from Low End Mac. > > If you do choose to boycott any of these businesses, you might want to > tell them why. What goes around comes around. From: Bruce Guthrie >Sorry for this guy his problem is so easy to see, he forgot to take his meds >again. Don't worry Dan your fine in my book. > From:martin >hear hear. If we don't tell them, how else will they know? They >obviously haven't the time to look into these things intelligently >for themselves. Ain't no way to run a business. And yikes, I read the >posted correspondence...what IS it with fanatics anyway? > What is the problem with what this guy did? Ok, yeah he got real upset. I was pretty upset when all of this began too. Are you angry that he took action? I would agree that he went too far. Are you angry that the advertisers found out about what is being published on LowEnd Mac? They should be aware of that anyway. Are you angry that they pulled out their money when they found out about these articles? Well, you should think about that. People and companies are not required to support ideas that they disagree with. The Moore articles are totally irresponsible in light of the times we are living. It was recently reported that violence in America against Muslims, Arabs, Persians, etc. has gone up something like 1000% since the September attacks. The Moore articles and the ideas behind them are fuel for that fire. This is not a free speech issue. Mr. Knight chose to publish those articles. If his advertisers don't like the content, no matter how they find out about it, they don't have to give him their money. In asking us to boycott those businesses Mr. Knight is NOT asking us to support his freedom of speech. He is asking us to support the content of the articles in question. That is something I refuse to do. Now, will someone PLEASE help me figure out why my pb1400's cd-rom is draining the battery so fast. -tglaab -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PowerBooks list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
