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To: Jason Kauppinen
"Politics by its very nature is coercive, and is inimical to a free society."

No, every decision that ever gets made in any organization is political. It all comes down to who has the authority and influence to make a decision.

Politics is only evil if the tactics used are unethical. There is nothing unethical about boycotts. It is individuals exorcising their free rights and it might even become representative government excorcising the will of the people. That's ok.

Tactics like Jesse Jackson's where he is using his political base to shake down corporations for his own personal gain are unethical. However, spineless corporate leaders participated in it and allowed him to do it, instead of fighting him in the arena of politics. Eventually, companies teamed up and exposed him for what he is. That too is politics.

You can't remove politics. You play fair. You point out when others don't. And you use the tools available to you appropriately. Boycotts are just one of those tools.

6 posted on 04/22/2003 5:04:09 PM PDT by DannyTN (Note left on my door by a pack of neighborhood dogs.)
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To: DannyTN
"You can't remove politics. You play fair. You point out when others don't. And you use the tools available to you appropriately. Boycotts are just one of those tools."
Agreed and it bears repeating. My choices are not being limited when I choose them myself.


8 posted on 04/22/2003 5:13:17 PM PDT by Bahbah (Pray for our Troops)
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