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To: E Rocc
"When their objective is to restrain free speech or free trade, I do."

A boycott is a form of free speech. If you are in favor of free speech, then whether you agree on the issue or not, you should be supporting the right of people to organize and boycott.

128 posted on 09/26/2003 12:39:54 PM PDT by MEGoody
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To: MEGoody
A boycott is a form of free speech. If you are in favor of free speech, then whether you agree on the issue or not, you should be supporting the right of people to organize and boycott.
I'm not saying that boycotts should be banned by law. But when its clearly economic warfare, and an opening shot to eventual political warfare, the time to oppose it is right now.

Again, the comparison to gun grabbers boycotting stores that sell ammunition holds. We know their eventual goal is to ban all ammunition sales by law. If they can force major retailers to stop selling it, they eliminate a potential opponent of the legal ban, and perhaps gain an ally.

-Eric

189 posted on 09/29/2003 4:54:25 AM PDT by E Rocc (If we let government take on the parental role, we will all become "honorary children")
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