From: Philip Hood (email suppressed)
Date: Mon Dec 04 2006 - 13:01:09 PST
On Mon, 4 Dec 2006, peter snowdon wrote:
> as for boycott in general being a reactionary, purely emotional gesture,
> you seem to forget that there is a history of the elaboration of boycott
> as a conscious, rational and effective political strategy in the hands
> of 'progressive' causes.
peter,
I appreciate the fact that you've
fleshed out your opinions and given history
and etc, and to be honest, verily, I'm not
disagreeing w/ your sentiment or your tactics
w/in their place in history,
and nor unsupportive of what you suggest,
its just that want I to express that, if you
are a fellow american citizen, that your first
responsibility is (maybe sadly - but truly)
working w/in the political context here
in the US, right at home, right within your
back-yard, within your own home and your
family first. Apply pressure to your
politicians, where you shop, where you
invest - always take it back to yourself,
your wife, your children, your coworkers,
your boss - before you stick it to anybody
else ... then, when your nose it totally clean,
then go talking about someone else's nose -
this is all I'm saying ... and I say this
about _everything_ not merely this issue
in particular ...
-ml
pth
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