>From: Marsha Stanek <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: boycotting >I agree with Steve McClelland regarding boycotting Michigan products - and >more importantly letting the manufacturers know why. I have written to the I apologize if I am being rude but I cannot see the logic behind this action. I live in Wisconsin, and I don't like Guv. Tommy too much at all. In fact, I tried to spit on him once in a fit of anger after he followed through with removing Fine Arts from the curriculum plans for public schools. Now I'm not trying to justify spitting on him, just making a point that I hate the little weasel. Anywho, my dislike of local political powers does not stop me from buying Wisconsin products. Why? Because industry is owned by the rich, run by the middle class. If sales drop, who suffers? The workers always do before the owners. There are people in Michigan who do not think that Kodo should have been murdered. Don't punish them for mistakes they did not make. Whether ferrets should be killed or not is not a plank on many political platforms. No one in Michigan could have predicted this outcome. The best action is to befriend the voters- make the people see that they have elected mistakes. Then, when the polls are open again, there won't be anyone sore about boycotts on their income from ferret owners- which would be a deadly thing indeed. A boycott may be the quickest way to get these guys re-elected. Remember, not every shark is a killer, not every afro-american is a criminal, not every caucasian is prejudiced, not every ferret is rabid, not every Michiganian (or as we say in WI, "Yooper" =]) wants ferrets dead. Plus, boycotts are only effective if they actually DO something. ******************************************************* *** Mark A. Pendl ** ZPT- Vuode ** [log in to unmask] *** ******************************************************* ************** http://www.uwm.edu/~spam *************** ******************************************************* [Posted in FML issue 1975]