#C=A and Timothy Leary
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Hmm. Yet I wonder if some folks really think a boycott isn't an appropriate
response. Some organizations, primarily universities, threatened to boycott
IBM just for being in South Africa. The argument was that their presence
indicated approval.
-Jim
James,
Boycotting CBM for some practice they are engaged in would be understandable.
As it is, a boycott is being considered for reasons that have nothing to do
with CBM. It is equivalent to boycotting Ford because someone you don't like
drives a Lincoln.
Regards, Larry.
James, it seems to me that there are much more interesting things going on with
the Amiga that you can be reporting about other than Timothy Leary writing
Amiga programs.
Marlene
James:
That brings up a totally different issue. While aparthied is very bad,
why do we inflict harm on a society and make great public pronouncements about
that society when it is much better than any of its neighbors? South Africa
provides more freedom for their most oppressed than any of the Soviet bloc
countries.
We should object to aparthied and support those many enlightened people
within South Africa that are trying to change the situation but we must also
remember that South Africa is a country where at least the attempts can be made
without 'midnight calls' on it citizens by the government.
73, bill
Bill, I/m afraid I have to take serious exception to your remarks. South Africa
is NOT a place where you can speak your mind and not worry about the police
carting you off for indefinite detention without legal recourse. That situation
is EXACTLY what happens to people who speak their minds if they oppose the
racialist system. I have met numerous persons from South Africa whose opinion I
respect who go to jail for being trade unionists or writing about police
actions, etc.
The argument that South Africa may be bad but is so much better than any of her
neighbors is Nonsense from Senator Helms and the Armegeddon crowd. None of her
neighbors has a democracy of 20% of the population. Zimbabwe (one of her
neighbors) has a multi-racial democracy and is rapidly approaching the point of
having an average standard of living greater than South Africa's.
I hope that you don't take offense at these remarks but I could not let the
issue pass without comment.
In Solidarity, David Lyall