tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5141703.post8785301850526040654..comments2024-02-21T17:03:05.861-08:00Comments on Petrelis Files: Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08359712473083091475noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5141703.post-12297654610437219602009-07-23T09:04:10.584-07:002009-07-23T09:04:10.584-07:00You mention JFLAG and Staceyann Chin, but neither ...You mention JFLAG and Staceyann Chin, but neither of them are in favor of a consumer boycott. <br /><br />I went to Staceyann Chin's reading at Modern Times a couple months ago and asked about the boycott - she said that it would be more productive to do something with constructive engagement like building housing for poor people in Jamaica (sounds like a project for Rainbow World Fund.)<br /><br />JFLAG has made repeated statements against a consumer boycott, mentioning that Red Stripe has withdrawn support from murder music festivals. <br /><br />I think it is important that the impetus and leadership for transnational boycotts come from people within countries, as it did in the case of South Africa, which was different in that it was a case of an oppressed majority, whereas this is a case of an oppressed minority which is already a scapegoat, and doesn't need further scapegoating as an instrument of economic harm.<br /><br />I once did a research project on international sanctions, and they are rarely effective except in cases where a country has very few international trading partners, such as satellite states.Larry-bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14615482613830414996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5141703.post-36474643501384672672009-07-19T16:09:13.011-07:002009-07-19T16:09:13.011-07:00that word was perfect for stories in the 1950s and...that word was perfect for stories in the 1950s and 1960s, but it's really more appropriate for clinical or scientific articles, not the general news media. <br /><br />we same-gender loving men prefer the word gay to describe ourselves.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08359712473083091475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5141703.post-51563915919780135492009-07-19T14:52:30.981-07:002009-07-19T14:52:30.981-07:00Forgive my ignorance, but what's wrong with th...Forgive my ignorance, but what's wrong with the word homosexual?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com