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Originally Posted by HansTWN
If left wing pressure groups did work on Limbaugh's advertisers they did themselves a great disservice...
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They have used that kind of pressure, and it's well within their rights to do so -- regardless of whether you or I believe the use of that particular tactic in that particular instance is effective.
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Originally Posted by HansTWN
As far as South Africa is concerned --- I don't think we would equate working to end Apartheid with trying to impose one's religious beliefs on others?
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It's not a matter of equating PayPal's or Smashwords' actions with "ending apartheid."
It's that economic boycotts are a perfectly valid tool to achieve a political end.