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Originally Posted by Kali Yuga
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.
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.
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They are not a valid tool when the aim of the boycott is to restrict the freedom of OTHERS. A boycott of advertisers by pressure groups to restrict access to legal materials is the same as a boycott of a restaurant that welcomes black people as customers. The boycott itself may be legal in both cases, no argument there. But it is a shame when a company like PayPal caves to such pressure. Such an action by PayPal reflects very badly on society. Well, in the end, more people stood up and defended freedom. Sad enough it did even get this far.