April 30, 2006
-
Boycotts
I have never been much of a protester or one to boycott. I always felt that they were generally ineffective. I am pro-life but I can’t bring myself to chain myself to a building and stopping people from getting in. Maybe I am not dedicated to my causes. Maybe I just have less passion than all the other people who are blowing stuff up and stopping things from taking place.
It has always been my thought that change is brought about by the communication of ideas. As people change their thinking, they change their action.
Two times people have tried to organize a boycott of my site. I just sat back and laughed at them. It never appeared very bright to boycott a site like mine and then link my site. It is just like those who spend so much time being critical of my site. All they are doing is sending more traffic to my site. In fact, I wanted to help one of the groups that were trying to stage a boycott of my site. I felt if I could help them, I could greatly increase the traffic to my site. They were so poorly organized and weren’t doing a very good job of promoting the whole thing that I wanted to provide advice. In fact, I think one day I might organize a boycott of my site.
When the movie “The Passion” came out, people were speaking against it. All they were doing was making the movie more popular. I believe that sometimes people help create the popularity of these movies by simply being against them.
But tomorrow I think something different is taking place. I am interested in seeing what comes out of this illegal immigration boycott. I think it is going to be a big day.
Is there a cause you feel so strongly about that you would take to the streets to support it?
Comments (152)
first
Darfur, which I did today.
Probably not
I’m not much for protests and boycotts, and I can’t think of anything I feel that strongly about at the moment, I won’t say I’d never particpate though. You just never know.
and no, there’s not that much i care a lot about.
No… I’m a naturally lazy person.
Wow, what’s going to happen? I need to Google this.
Yes, I’m badly informed.
No, you’re right- boycotts are ineffective about 97% of the time.
Nah. I’ve never seen any kind of public protest cause an immediate or even a semi-immediate response of the party being protested.
Times have changed drastically since the Boston Tea Party.
I am also anxious to see what happens tomorrow, although I know that it is difficult (impossible) to motivate such large masses of people to completely change their lifestyle, if even for one day…
ninth!
Hmm.
yea probably anything i love..p.s. do you live in florida or how did you hear about the st.pete times story?
Definitely abortion.
I am so lucky my birth mother was not selfish enough to abort me and instead put me up for adoption.
I’m very very thankful to God for putting something in her heart to keep me here on this earth.
Otherwise, I wouldn’t even be typing this.
<3
I’m not a big protester type. Blogging about it is about as far as I would go. RYC: Well thank you, About the nakid pics, I think I’ll pass, we barley know each other lol.
not really
As xXaZnGrLqUynHXx said up there^^ they are usually ineffective.
But it’s that USUALLY part that keeps me going.
SOMETIMES it will work.
<3
I’m not sure…but personally the immigration thing makes me angry..if they want to come over they can do it legally instead of acting like we’re the bad guys for not making them citizens when they don’t do it the right way. Gah.
Oh, I don’t believe racism is right..I might protest against that. And I don’t believe religion should be forced on people.
RYC: Well I don’t understand why it should take so long for Xanga to respond. I viewed the flagging system but it didn’t look functional. I am dead serious about shutting it down. If they cannot police their own sites we have to find somebody that will do it for them.
I guess if others were going too far I’d try to save what I’d like… but I wouldn’t actually start it or get too into it…
Don’t think so – don’t really know.
About protests being good for something, I couldn’t agree more.
Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain) said that about his book, “Huckleberry Finn” (that doesn’t sound right, but you know what I mean – the one about Tom’s friend and the black man on the raft) when it was banned from libraries. More people wanted to read it to see what was so outrageous!
I went to a Kerry rally with my mom 19th woohoo
war.
not violently though. i wouldn’t protest like that. i believe violent protesting will bring you no where.
Jamie
I just wanted to elaborate on “The Passion” thing. The Vatican is calling for a boycott of “The Da Vinci Code.” Seriously, they’re just lending credence to the idea that the Catholics are trying to hide something.
being a democrat maybe but idk
some things,yes.. like the illegal immigration act, i would want to help out with helping more immigrants coming over, illegal or not. however, since i have no transportation, and my family does not agree with many things i do, i can’t do it like i want to. so maybe i’m not as passioante as i thought i was?
spreading the message of christs salvation. that is the only thing worthwhile
Prayer in Schools
also, some boycotts did work.. look at all the civil rights boycotts that worked.. they just need to be worked out better likee they were back then
i have causes that i’d stand up for like that, but i never actually have acted in that manner to represent them.
at least not yet.
will see what it brings…
They want a Catholic boycott of The Da Vinci Code because they don’t want their followers to become confused in their faith. Interpret that how you will. Anyways, no I don’t think I’m passionate enough about anything serious to go boycott it and protest in public and stuff like that.
and people tried to boycott your site….why?
Why on earth would someone want to boycott your site?
And yes, there are some things I would protest. For example, if one was no longer allowed to drink anything- even water- on any public school campus. Or, a more extreme example, if all women were made into slaves… or all people of a certain race, for that matter.
I’d walk against maquiladoras.
sex trafficking of women and children.
The plight of the poor and homeless. Cut backs have been made by Bush-what to do now?! Angers me!
I don’t think you can get Americans to the streets unless there’s free beer involved or something..
quite possibly. it would depend on the whole situation though.
oh, and bush and the war in iraq.
I would protest stupid people ever reproducing so we could save the world from their spawn who would eventually become stupid
I don’t think there’s much value in protesting, unless you really are making a difference in public opinion. It’s for sure that the politicians whose minds you’re trying to change aren’t listening; the only way to get their attention is to get their constituents to side with you. The thing tomorrow is wide-reaching enough to have an impact; I don’t necessarily agree with it, but that’s irrelevant to your question.
When my wife was my girlfriend, many many years ago, we participated in a pro-life march. We heard a lady speak who had had like three abortions. She spoke of the sadness and guilt she felt for years, until she became a Christian and believed that Christ had died for her sins. She could no longer have babies, if I recall, a result of abortion complications. It was a story that is partly sad and partly happy. Happy that she found Jesus, but sad that she went through so much sadness. I think God’s way is best: males and females alike should abstain until married and ready to have babies. Sadly, many do not follow this common sense practice, and many suffer the consequences of fathering a child or having a baby out of marriage.
I’m not sure…but personally the immigration thing makes me angry..if they want to come over they can do it legally instead of acting like we’re the bad guys for not making them citizens when they don’t do it the right way. Gah.
Oh, I don’t believe racism is right..I might protest against that. And I don’t believe religion should be forced on people.
Posted 4/30/2006 at 8:19 PM by cts3seto
I agree.
*A*
Gay marriage all the way
AMEN ON THE REPRODUCTION THING THERE COUNTRYLOVER!!! i vote people must take a test to be parents
Definitely abortion, but I think you still have to be careful.
At this point in time, probably not.
But I can’t say for sure for the future.
Nah, like you said, its not very effective.
Eva.
I agree with you. I don’t think physical damage really does anything. It only forces people to let you have your way (obligation) or angers them even more and therefore they WON’T let you have your way. Usually it only leads to more drama and people end up getting hurt or dying.
Verbally talking things through in a calm, civil manner is much better.
If you feel THAT strongly about a subject and you’ve tried everything you can in a positive manner to get your way, then I would understand boycotting and strikes. But only if it’s truly necessary.
To an extent. I’m not much of a protestor. It makes me feel uncomfortable when people do it infront of the KFC I’m about to enter. Not because I’m doing anything wrong. But because their presence can seem threatening when they turn their bullhorn and scream through it into your ear, you know? I don’t shop at Wal-Mart largely because of bad experiences I’ve personally had at my two local stores, repeatedly at both. I am white. I’m not welcome there. Is that boycotting or just taking the hint and making my life easier and more peaceful? I will be stepping out tomorrow and spending money at as many stores as possible. If our current immigrantation process was so hard? Nobody would do it, but they do. Their are plenty of legal immigrants here. Just because you’re lazy and it’s easier to just cross a ditch at 3am? Doesn’t mean we should just grant you legal status for the fun of it. So…yeah…I guess I do have one…so long as it doesn’t make anyone else feel threatened, which I doubt my normal shopping at Target (+ a few new dogs toys and anything else I need but have been putting off) will make anyone feel threatened.
Definitely. Abortion (pro-choice), gay rights (they are equal to heterosexual people), and racism (racist people make me sick to my stomach).
i haven’t found a strong enough cause yet. plus if there is something i want done so bad and is big enough on that level. i would take it into my own hands.
Gay marriage (and I’m not even gay…) and keeping abortion legal.
Well, what do you think of that new Flight 93 movie? Big stunt right there.
People need to have a voice. I’m not sure how effective boycotting is. I tend to prefer to sit and talk with others in civil exchange. Sometimes minds can be changed that way, even my own.
gay rights and the war, oh wait I did take to the streets!
support gay rights,
and not support the war!
I have been spending a lot of time recently on Africa: Darfur, Uganda, and I am going to Kenya at the end of May.
I have taken to the streets to protest No Child Left Behind, the rights of teachers, and the rights of students. I would also take to the streets to support human rights.
I’m with you-I just don’t think protests and boycotts are effective. I’ve signed my name to a couple petitions and I’ve attended a pro-life rally, but I’m just not up for marching in the streets against something. Maybe I’m just apathetic.
People have tried to boycott your site? You are so cool! In my opinion, that’s how you know you’re truly popular.
well nothing has gotten me out in the streets so far…
once, a few years ago, there was a big ol rally somewhere to “keep quebec in canada”, show them how much we love them so they wouldn’t leave and become their own country. i kind of wished at the time that i’d gone to that. but i think i didn’t go because i didn’t fully understand the issues and only wanted to go out of ignorant patriotism. if i ever get out to something like that i want it to be out of knowledge and passion for something that is so obviously wrong. but so few things are that obvious…
i guess i tend to go along with your “change their thinking, change their action” philosophy.
and i hate crowds.
High gas prices to stop! I would support to lower the cost of gasoline.
animal abuse
and gay rights
Keeping music in schools…I know a lot of people are wanting it out. They think it isn’t “important” towards the real world. But if they knew all the skills you learn with music, band, the arts, etc…they would realize that music is important towards the real world and kids need to learn it. It also teaches them the universal language. If someone can read music, they can read anything. It also helps with math (time signatures and keeping count!).
I could talk about it way more but I am out of time.
Anything dealing with truth is worth standing up for. Does that mean I would take to the streets and protest? No. I agree that protesting in the streets isn’t the best ends to a means. I would stay faithful, no matter the repurcusions. The Bible (which some people will just love me mentioning!) is chalk full of people standing up for what they believe simply by refusing to bend to anything other than the truth. They always prevailed, even if by making other see through their own death (though sometimes attempts at killing then proved useless and even made their point)
Civil rights and environmental issues – two things I’d take to the streets for anyday.
Absolutely. I’ve gone to the pro-life march in downtown Atlanta since I was a little kid. My Mom was hardcore back in the 80′s. She got arrested a couple times for doing sit-ins.
The idea of controversy increasing traffic reminds me of when Candice Bergen won an Emmy for Murphy Brown, and she thanked Dan Quale (who’d criticized the show).
This is a very long post for you.
Why would anyone organize a boycott of your site? ??? I don’t get that.
Why do people criticize your site? What do they criticize? I don’t get that either.
Is increase of traffic your main goal?
boycotts are unnecesary because no fake politician sees it. They flip the channels on their HDTV to MTV or some porn. Maybe a little earthquake should shake them for all the damages they caused to this country…
By the way… I didn’t know there were dumbasses boycotting your site… jeez
Oh, geez, don’t get me started…I’d protest the war, the plight of the homeless, erosion of civil liberties, genocide….Yeah, I’d protest a lot of things, always peacefully, of course- doesn’t make much sense to violently protest violence.
It’s hard to get anything going in my sleepy little college town (I’m in the uber-minority here), but when I get home for the summer (I’m from near a large city), just wait… 
I did last night. GLOBEL NIGHT COMMUTE for the children of Uganda.
-cam
No. I agree with you…
“It has always been my thought that change is brought about by the communication of ideas. As people change their thinking, they change their action.”
Very well said and I think if more people thought that way, we wouldn’t have any need for protests and boycotts. People could see each other as just other humans with feelings and ideas of the same caliber as their own, only from a different point of view. Supporting a cause should be done in your everyday life, in the way you live and the decisions you make, not at a rally where you are feeding off the passions of other people.
Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happieness – worth the streets……….
I’m extremely against abortion. Though i’m not going to blow myself up, or chainmyself to a building like you said
Thanks for reminding me about tomorrow. I need to go out and buy LOTS OF STUFF tomorrow.
Already done that. And there are lots I would do it again for.
pro-life
thats pretty much it
Yes.
Freedom of religion, capital punishment… It always pissed me off that, in England, slander must only be damaging with malicious intent as opposed to in America where it also must be a lie. I would march if we were to switch to the English version. It’s practically an assault on free press. I might march if we tried to regulate the internet quite like television. House-elected Senate, Senate-elected President.
A few horrible nightmares.
someone tried to stage a boycott against your site? ridiculous
Dan,
can you email me please…I have a question for you.
There are a lot of things I have a passion for, and feel strongly about. However, I don’t think boycotting or strapping yourself to a building does a bit of good. Who would want to be part of a cause who does that? I strive to be a good example of what I believe in, and hope THAT draws people but in a good way.
it would have to be pretty big…like if they suddenly said that congress was going to pass a law that music couldnt be taught in schools…i would protest and march and chain myself to the band room for that.
I would never violently protest ANYTHING by doing omething stupid like chaining myself to a tree or a building or blowing things up. That sort of crap won’t get you taken seriously in America.
But for some causes I wuold take to the street and march peacefully. No Child Left Behind is one. There are a few other things I feel strongly about, but they apply to so few people that it’s really useless to march. I won’t elaborate.
Keeping music in schools…I know a lot of people are wanting it out. They think it isn’t “important” towards the real world. But if they knew all the skills you learn with music, band, the arts, etc…they would realize that music is important towards the real world and kids need to learn it. It also teaches them the universal language. If someone can read music, they can read anything. It also helps with math (time signatures and keeping count!).
I could talk about it way more but I am out of time.
Posted 4/30/2006 at 8:59 PM by trumpetmarcher
I forgot about that. I would march for that too. You are so right.
Kind of reminds me of how Harry Ptter became so popular… because it was boycotted.
I shall stop posting now.
Yes. I would do it to support gay marriage mostly, possibly to support a woman’s right to choose, and I’ve sort of participated in one against the war.
I don’t think the immigration boycott is just for illegal immigrants. The boycott is so the government will give all immigrants -illegal or not- citizenship and the same equal rights as any other American. That’s a boycott I wouldn’t mind getting involved in. These people want citizenship so they can get the same rights as Americans, they want to work for, pay taxes, and support the United States, they want to be a part of this country. They want a better life for themselves and definitely a better life and education for their children and future generations. I don’t see why the government wants to send the immigrants back to their contries and not give them citizenship. If they gave them citizenship the U.S. would be receiving more tax money and they would keep the money they’re already earning from working immigrants. It isn’t right for the government to send back immigrants. They should give them citizenship. After all, isn’t the United States a country to start a better life and have freedom?
I take to the streets to celebrate causes, not boycott them.
Next month, gay pride! Im going to celebrate with freinds and have fun! Am I gay though?
You are wise like my mother Dan. and that is a deep compliment indeed. Fight your battles by making the world a better place using your ideals, that is the way. Actions, not words.
But you know that.
im not sure i guess when the time is right and theres a cause i want to protest we’ll find out.. but for now i cant think of anything
there are many causes in which I would take to the streets to support
Yea, pro-choice and gay rights. Gay rights more than the abortion, though. It just doesn’t make sense that we frown on the discrimination of races and then we turn around and discriminate aginst people who have a diffrent sexual preferance.
i find when people protest a site/movie/ watnot will get more traffic or money flow just because people will become interested in it so they can take sides. Its like starting a protest about the divinci code. people are going to read the book/ get sparknotes(or cliffnotes)/ watch the movie, so they can say what side they are on of the battle. the only reason that court case in england came up was because the guy of the other two books(dont know names) wanted money.
I think boycotts are generally ineffective and, as you stated, can create a backlash of interest in whatever they are trying to stop. Pickets and protests, however, are a different issue. With those you are trying to make an issue public, gain media coverage for a cause, or indicate your personal support of lack of support for a particular idea or issue.
On a personal level, we boycott things all the time because we don’t support, agree with, or like them. We do this without being particularly public about it or even conscious of it. We call this participation in the “free market”. Some will only buy Fords, some only Chevys, some Hondas. Some are vegetarian, some only wear cotton and avoid synthetics. This is a form of boycott based on personal preference or sometimes philosophical concerns. I avoid movies that glamorize or promote violence as a heroic problem solving tool, but I’m not trying to instigate some type of movement to get people to join me and pressure Hollywood movie makers. Others feel the opposite about violence in movies. That is what free thought and living in a free country is all about.
Would I march down the street and protest to bring awareness to a cause? I would and I have. Do I do it a lot? No. But occasionally I have felt passionately enough about something to show my support.
Protests are sort of like yellow, or red-white-blue, ribbons. In my part of the country, half the cars wear those magnetic ribbons for one cause or another. There are so many of them that no one even reads them anymore. Some cars are plastered with them. I think what magnets, marches, or any type of protest does is galvanize the supporters/protesters. Maybe provide an opportunity to gather signatures on a petition, and make everyone feel like they are doing “something” in a situation where most of them feel very little power at all.
stupidity
I am, of course, refering to peaceful protest.
Violence is counterproductive.
Yes. What is is you asked?
Spreading the Gospel of Jesus Christ. I believe all Christians need to be about this business.
There were a lot of noble causes the Jesus could have chosen to support, but He felt that the need to spread the word was more important. People are going to do wrong and sin forever. The innocent will be dying till the Second Coming. What we have to do is tell people a way that they can be forgiven of their sins. Those little babies, as tragic as abortion is, are all living in Glory with the Father now. The only thing that really bothers us is that they won’t be here on earth to suffer as the rest of us do.
Of course I don’t advocate killing babies, but we need to try as much as we can to unroot ourselves from our eartly selfishness and see things from God’s point of view. It is more important that those mothers turn from evil and become saved than it is for us to protest abortion.
But that’s just my opinion.
L,r
No.
perhaps, if i could have amnesty for my actions. it reminds me of a joke i heard. a farmer needed a mule to plow his fields so he went to his nieghbor to see if he could buy one. “i have the perfect mule for you,” the nieghbor says. “he’s a hard worker, practicly tireless, he responds well to praise, just speak gently to him and treat him with kindness and he will work from morning to night”, so they go to the mule, the farmer wanting a demonstration, and the neighbor pulls out a two by four and clubs the mule in the head. “HOLD ON!!!” the farmer says, ” what happened to praise and gentleness?”. “well,” came the reply “that works, but you have to get his attention first”. unfortunately, you have to get peoples attention before they will listen to what you have to say.
i think i would protest illegalizing gay and lesbian marriages.. i think everyone should be equal..i am not a lesbian now, but i have lived that life before, and they deserve equality too!
People actually tried to boycott your site? Thats so incredibly dumb. Why?
A cause? I’m pro life also, thats the topic I feel most strongly about but I don’t think I would get off my butt to protest.
I can do that here!
yes in fact soon I will be posting pictures of the protest that took place on my campus earlier today (you can check it out at uta.edu if you like; just visit the Shorthorn page and read all about it) concerning the South Vietnamese flag. STAY TUNED!
Not that I know of, but all this illegal immigrantion boycott will prove is that they need to leave.
i have
I went to Kent State
I protested the Iraq war.
There are probably several, but I won’t think of them until the issue comes up.
prolife. ive gone to dc for two years for the march for life. its awesome
you never responded back to my comment…do you even read them? ..hm if you did and just forgot..i’ll ask again.
could you please tell me 5 random things about yourself? you know, so i can get to know a little abouth the man behind all these questions?
thanks
-sirish
It would depend on the nature of the situation. In 21st-Century America, there is little to be done on the streets that can’t be done much more effectively via other, more advanced means. However, if I was in some place like Nepal, definitely.
Yes… there is one cause that I care that strongly about. Read my 4/19 entry.
I’ve been protestin’ for awhile
anything to get out of school.
…No, but really I protested the war in Iraq ,i would have protested Darfur, but i was feeling really nauseus (i know, i know it sounds petty)
only if it affected my life or someone I knew. I am not into joining whats “popular” I am all for being an individual no matter what other people think. I would do it if I felt strong enough for the cause. I have a feeling that these people are scared and for once this is their time to make a voice for themselves…its actually history in the making if you think about it.
Yes, abortion rights and anything else to do with women’s/victim’s rights.
Yes there is gay rights and pro-life rallies. You must see the inherent problems with that. I am a log-cabin republican for those who dont know that is a gay republican. I dont protest because the people at gay rights rallies bring in other liberation movements and I wont attend pro-life rallies because there are way to many religious fundamentalist
I’ve only read a few of your posts. I do NOT understand why people would try to get people to boycott your site. But it’s kinda like people fussing about what’s on TV. Some of it is horrible, in my opinion, but, I have an ”off” switch and a channel changer, which are both way more effective than simply fussing about it. If people don’t like your site, then don’t go to it. Simple.
i threw my body in front of a budweiser beer truck one to support a cause.
I;m flying back to cali tomorrow (monday may 1). I’m a bit worried.
About movies… if you don’t want to see it, don’t see it. Damn. About the immigration, I have no say.
None at the moment.
Boycotting your site is a very appealing idea, as you appear to be a goddamned douchebag.
You piece of shit, claiming to be a theologian.
Go rot in hell, you irrational, illogical, nonsensical cunt.
What a lovely post.
I’m sure there is such a cause, but I am still working on finding my niche.
Haha, I just realized I have done so twice in the past year:
1. To help win the union back for my TA’s.
2. To help convince the administration of my school that students need more financial support to come here.
One more thing: that guy above me sure seems angry. I don’t necessarily agree with what you say, but goodness, I don’t see any reason to get so worked up about it. Eh, well.
Wow that guy can really articulate his ideas cant he. If he doesn’t like your site why is he on it. And I have yet to see where you impose your ideas on anyone please let me know if there is one so I can read it.
I have protest abortion in the past and will continue to do so in the future. I have enforce my own boycots by not shopping at pro-abortion locations and have written letters to that effect. I have done the same thing to those that have demonstrated a hostility to Christianity and the tenates of Christianity.
I hate it when people aren’t educated about the facts. Like the fact that evolution has never actually been proven, and yet they treat it as fact, and that most of the stuff people “know” about abortion isn’t true. I’m boycotting ignorance and stupity at the moment
NO MORE WAR!!
In Seattle, in 1969, Linda Meisner led a large group of Jesus People through the streets from The Catacombs Drop-In Center, at the Civic Center. I had just been told I was not a Christian, by the lady. I am the Lord. We went through the streets shouting “Jesus loves you!” and using the “One Way” sign, pointing with one finger up. I am the former Maren Kelley-Davidson. The peaceful demonstration, a lot of fun, later became the “Children of God” movement, which I lost track of, when they left town.
Grr….boycotts and protests work in France, I don’t see why they shouldn’t work here….but they won’t, because our government is a bunch of conservative assholes.
No offense. I don’t hate them as PEOPLE…I just hate their unwillingness to even take into consideration somebody else’s point of view….
I think maybe my strongest issues have to do with equal rights. Be it for immigrants (yeah, I plan on not buying anything today), women, gay marriage, or what have you. I just want everybody to have the same chance to get ahead in life.
Usually they’re not effective…but then again how many boycotts went on during the Civil Rights movements…and finally African Americans got somewhere < major props to them.
On the other hand, today’s is a major issue, believe it or not. Can’t wait to see the results
….I stand 100% on this.
in the past, i’ve been willing to let others do it for me, but recently i found out how wrong that was … it’s a lot like not voting then complaining for 4 years about who’s in office!
Chrisitan rights
if the gov’t was to ban Christianity, I would have to stand up and say something about it. same thing with guns, and the same thing if they tried to get rid of the Bill of Rights, or tried to ban any other religion. so pretty much if the gov’t becomes totalitarian, I’d have to say “uh-uh, you’re not allowed”
.
.
.
I think you’d like this site: http://www.larknews.com
I’m not a big “to the streets” kind of person. The cause would have to be something that I really believed in, and the protest would have to be well organized and not run by loonies. I’m more of a participant in individual events, like walks to raise money for cancer or autism research. I am on the comittee for my town’s yearly clean up day.
Like you, I think something different is going on with the immigration protests. I am happy to see people organizing around this cause. America claims to be open to everyone. Let’s put our “money” where our “mouth” is on this issue.
I’m straight, but I heavily support gay/lesbian/bi-sexual/transgender rights. I believe that everyone is equal and that no one should be divided. That’s what America is about… or so I thought. I did a walk two years ago in Philadelphia for AIDS. Oh, and the bit about church people protesting at a solider’s death is just… well, it sick and there isn’t anywords for it.
Dan –
I was surfing Xanga and found your site (on a good, personal friend of mine’s site -Nstacks) and went ahead and subscribed. I hope it’s ok. I wanted to post a comment. LOL. I definately have a cause I’d go to the streets to support…The cause of Christ. I think people need to know more about Him and what He’s done for them and tell them how they too, can become christians. Interesting post. I think Illegal Immigrants should stay where they are at…
Randall
I went to the March for Women’s Lives in Washington last April, so that’s one issue that I care enough about. Another is that George W. Bush should not be in office, and that the War in Iraq is unjust and absurd.
randumz propz
You don’t have to tie yourself to a building to prove your a passionate in your ways, really you don’t have to do anything to prove anything to anyone. So I am subscribing to you because this is the second time in under a year that I have come across your site in my random searchs of xanga.
My question however is how do you boycott a site? Makes no sense to me.
~Tawney
Peace, poverty, against wastefulness, for love for everyone
I’m big on protest/speaking my mind…I get so mad about stuff that’s screwed up that it makes me mad about once every week or two…my poor boyfriend…lol.
If I were latina, I would participate in the boycott.
It depends. So far, no issue has come along that affects me in such a way where I would want to participate in/organize a boycott.
ignorantism…if that’s a word.
Definitley. Same-sex marriage and equal rights for gays and lesbians. I’d do it ANY DAY!
I would protest against the segregration going into the school systems.
I think that is so unconstitutional.
And the immigration act. Because a fence and a law will keep no one out.
But not much else… I’m not really that into protests and boycotts and such. I just blog about things…
Oh yeah, and definitley better environmental standards. All cars to be sold in the U.S. should have 40-50+ MPG by the year 2010.
Absolutely. If there will ever be a day when I have to go as far as to give my life for my fairh in God I will do so willingly.
[ariana]
cool site visit mine
yes, i would take to the streets to promote pro-choice… to support people’s rights for a living wage… to support efforts at world peace… to bring world attention to genocide, such as is occurring in the Sudan, esp. in Darfur… to support religious freedom…
but often it becomes an issue of money, transportation, child care (although not for me), or time off from work… which is sad…
XD Why boycott your site? All it does is make you think.
I’d definately protest for women’s rights. It’s about time we took a stand.
I’d protest anything that goes against people not being treated the way God intends they be treated.
I don’t know how effective protesting would be but I have to admire the fine work that the Florida Keys did with the United States. That was genious.
I don’t know who you are but I am passionate about social causes such as healthcare and education for everyone. I am also passionate about human rights and immigrants rights! I have taken to the streets to protest my govenors policies on education and social services!
> Yes. Violations of our rights as granted by the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. Anything else would be case by case.
Peace