Comments on: To boycott or not to boycott? http://www.comicsbeat.com/2008/07/21/to-boycott-or-not-to-boycott/ The News Blog of Comics Culture Sat, 11 Feb 2012 14:46:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v= hourly 1 By: Stephen http://www.comicsbeat.com/2008/07/21/to-boycott-or-not-to-boycott/#comment-43763 Stephen Tue, 22 Jul 2008 04:42:29 +0000 http://www.comicsbeat.com/2008/07/21/to-boycott-or-not-to-boycott/#comment-43763 ...even if this double listing makes it seem like I'm talking to myself. …even if this double listing makes it seem like I’m talking to myself.

]]> By: Stephen http://www.comicsbeat.com/2008/07/21/to-boycott-or-not-to-boycott/#comment-43762 Stephen Tue, 22 Jul 2008 04:39:47 +0000 http://www.comicsbeat.com/2008/07/21/to-boycott-or-not-to-boycott/#comment-43762 " but then he started talking to himself and it impacted me with fear. " Tom-You may be surprised to know that there are many Stephens in the world. Not all of them talk to themselves. ” but then he started talking to himself and it impacted me with fear. ”
Tom-You may be surprised to know that there are many Stephens in the world. Not all of them talk to themselves.

]]> By: Stephen http://www.comicsbeat.com/2008/07/21/to-boycott-or-not-to-boycott/#comment-43761 Stephen Tue, 22 Jul 2008 04:37:55 +0000 http://www.comicsbeat.com/2008/07/21/to-boycott-or-not-to-boycott/#comment-43761 " but then he started talking to himself and it impacted me with fear. " You may be surprised to know that there are many Stephens in the world. Not all of them talk to themselves. ” but then he started talking to himself and it impacted me with fear. ”
You may be surprised to know that there are many Stephens in the world. Not all of them talk to themselves.

]]> By: Tom Spurgeon http://www.comicsbeat.com/2008/07/21/to-boycott-or-not-to-boycott/#comment-43760 Tom Spurgeon Tue, 22 Jul 2008 00:30:41 +0000 http://www.comicsbeat.com/2008/07/21/to-boycott-or-not-to-boycott/#comment-43760 I was going to list all my civic and charitable contributions in an attempt to impress Stephen the Message Board Guy, but then he started talking to himself and it impacted me with fear. I was going to list all my civic and charitable contributions in an attempt to impress Stephen the Message Board Guy, but then he started talking to himself and it impacted me with fear.

]]> By: Cary Coatney http://www.comicsbeat.com/2008/07/21/to-boycott-or-not-to-boycott/#comment-43759 Cary Coatney Tue, 22 Jul 2008 00:03:39 +0000 http://www.comicsbeat.com/2008/07/21/to-boycott-or-not-to-boycott/#comment-43759 I stopped patronizing Carl's Jr when they wouldn't allow me to order a single of cheese from the drive-thru menu. I only had thirty cents in changes on me. ~ Coat I stopped patronizing Carl’s Jr when they wouldn’t allow me to order a single of cheese from the drive-thru menu.

I only had thirty cents in changes on me.

~

Coat

]]> By: Stephen http://www.comicsbeat.com/2008/07/21/to-boycott-or-not-to-boycott/#comment-43758 Stephen Mon, 21 Jul 2008 23:59:50 +0000 http://www.comicsbeat.com/2008/07/21/to-boycott-or-not-to-boycott/#comment-43758 "Whatever, its not like denying equal rights to the Gays really impacts your daily life, does it?" Stephen--Depepnds on where you live. “Whatever, its not like denying equal rights to the Gays really impacts your daily life, does it?”

Stephen–Depepnds on where you live.

]]> By: Stephen http://www.comicsbeat.com/2008/07/21/to-boycott-or-not-to-boycott/#comment-43757 Stephen Mon, 21 Jul 2008 21:00:27 +0000 http://www.comicsbeat.com/2008/07/21/to-boycott-or-not-to-boycott/#comment-43757 And yet still in all of this discussion I have yet to read that someone is actually going to do something PROACTIVE (rather than purely REACTIVE by boycotting a hotel) and actually CONTRIBUTE MONEY to Equality California or some other gay rights organization fighting to defeat Prop 8. Here's an idea: take the $100 you had budgeted for overpriced drinks or that mint copy of AMAZING CRUSTYMAN #812 and donate it to Equality California. Or impress yourself and your friends by your self-righteous boycott of a hotel. Whatever, its not like denying equal rights to the Gays really impacts your daily life, does it? And yet still in all of this discussion I have yet to read that someone is actually going to do something PROACTIVE (rather than purely REACTIVE by boycotting a hotel) and actually CONTRIBUTE MONEY to Equality California or some other gay rights organization fighting to defeat Prop 8.

Here’s an idea: take the $100 you had budgeted for overpriced drinks or that mint copy of AMAZING CRUSTYMAN #812 and donate it to Equality California.

Or impress yourself and your friends by your self-righteous boycott of a hotel.

Whatever, its not like denying equal rights to the Gays really impacts your daily life, does it?

]]> By: The Beat http://www.comicsbeat.com/2008/07/21/to-boycott-or-not-to-boycott/#comment-43756 The Beat Mon, 21 Jul 2008 20:46:01 +0000 http://www.comicsbeat.com/2008/07/21/to-boycott-or-not-to-boycott/#comment-43756 I hear that in California they will soon be allowing marriages between former Bush supporters. I hear that in California they will soon be allowing marriages between former Bush supporters.

]]> By: Sean T. Collins http://www.comicsbeat.com/2008/07/21/to-boycott-or-not-to-boycott/#comment-43755 Sean T. Collins Mon, 21 Jul 2008 20:11:18 +0000 http://www.comicsbeat.com/2008/07/21/to-boycott-or-not-to-boycott/#comment-43755 Yep, in 2004. It's a long, sad story that hinged on one particular issue I was horribly wrong about--it wasn't gay marriage, <a href="http://www.alltooflat.com/about/personal/sean/2004/03/how_i_spent_my_day.html" rel="nofollow">needless to say</a>--and I will regret that decision until I die. Thanks for anonymously calling me out on it, though. Yep, in 2004. It’s a long, sad story that hinged on one particular issue I was horribly wrong about–it wasn’t gay marriage, needless to say–and I will regret that decision until I die. Thanks for anonymously calling me out on it, though.

]]> By: Sean T. Collins http://www.comicsbeat.com/2008/07/21/to-boycott-or-not-to-boycott/#comment-43754 Sean T. Collins Mon, 21 Jul 2008 20:09:21 +0000 http://www.comicsbeat.com/2008/07/21/to-boycott-or-not-to-boycott/#comment-43754 Yep, in 2004. It's a long, sad story that hinged on one particular issue I was horribly wrong about--it wasn't gay marriage, needless to say--and I will regret that decision until I die. Thanks for anonymously calling me out on it, though. Yep, in 2004. It’s a long, sad story that hinged on one particular issue I was horribly wrong about–it wasn’t gay marriage, needless to say–and I will regret that decision until I die. Thanks for anonymously calling me out on it, though.

]]> By: John Smith http://www.comicsbeat.com/2008/07/21/to-boycott-or-not-to-boycott/#comment-43753 John Smith Mon, 21 Jul 2008 19:11:09 +0000 http://www.comicsbeat.com/2008/07/21/to-boycott-or-not-to-boycott/#comment-43753 Sean, didn't you vote for Bush? Sean, didn’t you vote for Bush?

]]> By: tucker Stone http://www.comicsbeat.com/2008/07/21/to-boycott-or-not-to-boycott/#comment-43752 tucker Stone Mon, 21 Jul 2008 19:09:32 +0000 http://www.comicsbeat.com/2008/07/21/to-boycott-or-not-to-boycott/#comment-43752 I've never had Carl Jrs or Dominos. So yeah, I'm making a distinction. I’ve never had Carl Jrs or Dominos. So yeah, I’m making a distinction.

]]> By: Rick Rottman http://www.comicsbeat.com/2008/07/21/to-boycott-or-not-to-boycott/#comment-43751 Rick Rottman Mon, 21 Jul 2008 18:40:28 +0000 http://www.comicsbeat.com/2008/07/21/to-boycott-or-not-to-boycott/#comment-43751 I stopped eating at Carl's Jr. when I found out they stopped selling the California Roast Beef, only the greatest sandwich ever made. I still get emotional thinking about it. I stopped eating at Carl’s Jr. when I found out they stopped selling the California Roast Beef, only the greatest sandwich ever made. I still get emotional thinking about it.

]]> By: Tom Spurgeon http://www.comicsbeat.com/2008/07/21/to-boycott-or-not-to-boycott/#comment-43750 Tom Spurgeon Mon, 21 Jul 2008 18:38:11 +0000 http://www.comicsbeat.com/2008/07/21/to-boycott-or-not-to-boycott/#comment-43750 You're making a distinction between Denny's and Carls Jr/Dominos? You’re making a distinction between Denny’s and Carls Jr/Dominos?

]]> By: tucker Stone http://www.comicsbeat.com/2008/07/21/to-boycott-or-not-to-boycott/#comment-43749 tucker Stone Mon, 21 Jul 2008 18:31:05 +0000 http://www.comicsbeat.com/2008/07/21/to-boycott-or-not-to-boycott/#comment-43749 You needed a political reason to stop eating at Denny's? You needed a political reason to stop eating at Denny’s?

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